Actually, yes, I do take the time to do it. It doesn't frustrate me though, done it enough times, trained with alot of the stuff with rock&rescue.
Could be different strokes for different folks? <shrugs>
The figure-of-8 descender twists the rope, not how I coil it. And I store it in a bag, but coil it first. I used to use a figure-of-8 as my main rigging descender. Drop stuff that weighs between 100 and 800 lbs on the same rope, over and over through that descender and it fooks your rope up. Ugh...
Time is $$, granted, but often I don't have a bunch of jobs in one day to go rushing off to, just schedule them so I have a job every day when I can. Lets me keep from getting rushed, I just take my time and cruise along.
This thread was situation specific Arborjockey. He wasn't asking about using this technique for *everything*, it specifically had to do with descending in poor conditions, using small diameter line, with a ...."heavy load" (
) with safety being the utmost importance. It's not really about a tree rigging method for regular use.
