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quercus · 13th February 2008, 10:39 PM

Tree motion is not for beginners. Sure is comfortable though... Choose something with thick straps and buckles. Everything will become easier after that.
A few mistakes beginning climbers make...

-attached flipline to a gear loop without noticing...
-pulling handsaw over bridge (tie-in point) accidently.

With a heavy duty bridge and gear loops, you survive to learn from your mistakes.
With a tree motion you die in both cases.
Bridge on a tree motion is 8 or 9 mm static line instead of cordura webbing or something similar.When pulling a silky at moderate speed and force over this tensioned cord, it takes about 2 inches of distance to get it severed. Gear loops are special bungee cords.
The tree motion is also not designed for loading it dynamically. But as all treeclimbers know, you have to maintain tension on your climbing line all the time.

I'd suggest a Petzl navaho variobelt for you, combined with their sidestraps for making it comfortable for tree use.

13th February 2008, 10:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
quercus Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: belgium Posts: 428	Re: how long should a climbing belt last? Tree motion is not for beginners. Sure is comfortable though... Choose something with thick straps and buckles. Everything will become easier after that. A few mistakes beginning climbers make... -attached flipline to a gear loop without noticing... -pulling handsaw over bridge (tie-in point) accidently. With a heavy duty bridge and gear loops, you survive to learn from your mistakes. With a tree motion you die in both cases. Bridge on a tree motion is 8 or 9 mm static line instead of cordura webbing or something similar.When pulling a silky at moderate speed and force over this tensioned cord, it takes about 2 inches of distance to get it severed. Gear loops are special bungee cords. The tree motion is also not designed for loading it dynamically. But as all treeclimbers know, you have to maintain tension on your climbing line all the time. I'd suggest a Petzl navaho variobelt for you, combined with their sidestraps for making it comfortable for tree use.