simple tech when working the tree

Victor Lindsay

I use my personnal lanyard to double-crotch short distances. Yes, I could bring up my tail and do the traditional double-crotch, but this way is fast and easy. here's my technique. It prevents side loading the carabiner,(first photo) which is what i did for years. here's a vid and photos.

YouTube - isavic4's Channel

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Victor Lindsay

Anyone else use this type tech?

newguy18

I use my 45 footer as a short climb line and it also comes in quite handy for traversing when i don't want to just swing across the span.

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quercus

I'll be exploring the pro's and con's of this tech...Nice one.
Never really thought about it.

I'm seeing one pro already...
Say you're on a tricky limb walk, and the branch above you could be used as a second stability tie-in point. One could of course throw the snap hook over the branch and connect it round the limb to the line, but say that branch is too high to reach again to unclip it when walking back to the stem... then this tech could be the answer....

pitty we can't attach the prussik permanently.... Due to al lot of use and motion it'll fall off when not in use after a while....

Eric Frei

The short prussik will get the snap away from the limb and prevent side loading it.

Also like Q says above.

I think the black dog liked it too.

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Victor Lindsay

I also use a longer prussik to give me distance. I have even gurth hitched two or three cords together to give me about twenty feet.

JohN Dee

Doesn't seem bad...

But I always carry both ends of my climbing line with me whilst in the tree - so much versatility.

Although about 2 years ago I used to do that as well (side load the snap hook) for small prunes... Now the only time I side load the snap hook is for my secondary tie, usually up palms.

Hey, you know what really hurts with them snap hooks? When you jam the piece of skin inbetween your thumb and pointing finger in the second latch on the snap hook when u grab it (especially if you're doing the old elbow hook while flipping the lanyard over the next branch, bloody thing latches on and won't shake off [still attached with a highline of coarse])... Of coarse only when you're not wearing gloves

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stirmantrees

nice. never thought about that one.

kiwi_tree_steve

Just out of interest, dose everyone use a snap hook on there Lanyard? ......

personally i never have, ive always used a Petzl trip action bina tied off with a double fishermans knot on the work end, with a french prissuck and pully midline, and a double fishermans stopper knot in the end of the line.

ive got two length climbing line / lanyards that i use, one is 3.5m long 12mm industrial climbline (lightweight), the other big boy is about 7m 1/2 inch arbormaster.

I mostly climb with the light weight one, but the long one is great to use as a short second climb line, by moving the secured bina from my hip attachment in to the sliding ring, fliping the work end over the crotch/ second tie in point, and clipin it to the first bina. and ya got a traverse, or second poing to help along the branchwalk, even elminates the need to re direct for that one cut cause ya climb line will be too slack, or too low...

thats what i do, what ya all rekon?

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Eric Frei

I use a snap, one of those double action ones.

Guess what I got as an adjuster.

Just bought it.

Dang I love it.

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Victor Lindsay

New toy to make your climbing life easier.

Garry Brockley

i was given one of those by a customer a couple of weeks ago i haven't had a chance to play with it yet how do you find it to use i currently run on a grigri.

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Levi Parkin

That is a great technique. I hadn't ever thought of it till I saw Rip Thompkins do it at a seminar last spring.

Garry Brockley

i Meant grillon not gri gri der muppet

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Victor Lindsay

I picked it up about 2years ago at a climbing workshop. Worked it for a while to see how it would work, then posted it here. I like it and still use it.

stirmantrees

lots of useful stuff back in the archives. i am still digging.