DSRT

[oceans]

DSRT CLIMBING
~ with the Bull Dog Bone ~

This video covers some of the advantages of DSRT with mechanical devices, including rope walking, symmetrical and asymmetrical redirects for solid work positioning, and planning for ease of traverse.

The work order was deadwood removal, lower lateral branch removal, and cable installation at 2/3 tree height. Much of the deadwood pruning was heavily edited out.

At 3:40 elapsed, the Secondary Line and Lead Line are threaded through TIP’s of Stem A & B, respectively. From here on, the Lead Line is advanced as a bight (pony tail) allowing remote redirect retrieval following limb removal. This allowed for immediate reverse-traverse for cable installation from Stem B to A. Unfortunately the battery died on the climber camera, losing some of the most desired footage of the cabling and traverse at the end of the climb.

A lower-able base anchor was set up for practice with the ground man (low & slow). When the lowering was done, the Secondary line was through a single TIP, and the Lead Line was through 3 redirects and fair led back to parallel.

Thanks to Ian for all the ground support and additional footage!

As far as the music goes, "three points where two lines meet"...."triangles are my favorite shape"... Come ON!!! Are you kidding me? I had no choice but to use it.

 

[lonniels]

Great video! Perfect music. I have used something similiar with a RW and Petzl RIG. I think the key my system is being able to ditch one line if it is being more of a hinderance than help. Thanks for putting the video up!

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

man, if nothing else, that just looked real fun.
thanks for taking to time to get some footage Eric.

 

[oceans]

Great video! Perfect music. I have used something similiar with a RW and Petzl RIG. I think the key my system is being able to ditch one line if it is being more of a hinderance than help. Thanks for putting the video up!

Thanks Lonniels! This DSRT is still a little new with this gear, but I wanted to see just how much the ease of the Bone coming on/off the line would make when applied to DSRT. I found it's amazing, and luckily I can operate them both with one hand enough that it doesn't feel like a hinderance.
There were a couple times when I wanted to ditch a line but I had a total work plan developed on the ground so I stuck with it. It all payed off in total spades after rigging the limb out. I was able to reverse-traverse the crown and finish the work in no time. It was worth dragging the secondary around for that, and also for the solid positioning I got at the finish cut of the limb.
What I've learned is that there are a few moments where you can slack out one line and weight up just one for certain moves and just work as if it's not there.
Thanks again!

 

[oceans]

man, if nothing else, that just looked real fun.
thanks for taking to time to get some footage Eric.

Thanks, Andre. You'll be loving the Bone when you pull the trigger for it. It was fun for sure. I learned some things, too...mostly that the second line isn't really that bad to bring around.

 

[TreeLogic]

You should do more vids E. Very informative and well done.

 

[oceans]

Thank you, Will. I'll be trying to post more vid as I can. This was a crazy year in so many ways, and I'm hoping to have more time to record and post fun stuff I encounter. Step one...figure out how to make the GoPro battery last 4 times as long as it does now. I'd use it so much more if it did.

 

[TreeLogic]

Step one...figure out how to make the GoPro battery last 4 times as long as it does now. I'd use it so much more if it did.

This won't help with having to change over to another battery but this is the deal right here:

http://www.amazon.com/Wasabi-Power-AHDBT-201-AHDBT-301-AHDBT-302/dp/B00AAIPT76

I got a set, and I sent one over to swingdude in Barbados. Comes with a wall charger and I always seem to have an extra batt on standby now.
My brother works for Verbatim and just brought me a 64gb micro SD card with adapter. That helps too. It's amazing the storage they can pack in a tiny space these days.
Now I just need the wristwatch GoPro controller. Other than that, copying over files, formatting SD's, keeping the batteries charged the night before, and onsite setup are my biggest obstacles. A good video shoot has to be planned.

 

[macswan]

Nice climb, great vid Whip. Perfect song choice. You are makin it look good bro

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

Already did Eric, there was simply no stopping myself if i had thought i should wait any longer

 

[oceans]

Nice climb, great vid Whip. Perfect song choice. You are makin it look good bro

Thanks brother. I really think that matching systems help. The two Bones sit nicely side by each and I haven't seen them interfere. Dos Boneros.

 

[oceans]

Already did Eric, there was simply no stopping myself if i had thought i should wait any longer

Gordon must be busy like Santa right about now!

 

[monkeylove]

Great vid Eric, you made it look so effortless. I love having 2 ropes, mine are usually seeing a RR and a RW only because I haven't drank Gordon's Kool aid yet, lol. I know I need to, it looks like a great piece of gear.

 

[oceans]

Great vid Eric, you made it look so effortless. I love having 2 ropes, mine are usually seeing a RR and a RW only because I haven't drank Gordon's Kool aid yet, lol. I know I need to, it looks like a great piece of gear.

Gordon's Koolaid...LOL!!! I'm about to lose coffee out the nose!
I should really try the 2 RR's. It was so cool to see what Kevin and his guys are doing with them down at TCI. Lots of great ideas.

 

[monkeylove]

It's great seeing all the new concepts coming out. I ran the Uni with Richards drum for about a year, I still love and use it but not being smooth to tend from underneath is just painful. At least for me now that there are other options out there.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

Nice video Eric! Thanks for sharing, I look forward to more.
Yes, you can't carry to many batteries and I second the Wasabi powerpack chargers, two at a time helps and you can plug into the car too.

 

[oceans]

Thanks, Richard. I'm looking into those units today. I figured the GoPro was a sealed unit with more planned obsolescence than a tissue. GoPro...GoFigure. I actually love the camera. It's really well thought out as far as user features and there's something special about the image.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

....something special about the image.

Yes, 'cause it's coming from the top of YOUR head! I guess you are used to that though but it is a real treat for the rest of us.

 

[oceans]

I'm trying to get a better analogy of what DSRT can do, or how you can approach it. The best I can come up with for now is Spiderman when he's alternating from web to web high above the city. You can rely on one line and have the other waiting at your disposal with Pony Tail redirects, advancing your tail ahead if time, etc...This is a technique I'm going to use more and more and when I think about how unobtrusive the secondary is when everything's parallel, it's even more tempting.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

I'm trying to get a better analogy of what DSRT can do, ......

For sure, I think it is one of those, "it depends", on the tree you are climbing, on the climber etc. DSRT =<>SRT+DdRT or DdRT or DRT or DdRTx2???
I have kind of settled on SRT on one side and DdRT the other side of my line and I am always somewhere in the middle but this looks like something I should play with more. Continuing with your spiderman analogy, if I could get my line there like that, I would not need a grapnel or magnet so it comes down to how well the tree structure lends itself to getting somewhere. Once in the canopy, without great tree structure (I know this depends on the climber as many of you can just monkey up anything) DdRT works better for me. With good tree structure, getting down and around SRT or DSRT shines for sure.