Yeah that's exactly what I'm doing your drawimg is a lot better than mine and no I don't pull the rope between my pinto and climbing system I don't really have to. And it is like you said you don't burn as much rope, I mainly just thought it up because I didnt feel like pulling my rope tail to...
I'm probably explaining it poorly, basically the pinto is pulling rope to me from over another branch so I don't have to, it's just for me to clip on my saddle and be lazy.
I cant understand if you're asking what the pinto does or the difference between the wrench and akimbo, so I'll answer both.
The pinto just pulls the tail for you to limb walk so it doesnt put the stress of pulling the rope on your system.
And in my experience there really isn't a difference...
I was using an akimbo yesterday but, I did it again today with a rope wrench and hitch cord. And I'm not home right now so I'll draw something up in ms paint to help.
Just joined yesterday and I wanted to share a technique to see if anyone has done it before and to get feedback. I was climbing(srt) a very wide spread riverbirch yesterday and I had to do a long limb walk, so I set my lanyard on a adjacent branch and begin my limb walk and realize my tail is...
New here on tree Buzz my trainer talked me into making an account, been doing tree work for a little over a year, been climbing for about 7 months. Always wanting to learn and get better.