Honestly I've done the recommended full bury. I think it was fine. Every amsteel line I've ever seen has just straight buries, two full fids I think it was
Just cause is bridge burns doesn't mean it was you who lit it on fire.
Don't let your relationship with your employer cloud your judgement. I feel like from reading your post you know what you need to do.
Do it.
Best of luck
I can see this happening to me in my earlier years of climbing 100%. Constantly sent out to do things without anyone more experienced then I, doing things within my abilities but without the experience or knowledge to have the needed foresight.
Terrible way to learn. Hope he learns quick
Call me crazy but I've rigged this exactly spear cut deal up often out of the bucket. This isn't anything new, it's a classic bucket op move, is it not? Never as a climber, at least like that.
True blue is bad ass for this because you can sweat the stretch from the rope and trigger the cut...
Looks like an older model in the picture I saw on Facebook. I mean I dunno what the lifespan is on those, I've never owned one, but it looked like a well uses zig zag, someone correct me if I'm wrong here
Some what of a joke saying it like that. I get in relax mode late in the day.
I don't do remotely as tall trees as you man, I live on a little peninsula on the east coast, just short, windswept trees.
My removal ropes are only 80-100'ers. Spike up with a lanyard and my climb line as a second...
Where I live, I've learned "big" rigging is the medium category for most others with bigger trees.
I say that to say this, I retired a climb line that was plenty good, I just bought new ropes honestly. I use it for rigging all the time. Like, all the time. Not meant for fast long run natural...
I'm late to this thread but I knew treebuzz where the place to be for this discussion.
Anyone think this is the first step in an evolution on change? This first step, not looking very well received.
But imagine it revised. Maybe something like "Second line shall be present in tree with worker...