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    How do you “ethically” ascend redwoods with weak anchor branches?

    Anyway. Yeah when a customer doesntvwant me to use spurs on their 2nd growth red wood i do my best with the throw ball to install rope AND use a safety around trunk. Slower but usually limbing anyway. Way better feeling than on downward branches or skinny branches alone.
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    How do you “ethically” ascend redwoods with weak anchor branches?

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    How do you “ethically” ascend redwoods with weak anchor branches?

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    Intentional Barber Chair

    I am thinking there are examples of testing in other industries. Purposely bringing to failure. My own tensile test of lathe turned steel sections is a meek example but crash testing dummies for the car industry comes to mind also. I found it amusing the first tree refused to barber chair...
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    Little tricks

    I've sort of been doing that except I use the end of cut , after half way through as teeter tottet or pivot. Stop after half way through and come from other side till almost through. Tiny ridge provides the teeter. I am thinking am liking the wedge tho, because no need to come from other side.
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    climb scared

    Great post!! Thanks for cautionary tale and something to think about for the future. If it helps any I know a 69 yr old climber. I'm 64 but turn down sketchy jobs alot. Lots of work it seems with trees dying so much in cali..
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    Let's define our terms

    I am thinking the term was made up when actual barber chairs were raised and lowered by mechanical scissoring pieces of metal before hydraulics or air. Am thinking it's the scissoring action that it's named after. Could be totally wrong tho
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    Can anyone Identify this Climbing Technique?

    Have been wondering if two choked lanyards set far enough out so you can push upward with feet, to set next lanyard would be a method. The video has helped me visualize it.
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    Boom or artificial branch for redirect

    Looks like it would eliminate inertial loading from round falling several feet. Seems like a good idea....less stress on bull rope and main stem. I'm thinking one at 90 degrees to tree trunk, like a branch would be good for rigging and positioning too, a boom for a redirect etc. Thanks for...
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    Boom or artificial branch for redirect

    Well thanks, for that I'll check that thread. I'm liking the composite or aluminum tube . Seems like the strapping technique for lowering devices might work. I'll start with small no risky loads.
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    Boom or artificial branch for redirect

    I am thinking a boom coming off main stem where no suitable branch is could be good. Anyone use a system like that for redirect or rigging branches?
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    What’s your favourite lanyard set up

    I like a 30 foot long 9/16 lanyard with hitch climber pulley on each end. It lends itself to 3 tie in points. Some times I get so used to 3 I feel naked going back to 2. I do want to try a bag or something for the slack sometime. One end has a steel carabiner the other aluminum.
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    Friction hitches

    I just tied up the Michiocan last night. I'm liking the look of it, and can relate to some of the turns from the Blake's. Will try in tree soon. It does seem true that the sliding then holding , constantly is specialized. I was thinking of some stopper knots to take tension on an already...
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    Friction hitches

    Thanks! Good to find out about the Michiogan hitch too, I may try it soon.!
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    Friction hitches

    The usual schwabish is 5 alltogether
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    Friction hitches

    I'm using 13mm vortex and 10 mm beeline. My safety is 9/16 tho. I don't want to be going fully experimental really using just 4 but inadvertently did it as my prusiks arrived inches shorter than I ordered. And DoD not realize I had used only 4 on my safety. This is all double moving system.
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    Friction hitches

    I tried the icicle hitch but it locked up too much so I have been using the schwabish. Nice, with almost no slack. Have been trying only 4 wrap schwabish on my safety and works Very smooth. Anybody use 4 wrap schwabish on climbline?
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    Little tricks

    I've had a stuck throw ball, and reloaded big shot with another throw ball with first line going through eye of second throwball....fire it off and it Can lift first throw ball out of stuck position.
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    who here uses a throwline?

    I was also wondering that as many times I can barely see where my tip is, 100 feet up a conifer...branches all over...when I pull my rope up it holds weight but sometimes is springy, going over several branches. Almost seems more direct to go for lowest limb and work up. I love the good solid...
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    Throw line trick

    I love the idea of this trick but not seeing where the 4 inch stick comes in , also if there are a zillion branches under upper branch won't throw line 1 be encircling the whole mess like in a conifer. Just trying to visualize.

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