i started with lanyard over the shoulder, went to neck tether cuz i wanted use of my lanyard, just started using 4SRT chest harness, feels weird but safer. for the Runner tho i used to run a bungee from my rear attachment to the tending point over my shoulder, i could slip it on it off & leave...
quite the contrary, trees are more broad spreading, lot's of end weight reduction work (as far as pruning goes), lots of limb walking. lots of species out here are also much thicker so remotely retrievable or settable redirects don't work to well. with the work being at the tips there isn't much...
i just realized it was you, Mr. Poynter. my hats off to you sir. i would luv to see your system in action, it sounds like you have it dialed in to perfection. now i just have to figure out a remotely settable, retrievable redirect to Japan :D
lots of good points made on this thread. i've been trying variations of this set up since i am not keen on buying 2 more pricey ropes that can only used for this technique. ;) i also wasn't thrilled about two lines in a mechanical device (RR) & you totally having to unweigh to do anything. At...
i skimmed through the thread, saw pin oak, black locust, honey locust, osage orange, white pine all pop up a few times, 6 months ago i would have agreed but gawd damn if i wouldn't go running back to those trees after having to deal with some of the shit out here in Cali.
Monterey Pine- covered...
hahaha, my contract work in NYC consisted mostly of "Tree of Heaven" removals :loco: it's one of those trees that amazes me how much it will take for how brittle it can be
theschultzeffect.com :D i wish i would have had more resources and time to make the vid series cuz it would have been awesome to get some of the great innovators like Oceans involved.
the retrievable redirect in called the Minty Rose, it's in my vid series. It's Ben Minty Rose's of the UK...
as long as your retrieval method (overhand knot, ball) passes thru the big ring first and catches that small ring it doesn't seem to matter which way it's wrapped or oriented, it's prob going to change as you climb anyways. sometimes you do have to flick the rope a bit, especially if there's...
nice video, good cinematography. i run a similar set up minus the magical drug induced device from space :D CT foot ascender, homemade HAAS with a bungee running over the shoulder to the rear attachment point of the saddle, neck tether (to free up my lanyard and i use the cordage for other...
your rope splice should enter the small ring first then go through the big ring just like a friction saver so i guess it depends which way you have your DdRT system oriented. if your asking whether it matters to start the wraps by going over the line or behind it, then no it doesn't seem to...
love your video Oceans! (y) totally was one of the things that helped introduce me to DSRT. was even one of the inspiration for my lil go at it. what i tended to think was that the technique was easiest/ useful to use in a big broad tree that had relatively close branches where you could reach...