I lived in Colombia from '64-'71 and visited the Piapoco, and later returned as part of a survey crew to try to establish an area of land that the government would grant to the Cuiva, near the Venezuelan border. One childhood friend was a Kogi from the Sierra Madre are in Northern Colombia. I...
I used to have an RC glider, except I launched with 100' of surgical tubing with 200' line and did some hand launch slope soaring in the Llanos of Colombia. I once caught a thermal from the line launch and went out of sight. I held the elevator in the full up position and finally saw it...
My though was to have a device like this secured on the base of the tree, with a pulley at the tip, and the remote control on the rope end at the bridge in the same position as the hitch. Then ascend/descend and work position with no tail to deal with below the climber. What say you...