2016 srtwp redirects

Tuebor said:
Bone shaped?

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Tapered, wider to narrower. Narrow end to insert into hitch, wider end on the upside, gravity can't pull it through but a sustained pull will. A casual tug will not. Also can two-stage the pull out fairly simply, will show when I get a chance to set it up. Nothing is bullet-proof but it can be as solid as any other well-implemented anchor system. But to your point, yeah a very gradual taper dogbone shape should be tested too, more I think about it, better it sounds.
-AJ
 
I made a fiddlestick prototype using a piece of fir, when I get the shape right I'll make it out of some hardwood. The fir is plenty strong for the use but won't wear so well. The piece is tapered on the sides and front and back, the idea is that it won't drop out very easily and it can't drop out if the hitch is snugged properly. I took it on a test run but ran out of light after sundown. What I did notice is that I need to drill another hole at the top so it can be used with the pull cord coming from above, for example you could throw the the pull cord (small throw weight on the end) over a mini redirect towards where you're headed in the tree and have the cord waiting for you if you want to take the redirect out while you're still in the tree.

I cinched it into the releasing knot as a releasable base anchor (just for a test didn't climb on it) and bounced the crap out of the rope, it held super nice, didn't budge. I tested pulling it out from the bottom, forcing the wider end down thru the hitch, it resisted but came out with a hard tug, which is what I wanted to see happen. I'll girth the tether attachment cord (instead creating a loop through the hole the way it is now) so I can move the tether loop to the top or bottom position on the paddle.

That's 80' of 3/16" cord in the photo, a bit bulky, could probably get away with 50-60' of cord and maybe smaller diameter to reduce bulk of the stowed cord.

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Here it is configured as a releasable base anchor, for a releasable redirect the release tether is tied to the bottom hole and the fiddlestick is pulled down through the hitch to release. I'm finding out that this hitch can be cinched very tight, doesn't wiggle loose when slacked, pretty awesome.

This is all experimental towards the goal of developing useful and safe technique, not recommending that anyone go out and hang their life on it. I'll do that first in cautious backed up steps ;-)

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Tested it as a redirect today, super bomber. It was tough to pull out as it should be. I redirected my pull cord around a sapling, when the fiddlestick popped it came down like a guided missle.
 
Do you think that the throw hook would work as a fiddle stick in a pinch?
 
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oceans said:
With SRWP, the rope has no directional preference. I think that's the beauty. You can tie off absolutely anywhere midline, anywhere to the tree, cut the rope and tie it back together, it's just endless...all because of Morgan, Gordon, Kevin, and now Jamie.

My previous post is basically holding true to this principle. I'll see if I can put together a video, but expect a photo perhaps sooner. In the mean time, go over it piece by piece and I'm sure you'll all get it. :)
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Yeah, oceans, you do write clearly, I just have to follow through each step or statement in order as I try to picture it in my mind.

I just wanted to chime in here in case nobody has yet about our SRT inventors. I've still got a few more pages of this thread to work my way through, so I'll probably delete this post if I find someone else has mentioned it. I think the order of debt should go Morgan, Kevin, Paul Cox, Gordon and now Jaime.

Tim
 
rockettree said:
Yeah it's pretty slick. I got it at Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder, they have a huge selection of hardware. It's fun to go in and think about what one might be able to apply to tree work. This popped out at me as something that might actually be practical.

As I said, it's a canyoneering tool. I watched some canyoneering vids and it looked like they might get some good use out of a BDB, rope runner or the like.
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Here's a link to their website; hopefully the moderators won't mind. Maybe if someone communicates with them about all of the climbers that come to this forum, they could end up being another great sponsor.

http://www.neptunemountaineering.com/

Tim
 
monkeylove said:
That Canyon redi https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Imlay+Canyon+Gear+FiddleStick
for those who have to know.
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oldoakman said:
I need a better look at the hitch holding the stick.
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For some reason monkeylove's link did not work for me on my handheld computer; all I ended up getting was a blank google search engine page. So I used the Bing search engine with monkeylove's search terms, and got this page as the top result, which I think was done by the inventors of the fiddlestick. Here's the link to that web page, just in case it hasn't been shown yet.

http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/techtips/fiddlestick/

Tim
 
TimBr said:
For some reason monkeylove's link did not work for me on my handheld computer; all I ended up getting was a blank google search engine page. So I used the Bing search engine with monkeylove's search terms, and got this page as the top result, which I think was done by the inventors of the fiddlestick. Here's the link to that web page, just in case it hasn't been shown yet.

http://www.canyoneeringusa.com/techtips/fiddlestick/

Tim
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Damn thanks....must have a look at this....I never use retrievable redirects...PITA
 
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