Were you using the rip zip energy absorption link on your base tie? Replacing your bridge good, have a close look at the stitching. If it didn't wrench your back it may have only been a 2kN catch or so. Check out the How Not To on purpose instrumented falls. I might be wrong about the kN for discomfort, the vids have it.
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Good point. It may have been a fluke-ey jarggled up fall with lots of deflection and random motion to disrupt it from being a clean free air hard rope catch. Odds are it was also an "arc catch" where the rope tightened and sent you into a bit of an arc motion path. That's a major effect in catching spar chunks rigging, reducing the force spike. Any back tweak the day(s) after? Sometimes it takes a while to show up. If you were stomach/head down at catch your bridge would torque you pretty good.
evo
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I had a significant fall similar to yours. I added a little line to my 200’ kermaster (the stretchy one) in order to base tie. It was set over some epicormics which I planned to break out and settle into the intended limb (10-15’?)
Client came out to talk, and I forgot my steps. Luck enough I was a good 50’ up a bare stem when it broke.
Totally impressed with the bungee cord and my footie tore the sheath about 50%.
I hope you figure out what happened and never do it again. Glad you’re whole and obviously buying up gear
Client came out to talk, and I forgot my steps. Luck enough I was a good 50’ up a bare stem when it broke.
Totally impressed with the bungee cord and my footie tore the sheath about 50%.
I hope you figure out what happened and never do it again. Glad you’re whole and obviously buying up gear
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I'm glad you're alright, Matias. Sounds scary.
Matias
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I am not sore at all, and it's been nearly 60 hours. I haven't had time to examine the rope in good light, but I suspect it dragged down the stem; friction slowed the descent. I moved a but laterally, but didn't swing much. it was disorienting to fall head first. and I did not go head up until I was caught. I shortened my bridge cords to not be using the obviously pinched sections, but the camming adjusters on the kinisi held, and make it easy to shorten just enough, til new bridges cordage arrives. Should I replace those cams? I won't use that rope as a primary anymore.
I was in a spindly trident maple today, and used three stems in a triangular opposition to form my main canopy anchor on one side and a second double stem on the other. It's been a long couple of days, but I will draw up a few sketches soon, though probably this weekend.
I was in a spindly trident maple today, and used three stems in a triangular opposition to form my main canopy anchor on one side and a second double stem on the other. It's been a long couple of days, but I will draw up a few sketches soon, though probably this weekend.
Matias
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No screamer, but I am ordering one. Stitching all looks solid today.
evo
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I’d gauge replacing the cams on how hard you fell. Watch the break testing videos, they are probably just fine if they pass a detailed inspection
This is something I have experienced several times in my early experimenting with SRT work positioning setups. I am a huge advocate of base tied systems for this very reason and its ability to alter force vectors to mitigate dangerous situations.
Glad you are OK, Matias!
southsoundtree
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Screamers are good, but rarely employed.
I avoid htp if I don't have a very good TIP, opting for something with stretch.
A spiraling base-tie may have a little 'give' compared to one that comes straight down to a trunk choke or basal anchor system.
I usually use Mac Swan's base-tie that's shown in the archived TB articles from a Long time ago...working end reaching the ground. Midline tie-off at the base, spiraled for a little give, but more importantly to keep pressure off the base-tie to make it really easy to untie under load and trunk-wrap friction for lowering.
I avoid htp if I don't have a very good TIP, opting for something with stretch.
A spiraling base-tie may have a little 'give' compared to one that comes straight down to a trunk choke or basal anchor system.
I usually use Mac Swan's base-tie that's shown in the archived TB articles from a Long time ago...working end reaching the ground. Midline tie-off at the base, spiraled for a little give, but more importantly to keep pressure off the base-tie to make it really easy to untie under load and trunk-wrap friction for lowering.
ghostice
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Matias, Re #26 above, DMM had a Kinisi bridge video bit from Augsburg I think it was first alluded to in a Buzz thread on the Kinisi harness where they did failure testing on the bridge itself. There's a link to the video in here somewhere I think. Myself, I'd replace the cam side and the other side probably, being from the birthsign of the Cringing Chicken . . . . Again, glad you're not hurt and thanks for this post - really!
