KBNest -Midline Attachable SRS Canopy Anchor.

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Have any of you come across the KBNest anchor? Have a look.
There will be more videos to come from KBNest.

See also tiedyeclimber on Instagram and Facebook. He has been trying out a prototype.

First Midline Attachable SRS Canopy Anchor which is aiming to hit the market this summer 2026.

Here are some key highlights:
  • Midline attachable canopy anchor. Specifically for SRS climbing
  • Once at your TIP, Installation can be done in under a minute by an armature. Whether it's a preset access line that the climber just ascended or a line they've trailed up.
  • 2 access lines at once and soft retrievable with the same access lines. 3 access lines are possible too, if you are a wizard!
  • Retrieval without pulling any hardware through the tie in point or pulling an alloy unit through a loop of rope. Just a loop of rope through the TIP.
  • Being soft retrievable with access lines and no hardware getting pulled through tight spaces, this has a "low fear" of retrieval-getting-stuck, benefit to the climber.
  • Fast efficient installation for Canobase systems.
  • Easy to perform removals while still using SRS. Just choke a spar and move down the tree negative blocking. The midline attachable and adjustability aspects, makes it easy to pass branch whirls on your way down when removing a spar.
  • Made to meet ASTM F1773-97 standards. And made, tested and assembled, by reputable life safety manufacturers like CMI and Sterling Rope as well as professional rope sewing companies like Iron Street and others. The Nest will be sold at your favorite store and if it's not, ask them to carry it!
  • The company KBNest LLC who has developed this remarkable anchor, is run by a devoted climber and rigging enthusiast. The company is committed to bringing solutions to hardworking people who are not interested in trying out another new take on an old idea.
  • Look for it this summer in stores, or get it early for a deal on KBNest.com

Here are the fundamental principles to better understand this new invention.
  1. it is not a permanent closed loop system, (such as rings or fixed pulleys). Instead for the (small ring), it utilizes an aluminum plate with a slotted jaw opening to drop and trap a rope in, midline. For the (large ring) it uses a rope tether which can be made at will into a cinching adjustable loop for the purpose of catching and trapping your climbing rope and forming a simple but strong closed loop system around it. These two components, the jaw and the loop form a new basis for anchoring SRS.
  2. When climbing SRS the rope in which the climber is anchored to, is not in motion. Only the climber who is moving on their belay device is in motion. This is why the KBNest can use a rope loop protected by a small profile leather sleave in place of the large ring, to complete the closed system.
 
I've watched Tie-Dyed Climber use it a bunch but still don't understand it. The video always moves too fast and my anchor game is pretty simple.
 
What style of video would be most helpful to understand the anchor for you guys? Because it is a brand new concept, some feedback on what about it is not understood would be helpful to know before making a good video.
 
TreeSteward said:
What style of video would be most helpful to understand the anchor for you guys? Because it is a brand new concept, some feedback on what about it is not understood would be helpful to know before making a good video.
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I think if you check out some videos from HowNot2 on youtube, you can extract a style guide from them. Jenks has a really dialed style.
 
So just on appearances it looks like an adjustable friction saver that either gets knot blocked or jammed? With the ability for an access/retrieval line? Kind of a midline twinline without the pulley?
 
pcpTR33 said:
So just on appearances it looks like an adjustable friction saver that either gets knot blocked or jammed? With the ability for an access/retrieval line? Kind of a midline twinline without the pulley?
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I havent used the twinline. But it may be as your describing.
Do the principles at the bottom of my opening post make any sense?
 
What is the advantage of this device over other ways?

I pull choked canopy anchors without hardware going through the union all the time.




Is there an advantage to hanging all the ropes in one place?

I prefer multiple climb lines to be spacially separate.


I'm trying to understand.


Thanks.
 
pcpTR33 said:
Absolutely. What’s the role of that small pulley?
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The roller reduces friction when retrieving SRS lines including a blocked bight which would give you two SRS lines from the roller slot. It also can be used for DRT if you install a floating ring on the tether first to run your line through it and the roller.
 
southsoundtree said:
What is the advantage of this device over other ways?

I pull choked canopy anchors without hardware going through the union all the time.




Is there an advantage to hanging all the ropes in one place?

I prefer multiple climb lines to be spacially separate.


I'm trying to understand.


Thanks.
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Thanks for the feedback. There may be no advantage for you if you have your system dialed and you really like how you climb, why change? On the other hand, if there is any aspect that appeals to you in the first post explaining the Nest, what would those aspects be? if any. And why do they appeal to you?
 
I didn't thoroughly read it and imagine applications.

Mostly, any video is better than no video.

Scripted and practiced, but not fancy or edited, would be great for a climber like me.
If you were advertising video production services, everything in the video needs to be Great and polished. For climbing gear, Barlett puts out plenty of videos that seem scripted and practiced, without being perfect. Very useful.
 
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