Murayama sengen shrine (Mt Fuji)

Reg said:
Well done Paul. Very bad luck with weather on at the start.

How long did it all take, including set-up ?
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Thanks Reg.
Because of the ceremony stuff first day work started around 10, took an hour or so to begin cutting. We bailed that first dayat 3.30 due to being drenched. Hiro didnt have rainwear, he ended up wrapping himself in a survival sheet! Next day from 9 - 4 with an hour for scran and went straight to the hot spring afterwards.
You must have those rainy and misty conditions a lot?
 
SoftBankHawks said:
Thanks Reg.
Because of the ceremony stuff first day work started around 10, took an hour or so to begin cutting. We bailed that first dayat 3.30 due to being drenched. Hiro didnt have rainwear, he ended up wrapping himself in a survival sheet! Next day from 9 - 4 with an hour for scran and went straight to the hot spring afterwards.
You must have those rainy and misty conditions a lot?
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Yes, we get a lot of rain. Again, very well done in those conditions mate.
 
Great work cool video!
What type of rain gear do you guys use? We work in the rain but don't like the constricting feeling of some of the rain gear that we use while climbing.
 
goodaking said:
Great work cool video!
What type of rain gear do you guys use? We work in the rain but don't like the constricting feeling of some of the rain gear that we use while climbing.
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I know what you mean and for me wether it's sweltering, freezing or wet I wear Finetrack base layers. Finetrack are a japanese company that specialise in waterfall climbing clothes and they have some interesting technology. For the outer goretex layer I have been using Berghaus, it's thin stuff so have to be careful with it but ultimately works great.
About the TRT system, you can set it up in loads of ways and create different ascending systems. I use it specifically because I want to remote rig while in the crown, I float a connector in front of the belay. Thanks for the kind comments, it really wasn't much of a ball ache because my workers are so on point, the wireless communication helped a lot.
 
Knot geekery question; I noticed a Cow Hitch being used at 5:30 - Was this to make it easier to untie (compared to, say a Clove Hitch) by the ground support after being tightened?

Excellent footage. Always learning.
 
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123Craig said:
Knot geekery question; I noticed a Cow Hitch being used at 5:30 - Was this to make it easier to untie (compared to, say a Clove Hitch) by the ground support after being tightened?

Excellent footage. Always learning.
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Not that one is better than another but I think we all have preferences. In this situation anyway, I was using slings run off a rigging hub so I could easily leave slack or pull it tight, the cow hitch is great for setting tension in the sling as it has a 2:1 MA built in to the tie process.
 
SoftBankHawks said:
Not that one is better than another but I think we all have preferences. In this situation anyway, I was using slings run off a rigging hub so I could easily leave slack or pull it tight, the cow hitch is great for setting tension in the sling as it has a 2:1 MA built in to the tie process.
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Cool. Thanks. Makes complete sense!
 
Ok - I have three more random questions (I always have questions...) - apologies if they are dumb.


1. Am I correct in seeing no spurs for day 1? - If this is the case - why? - To help protect the tree with your primary life support/tie in as you ascended before possible traverse? - Maybe you felt with 2 tie-ins, they weren't needed? - Maybe you did not want to leave more spur wounds on the remaining spar than needed?

2. On this job - how did you attach a line in the tree you worked on? - Did you use traverse to gain initial access? - If so, what tool did you use to gain the attachment in this situation?

I ask the above question because, yes I've used a hook/other methods to traverse - other times, if the tree was a dangerous/rotten removal - I might spur it right from the ground if I have already set my primary life support/tie in, high enough in a tree close enough.

3. Why the fingertips missing on just your left glove (well actually one finger on the right hand was fingerless on the second day - but you know what I mean...)?


Sorry for the barrage of questions - please take your time.
 
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3. Ha, you spotted my odd gloves, absolutely no meaning there, though I tend to go for fingerless or no gloves these days, those Black Diamond belay gloves are pretty cool for the summer heat.
2/1. I used spur-less SRT to get my main anchor in the primary anchor live tree and then traversed across with a hook, I guess, can't quite remember now, that's usually how it goes. There was enough branch network on the first day so I didn't use Spurs and I like to cut stubs flush so needed spurs for the trunk rigging.
I spend a lot of time in spurs and so relish not using them, any opportunity I get.
 
Again - thanks for your reply.

SoftBankHawks said:
...I spend a lot of time in spurs and so relish not using them, any opportunity I get.
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- Same here - not often the situation arises where I don't need them for some sort of removal though.

Yes - a job you did half a year ago might begin to get hazy in the memory...

I buy cheap thin gardening gloves from the dollar store (everything gets ripped apart in a week or so anyway) - won't try fingerless as spruce needles stab my hand as it is (even through gloves) - though need to be thin for sweat and rope tieing/branch gripping. (Winter - though becomes a whole different glove set-up)

Thanks again Paul - always good to check in with how the Masters do it. :)
 
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