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I did use a throwbag on my lanyard and I still struggled. Watching me flail and fail would have been like watching someone trying to tie his shoes for ten minutes I imagine.

If I get to a point where the next branches are too small for me to trust and the nearest large union is too difficult or far to set to I figure I need to cinch to stem. I failed to figure out how to do that from below leaving me to advance a lanyard maybe a foot at a time which was painfully slow—literally thanks to the inappropriate harness.
 
Webfoot said:
I did use a throwbag on my lanyard and I still struggled. Watching me flail and fail would have been like watching someone trying to tie his shoes for ten minutes I imagine.

If I get to a point where the next branches are too small for me to trust and the nearest large union is too difficult or far to set to I figure I need to cinch to stem. I failed to figure out how to do that from below leaving me to advance a lanyard maybe a foot at a time which was painfully slow—literally thanks to the inappropriate harness.
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I struggled a lot with advancing my lanyard when I started trying to figure this all out.
I do this kind of thing fairly regularly, and find it helps in some tricky scenarios.
 
Webfoot said:
@levi r Thanks for asking. There haven't been any recently as I have been spending myself hiking and wading.

The trees in the local park that were good for climbing in winter leafed out into bushy oaks by summer and I decided I couldn't climb those safely even if I wanted to as I could not evaluate TIPs.

My stubbornness of using a rock harness made hanging about uncomfortable as everyone including me knew it would, but I was doing a lot more of that than I hoped to be. I found two-lanyard climbing significantly harder than expected as the next safe branch was often hard to get a rope over from the one I was on.

I fully intend to continue but I need to find some other trees and I may need to spend more on equipment. I'll post here the next time I go out.
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I hear ya. I really hate alternating lanyard for many trees. I pretty much throw ball into every tree. Mostly shooting for my final tip every time.

Tree climbing is really hard (for me at least) is what I try and tell myself every day before doing quotes...
 
You can bring a telescopic pole or use a branch to position a rope overhead.

I trunk choke with an autolock steel Fusion biner all the time...all it takes is a stub to hold the rope until choked tight or push a running bowline or choking biner up a bare stem with a branch/ pole hook.
 
The realization early on that climbing trees was just as much, if not more, about throwline/rope advancing skill than actual free climbing, and started keeping a throwbag and throwline on me at all times to practice at every single opportunity
 
Matias said:
The realization early on that climbing trees was just as much, if not more, about throwline/rope advancing skill than actual free climbing, and started keeping a throwbag and throwline on me at all times to practice at every single opportunity
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For years I carried 50’ of Zing-It throwline and a 6oz throwbag flaked into a small pouch on my harness. Nowdays it’s all about throwing the end of my 15’ lanyard and/or my throwing hook up over something above to advance.
-AJ
 
I may have found someone selling the old Notch Sentry Floating D harness, unless it's a scam site. Is this likely to be a satisfactory recreational saddle or a waste of money?

Looks like it is a scam, but the question remains if this is a useful (style of) saddle.
 
Webfoot said:
I may have found someone selling the old Notch Sentry Floating D harness, unless it's a scam site. Is this likely to be a satisfactory recreational saddle or a waste of money?

Looks like it is a scam, but the question remains if this is a useful (style of) saddle.
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Do you have a link to the listing?
 
It works. Not an awesome saddle, but totally functional, especially for learning. If you get good in that, you will appreciate a really good saddle sooo much more. I learned to climb in a fall arrest harness, so when I got a petzl sequoia, I thought it was the most amazing thing since sliced bread. That sequoia feels like torture now compared to my new kinisi, but it took time to appreciate the differences.
 
I received the Big Shot. I can see why they make a release for it as it's a job to hold on to the strap. What is the recommended way to grip it? Two fingers? Three? Thumb?
 
Webfoot said:
I received the Big Shot. I can see why they make a release for it as it's a job to hold on to the strap. What is the recommended way to grip it? Two fingers? Three? Thumb?
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I like to put a little rock in the strap and wrap it in tape to give me something easier to grab, but I don't own my own. if I did, I would set up a trigger release.
 

Check out around the 7:00 minute mark for an inexpensive rope grab handle modification for the big shot

Personally I just put the big shot loop in my fist for really hard shots. I’d bet I’m not the only one to to have sprained my fingers trying to hold that loop and having it snap in odd ways
 
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