Photos of base anchors, let's see'em.

Even a recipe eight or potty would not be a good choice if your work plan includes the possibility of dropping anything at the base of the tree. If hat were in my plan I'd base anchor for ascent then switch to a canopy anchor. Or...tie off to a tree that is adjacent to the are redirect the clmbing line laterally from the TIP and then vertically down to a base anchor. That should keep your anchor out of the DZ
 
i do 3 truck traps then a running midline bowline. with 3 wraps, i can leave the last wrap where my bowline will be somewhat slack, enough to where you could untie the bowline while weighted. i can do a whole climb and come down and it will still be slack enough to untie.
and you can lower me off the trunk wraps if need be, but id have to be pretty f'd up to let you do that to my climbing line.

im all set with these set ups that introduce flop, like a porty. if i were to use a rig or something i would probably want to do one trunk wrap to see if that limits the flop potential. or use aaron's solution.
 
Cut,

Agreed ;) We're in the trunk wrap fan club. Eliminating flop factor was one of my goals when I was muddling through base anchors years ago. Another...simplicity.

Frictionless anchors/wraps should be more popular for this application and in rigging.
 
Tom Dunlap said:
Even a recipe eight or potty would not be a good choice if your work plan includes the possibility of dropping anything at the base of the tree. If hat were in my plan I'd base anchor for ascent then switch to a canopy anchor. Or...tie off to a tree that is adjacent to the are redirect the clmbing line laterally from the TIP and then vertically down to a base anchor. That should keep your anchor out of the DZ
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yeah "potty" tie off not a good plan Tom...got to agree with that. could come unbolted from floor (:-))
 
Tony said:
Don't trust your ground personnel or don't have any?

Not much different than putting rope in a bag.

Just curious about your response.

Tony
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"Not much different than putting rope in a bag."

Really?

Well, OK, if you say so.
 
I don't use retrievable base anchors often, but when I do... This is what I use
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