Pics Flipline/Lifeline/Rigging?

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Any pics or opinions of positions of flipline/lifeline when rigging timber into a block on a single stem?

anything changed in this area in the last 5 years?

Escape route from the stem? SRT? Rope Guide? Adjustable false crotch? Steel-core Fliplines? Choked line using Biner/Bowline/figure8? Are your attachment points above or below rigging sling/block?

Any pics or opinions on new developments/ideas would be welcomed.

Thanks
 
Lanyard above the block, AFS or choked lifeline just below the sling but still above the block proper, figure eight if the lifeline is choked. No steel core but I'm not opposed to it if somebody want to give me one.

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lanyard above the rigging, prussik-adjust friction saver or falsecrotch of your choice, or choked off srt line under the rigging, right up against your sling. Safe easy escape, one hand descent off of a spar pole. Awesome.
 
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choked lifeline just below the sling but still above the block proper

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How does that work? below the sling but above the block? surely the block and sling are one and the same.......as the block is attached to the sling thereby making the block part of the sling?
 
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choked off srt line under the rigging, right up against your sling. Safe easy escape, one hand descent off of a spar pole. Awesome.

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What friction hitch and back up are you using for that setup? does it really run as smooth as you say? one handed?
 
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Switch to running bowline when wood gets to big.

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What hitch you using with the SRT? and is it backed up? does it make for good work positioning when cutting?
 
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Any pics or opinions of positions of flipline/lifeline when rigging timber into a block on a single stem?
anything changed in this area in the last 5 years?
Escape route from the stem? SRT? Rope Guide? Adjustable false crotch? Steel-core Fliplines? Choked line using Biner/Bowline/figure8? Are your attachment points above or below rigging sling/block?
Any pics or opinions on new developments/ideas would be welcomed.
Thanks

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Both above the block, 1 of them 'choked' or snug, so they don't flip over the wobbling spar once the piece is "caught". I choose the 'Adjustable Friction Saver' method since most arborists are familiar with how it works. I have a 6' Buckingham, and 20' X 1/2" spliced AFS. In case of a rescue, I can be lowered on the doubled rope system. The AFS is not actually choked, but it is snug and won't flip off the spar since it is snug. I keep the rings 4-6" apart.
 
Grover, I don't running bowline/srt much, but when I do I stay on a VT , and don't put an 8 in either. I should eh? I figure if I come down nice and slow I won't burn my hitch up. I try to stay on the rope guide. If I have a lot of bigger wood I make a longer RG
And forgot...I usually put my lanyard above the sling and lifeline below. But sometimes I think if my notch is real close to the sling they both go below.
How don't you get that you can be below the sling thats around the wood but above the block?
 
Norm, when running bowline/SRTing is the figure eight, or munter used mainly in case of emergencies? Cuz I just come down slow and don't bother with the 8
 
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choked lifeline just below the sling but still above the block proper

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How does that work? below the sling but above the block? surely the block and sling are one and the same.......as the block is attached to the sling thereby making the block part of the sling?

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Grover, you know exactly what I'm talking about, it's not like I invented the idea. This has been covered in lots of discussions.

Slings have eyes. Mine have eyes that are about 6" or 7" long if you pull them flat. The top 2" of the eye, both legs, is cinched by a cow hitch. The bottom 2" or 3" are around the the top sheave of the block. That leaves 2" or 3" of soft eye below the cow hitch but above the metal block. That's where my AFS or lifeline is.
The idea is that the metal block doesn't slam into my lifeline but it's not above the rigging. If I have to bail, it's easy to unclip my lanyard, which IS above the rigging, and descend... even if my choked lifeline or AFS is pinched somehow.

You're such a trickster.
 
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choked off srt line under the rigging, right up against your sling. Safe easy escape, one hand descent off of a spar pole. Awesome.

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What friction hitch and back up are you using for that setup? does it really run as smooth as you say? one handed?

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If my climbing line is choked off under my rigging, I'm not using a hitch anymore...I'm using a grigri, backed up by my lanyard/flipline. and yes srt descents are quite smooth on a grigri....even one handed!
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I do it the same as Chris and Blinky. The only other option is if I can get a remote tie-in point in another tree. Then I just run my lanyard above the rigging.

Generally speaking, I love being tied into a whole seperate tree or spar. It makes things so easy.
 
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