Preferred method of Canopy Anchor

I weigh 200 out of the shower and I am no ballerina in a tree. My name is swan, but my nature is not graceful.

The circus bowline is a directional knot, it follows the line of the rope. You can tie it so it points down the line (that's how I use it with a canopy anchor) or you can reverse the tie process and have it point up the line. Don't know why you would, but you can. Maybe towing or pulling something. It's great for that too. Always comes out.
 
RajElectric said:
Tough to untie AB knot on a climb line? What the heck is being done? ;)
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Agreed, I canopy anchor with the alpine butterfly all the time and have never had an issue with untying after a climb. Also I know that I am obviously biased but from watching the video the butterfly is much easier to tie and bidirectional.... What's not to like
 
moss said:
Figure 8 on a bight tied midline is fast and comes apart easy after heavy loading. You can make the eye as small as you need it.
-AJ
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I do that every once and a while, I use figure 8 on a bight too for my base anchor knot. 2 wraps, figure 8 to delta to backside of climb line.
 
MattT said:
I do that every once and a while, I use figure 8 on a bight too for my base anchor knot. 2 wraps, figure 8 to delta to backside of climb line.
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This is my current favourite base anchor when rec climbing. Simple, easy to check and quick.

Great for a winter after work climb and accessing the canopy before sunset and switching on a headlight.

cheers
 
Delta TIP with Tagline Pull-down & captive box wrench:
Easily set, moved & reset. Relatively easy pull-down even with a few redirects.
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SingleJack said:
Delta TIP with Tagline Pull-down & captive box wrench:
Easily set, moved & reset. Relatively easy pull-down even with a few redirects.
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That tagline go all the way to the ground, it must.

Does it get in the way much? What diameter/cordage is it?

Sorry for the questions, that is something I have oft sat pondering. And would love some input.
 
I've not used any tagline in that setup, if I did, it would be another climb line on a work tree, I always have a fear of nicking the main climb line and not having a backup available to me in the tree to complete the job.
 
macswan said:
That tagline go all the way to the ground, it must.

Does it get in the way much? What diameter/cordage is it?

Sorry for the questions, that is something I have oft sat pondering. And would love some input.
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Good questions. The tagline does go all the way to the ground -- it is a pull-down, after-all. It doesn't get any more in-the-way than any other pull-down. It's 9mm Yalon {Yale Cordage} that came in Box-O-Rope from TreeStuff.com. It's strong enough to bail-out and rap-down if necessary. It's similar to the two-half-rope techniques used in rock-climbing.
 
My favorite SRT Canopy anchor is to send up a Running Bowline tied at the eye splice end of my line. Upon reaching that, I convert it to a Ring-2-ring FS with the "Hitch-Hiker Stopper Knot" just behind the small ring. When I do this, I bring up a small ditty bag with 80' of 8mm retrieval cord. I attach that to the eye splice and pitch the bag out of the crown.

When you canopy anchor like this, it solves a whole bunch of things;
- You can climb just like you would if base anchored, so you can install a good number of natural redirects and still easily retrieve.
- Throwline is awful for retrieval, being so light it can tangle or be really hard to pull out friction from redirects.
- You can use a much shorter climbing line since you don't need all that extra length for the retrieval side.
- The 8mm line is inexpensive, but can be pulled on with a foot ascender or handled asunder if you're retrieving with friction from several redirects.
- The 8mm line also weighs less than climb line, so you have much less tendency for the stopper knot to creep away from the small ring when you're un-weighting your working side while real close to the FS.

If I desired a canopy anchor for a quick straight up straight down job where I had no plan to climb to (or beyond) my canopy anchor, I would choose an Alpine Butterfly with a Delta Link. For extended climbs, prunes, I would probably choose a base anchor, or the FS method described above.
 
oceans said:
My favorite SRT Canopy anchor is to send up a Running Bowline tied at the eye splice end of my line. Upon reaching that, I convert it to a Ring-2-ring FS with the "Hitch-Hiker Stopper Knot" just behind the small ring. When I do this, I bring up a small ditty bag with 80' of 8mm retrieval cord. I attach that to the eye splice and pitch the bag out of the crown.

When you canopy anchor like this, it solves a whole bunch of things;
- You can climb just like you would if base anchored, so you can install a good number of natural redirects and still easily retrieve.
- Throwline is awful for retrieval, being so light it can tangle or be really hard to pull out friction from redirects.
- You can use a much shorter climbing line since you don't need all that extra length for the retrieval side.
- The 8mm line is inexpensive, but can be pulled on with a foot ascender or handled asunder if you're retrieving with friction from several redirects.
- The 8mm line also weighs less than climb line, so you have much less tendency for the stopper knot to creep away from the small ring when you're un-weighting your working side while real close to the FS.

If I desired a canopy anchor for a quick straight up straight down job where I had no plan to climb to (or beyond) my canopy anchor, I would choose an Alpine Butterfly with a Delta Link. For extended climbs, prunes, I would probably choose a base anchor, or the FS method described above.
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So the carabiner that attaches your spliced eye to the 8mm cord is essentially a backup to the hitch hiker knot as well. I like it. Simple.

Are you using something like this for retrieval? http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=259&item=1472

Stuff is cheap but I have never used it.
 
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