Rescuing two throw bags @#$%!

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Ron

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Chattanooga
This was just a fun climb, or it was suppose to be. Then, I got two throwbags really hung and the fun climb turned into a rescue mission.

I admit that the video is way too long, but some of the 'long' actually shows how many times I had to throw to get the next setting and esp. to get a throwline over the stuck throwline to pull it down.

Anyway you can watch as much as you like, fast forward, skip, or just stop when you get bored. BTW, the result is disclosed at the end of part 2.

I was recording with a V.I.O. POV 1.5 camera/recorder and edited the some 50 minutes of video down to about 12 minutes with Roxio Creator 2010. I even lowered the sound level a couple of places, especially when I pulled up the throwline and saw the tangled mess. But you probably didn't want to hear that anyway -
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part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_hXvaKzVQ

and a short part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh2jXq2Y7ro
 
Nicely done, Ron!


I have had many similar missions in my front yard. I like the video camera, works out real well.


A small critique, but you do want to avoid biner-to-biner connections (I think it was your lanyard when you were making your first rope advance)


I liked your climbing system, very simple and clean.



SZ
 
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Nicely done, Ron!

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Thanks!

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... A small critique, but you do want to avoid biner-to-biner connections (I think it was your lanyard when you were making your first rope advance)...

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I almost commented about that myself but thought I'd wait to see if anybody would notice. I'm not sure what your specific caution is in regard to, but I'd sure like to hear your thoughts about it if you wouldn't mind elaborating a bit.

In the lanyard configuration you pointed out, the way I had the end of the lanyard terminated back to the biner of the Microscender is dangerous. The pull of the lanyard is in a direction that tends to relieve pressure on the cam of the microscender, hence the Microscender could start to slip. It actually did slip with me once and since then I quit doing that.

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I liked your climbing system, very simple and clean.

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It's just a RADS with a few of my own touches. One of the things I do that most don't is provide two foot loops so both legs share the load. Also, the same 3/4" tubular webbing that forms the foot loops provides a tether from the upper ascender back to the saddle for a backup. I found I could use a 'double' girth hitch to cleanly attach the foot loops and tether from one single piece of webbing.
 
Getting a line set in a tree is number one, and then getting throwlines stuck in the tree is all just part of it. We've spent half a day just trying to accomplish getting the climbline set. With numerous lost weights, stuck throwlines and frazzled nerves.

When you plan a rec climb the entire day can be eaten up with just trying to get a line set. So from similar experience I've always set one day for the climb and one to set the lines. So when the day comes for the event everyone can get on with it.
 
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... A small critique, but you do want to avoid biner-to-biner connections (I think it was your lanyard when you were making your first rope advance)...

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I almost commented about that myself but thought I'd wait to see if anybody would notice. I'm not sure what your specific caution is in regard to, but I'd sure like to hear your thoughts about it if you wouldn't mind elaborating a bit.

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Perhaps someone else can elaborate on the specifics of why you don't want to clip a biner to another biner, but from what I remember, if something happens suddenly, the chances of gate-on-gate contact are increased....something like that.

Only after you pointed out that the biner you clipped into was the one holding the microcender, I can see how that would affect the action of that ascender.

SZ
 
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