I climb with the eye to eye. I don't have any fancy redirect tools or equipment, I simply just make due with my tie in and pull it back through and re-tie if necessary.
Welcome to the buzz, where are you located I am only asking because there is a newcastle wyoming didn't know if you were just up the the road. I never leave the ground without a quickie or screw link so many uses. A spare hit cord and hitch climber setup is always something I think about if it is a large tree. A revolver is a bonus to have again if its a big tree and a saw change may be needed. The options are limitless and totally dependent on what you use and size of the tree.
No not wyoming, PA. Although I'd love to live in Wyoming.
Yes, single rope climbing. Using the Prussik just as a blakes.
OK excuse my ignorance. I am going to assume the revolver, which looks like a carabiner.. and quickie are for non spiking climbers?
I find srt much faster. Spike up, with the Prussik system, throw around crotch, tie in come down. Simple.
I have never used a haul line, always my climb line and rigging line that's it. These are the things I came here for. To learn from the ones that are far more advanced than i.
I'm sure you're not slow at all. I don't use a haul line either, every climber has his own techniques and preferences. I carry a throw bag on my saddle and in most trees here, a long lanyard. I climb srt with the Hitch Hiker and use the long lanyard as a second climb line and the throw bag clipped onto it makes changing tie in points and moving around in the tree much easier for me.
