SRT to Dbrt

LeviRockett said:
I like these type of ideas although I am too fixated on being able to exit the tree quickly at all times if needed. Something one of my mentors drilled into my head.
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Unless you pull it, the SRT line is always there ready to take you to ground. If you did pull out the SRT canopy anchor, you then have enough rope to go to ground DdRT.

Granted, there are times when you have switched to DdRT, have left the SRT canopy anchor in place 85' up, but disconnected from it, that it could take a little more time to pull the SRT canopy anchor while you go to ground DdRT. Not a lot longer, but I wouldn't want to be caught that way with a swarm of bee's attacking.
 
gmcttr said:
Unless you pull it, the SRT line is always there ready to take you to ground. If you did pull out the SRT canopy anchor, you then have enough rope to go to ground DdRT.

Granted, there are times when you have switched to DdRT, have left the SRT canopy anchor in place 85' up, but disconnected from it, that it could take a little more time to pull the SRT canopy anchor while you go to ground DdRT. Not a lot longer, but I wouldn't want to be caught that way with a swarm of bee's attacking.
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I'm talking about using your tail as a separate Ddrt system.
 
LeviRockett said:
I'm talking about using your tail as a separate Ddrt system.
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I thought that was what I was talking about too.:)

One 200' rope with a canopy anchor, SRT on the fixed leg and a DdRT system on the tail (canopy anchor pull down side) of the same rope.
 
LeviRockett said:
I like these type of ideas although I am too fixated on being able to exit the tree quickly at all times if needed. Something one of my mentors drilled into my head.
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LR, that is what is great about this, I CAN exit at anytime to the ground either on the SRT leg or the DdRT leg if needed. Again, I manage the length of the end of the line I'm on. The SRT end is independent of the DdRT end.
 
Richard uses it in several of his videos to make a traverse.

Maybe he has, or will make a video clearly showing how to use it.
 
having and access line really makes life easier, it's there in case of rescue and can also be used for and inline anchor or tactically placed in the tree for working srt . If the tree is large and i don't have another climber with me , I can throw in and work a part srt on my access line then head on up to my main tip and then place that access line to another part of the tree , tie in dbrt then work a part and then finish of working the last part with my placed access line . If your rope guide gets stuck right at the top and its not possible to use the throwline to retrieve ( it happens) then shooting back up the access line is really nice.
 
great explanation on that video Rich. The reason behind mine was to show a safe setup with the gear that is as basic as possible (due to the guys that are asking having little to no gear), and they are just learning all the different techniques. So it was to be a stepping stone in the learning process. I think I may be misunderstood when I say change over as well. When I say that I mean in the sense that I am on ascent only and have to switch while on the same line to descent or the other way around (for example traditional rope access or rescue climbing method). Also the guys will be using Dbrt for the rest of the work or climb after ascending so they would not be interested in only having a portion of their full line to work with. The trees around us are tall and in some cases just as wide.
 
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