throw line complications

When I have a stuck line I first try to get my line free by using one of my other throwline sets.

Try to hit a crotch close and above the place where the first one got stuck.
Make sure that the stuck line and the new line are in the same spot running through the canope.
Attach a biner on the end of the second throwline and clip that around the stuck line.
Now you pull the biner up until it is reached a point over the place where the first line is stuck.
This way you have created a different angle to pull out your first throwline and this upward pull mostly frees the stuck ball.

Easy peasy.

But, as a lot of other Buzzers already told you. Better safe than sorry. Get your ball down an disconnect it before pulling a line back. Unless you are 95% sure you can get it out without disconnecting.
 
"i keep seeing things about taking off the bag. not sure why or how to go about doing that(probably so simple!). anyone care to explain? "

If I understand correctly, your asking why buzzers are telling you to untie your throwbag? If you miss your target, let the bag run all the way to the ground. Untie the bag and then pull your line through, this way your weight doesnt get stuck in any crotches or wraps around any limbs.

The easiest way I found to do this process the quickest and most efficient is tieing a slippery figure 8 to the throwbag. The tail left behind allows you to hank it and the bag falls off and your ready to pull your line through. I know some tie a bowline at the end of their throwline with a big enough loop to girth hitch your line to your bag. I dont really like this because its a little harder to undo the girth hitch and also, you now have a loop on your throwline that can catch small stubs or twigs on the way back up and down.

Hope this helps and hope I understood your question.

Be patient! (easier sad than done
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The one thing about throw-lines is that it almost determines how your day of climbing will start............frustration or not.


I have also come to the conclusion that throwline skills make or break a climbing competition. You get five throws before points are deducted. Let's face it...........some people are great climbers but maybe lacking a little on throw-line skills........having said that a lot of what can be done at a competition starts and ends with throw-line skills. Sucks to see a great climber fly through a tree only to have started with a so so tie point or difficulty with the first several throws.
 
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"i keep seeing things about taking off the bag. not sure why or how to go about doing that(probably so simple!). anyone care to explain? "

If I understand correctly, your asking why buzzers are telling you to untie your throwbag? If you miss your target, let the bag run all the way to the ground.

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this is where i misunderstood things. untie the bag AFTER it comes down. i wasnt letting the bag come down when it got stuck both times. missed the throw then tried to pull it back out when it became stuck both times. makes sense now.

let bag run to ground to undo bag so line easily comes out :)
 
Exactly!

And like others said, if you hit your target but you need to isolate it, but you feel that the limbs are creating alot of friction, go ahead and clip on another throw bag so it will definately come down and you dont loose your target.

Good luck!
 
In my experience, practicing throwbag ALWAYS ends in retrieval, no matter how good you get. if you dont want to retrieve, practice against a tall building with no windows.
 
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The easiest way I found to do this process the quickest and most efficient is tieing a slippery figure 8 to the throwbag. The tail left behind allows you to hank it and the bag falls off and your ready to pull your line through.

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I second this. Its the way i have been attaching my throwbag to my line ever since it was shown to me
 
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