treemagineers are one step ahead of me

[cbugg]

I was wondering if anyone knows what the black (nylon?) ring is? This is a picture of an amazing high line set up. makes the rigging hubs that much cooler. any help would be appreciated.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Are there more pics in the series?

So much gear there...what is the purpose?

 

[cbugg]

it is on the treemagineers blog http://www.treemagineers.com/blog/ three ropes are going to high anchor points and the black ring in question secures the hitchclimber pulley for a traditional climb system. it is close to the ground for the picture. they were doing some spar rigging testing and understandably did not want to be tied in to the spar as they were dropping unsafe weights in to it.

 

[joezilla11]

Don't know but looks like it's held together with zip ties

 

[SumoClimber]

Looks like an oversize Antal ring with the thin cordage held on with a couple zip ties. Kind of like they're using it as a fancy replacement for a stopper knot.

 

[TreeLogic]

Almost looks like an antennae coming off of it. Is it somehow connected to that gopro?

 

[cbugg]

I cant seem to find an Antal ring where the edges are curved in like in this pic. do you have a link to something like this SumoClimber?

 

[cbugg]

I think the antenna is for the go pro treelogic

 

[TreeLogic]

Gotcha. I thought maybe it was somehow connected to the set up so the camera would shoot at the right moment. Of course in video mode that wouldn't matter at a high enough frame rate.

 

[Mark_B.]

The ball is an element made of high-impact resin, super-strong, that we had made up to be able to use the Rigging Hub in exactly this configuration. The zip ties are holding the GoPro mount in place. A lot of gear? Personally, I see one Rigging Hub, with lines tied directly into it, so no connectors to cross-load.

The set up worked fantastically, completely independent of the rigging system and lowerable from all three sides at any time.

Seen from below..



... and a hub-view of the test site.

 

[Mark_B.]

Same element used here the other way round.

 

[TreeLogic]

Well that clears things up. Thanks for the elaboration!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

A lot of gear doesn't mean too much gear. After seeing the big picture I can see how tidy the setup was.

I wndered what the lower straps were on the grcs. Makes with the big picture

 

[treebing]

Looks fun

 

[treebing]

Is there any reason you could not use a big stopper knot? Might be tricky to tie the go pro on to though

 

[cbugg]

Thank you for the awenser Mark. This is a very tidy set up indeed. Keven I personally would feel safer with a built for purpose tool in this instance given how different rope reacts and how someone would inevitably put too small a rope in there. There is also the 2 nd pic and the configurations that go along with having that ring in there.

Will these be for sale someday?

 

[countryboypa31]

try http://www.antal.it/index.php/en/blocks/looper-block/all-looper-blocks. They have a lot of neat stuff. Might find something similar there

 

[cbugg]

Nice! I love the internet

 

[cbugg]

one of those blocks would work awesome in place of the hitchclimber in the original picture while also using the high impact resin doughnut (HIRD?) no remote carabiners at all!

 

[countryboypa31]

yeah they got so many cool things. I keep looking at them and trying to think of ways to apply them to tree work, thats beyond what we already do.