Evan Sussman
Participating member
- Location
- Stanwood, WA
So, Jeff Inman is the one who outlined twin tension system at ARC. He prefaced it with an acknowledgement that it may not be best or practical in all situations, but it's worth considering.Can someone that was at aerialrescuechallenge outline two ropes for climbing a conifer please (no limbing out on the way up)? Throwline to two separate limbs and then two ropes? Climbing with one two-way lanyard to bypass limbs or two lanyards?
Wish I coulda gone but would like to hear the gospel. Dave we need a Wesspur video!
And if we're mandating two climb lines used (or available??) why not mandate a complete rescue system is available too?
In all of this there is still a single mode of failure - the harness bridge/ harness . . .
The way you'd use it on a conifer if you're presetting a line is:
- throw over 2 suitable limbs
- double bag the lines back to in-between the two limbs
- Now you have 2 throw lines installed over two separate limbs which allows two independent rope systems.










