Climbing plane trees

[Stephen Blair]

with a throw bag on your rope you can throw round wide trunks, swing it out under a crotch and catch it back, even if you are crossing to another tree 20 ft away, just let it lower down enough to make it back to you, creat a loop in your line, catch it and swing it back to you.

[Mesterh]

If you need to do a bit of rope throwing a nice big steel krab helps. Quick and easy to use.

 

Just watch it doesnt come back and smack you in the face though!

[Rupe]

Stevie... Have you ever seen the grapnel in action? Its v.clever but american and therefore gay! You'd love it.

[Stephen Blair]

is that the thing on heliloggers, it is like a grappel except more modern and smaller..

[Rupe]

Throw a line to another tree miles away, then attach grapnel to line with a prussik loop, let the line drop down the other tree and grapnel goes accross, give it some flicks and it hooks the downside of the throwline and pull it back. There you have a line to another tree you can tightrope walk accross.

 

Now I'm beign a knobhead, I should go to the pub!

[peter_t]

Good method for Lime trees but learn to throw your climbing line, it's one of the basics that you should get to learn.

 

yeah i guess you shouldn't rely on it but it can make life so much easier

 

pete

[skyhuck]

Spikes??

[jamesw]

from what i remember from starting out climbing i always had my weight in the harness and below the limb! so if your doing that still (sorry if your not:blushing:) then swing up above the limb and advance your lanyard to waist height lean back and throw. Sorry if this is suck eggs:001_smile:

[arbwork]

is any body goin to say anything about the horrid white dusty choking eye watering stuff ?

[Mesterh]

is any body goin to say anything about the horrid white dusty choking eye watering stuff ?

 

The least said about that the better

 

Dust mask or winter time only!