limb selection

[bob]

thats all very well, but dont you ever have that niggling doubt that the bouncing you've just done has been enough to cause a hairline fracture in the anchor point that could fail on your ascent?

 

double loading an anchor point should always be done if you have not inspected the anchor according to the good climbing guide and if you have any doubts that it may cause damage in doing so your on the wrong anchor imo

[vduben]

i had the job of sorting out a badly topped beech tree last year for roller. It had been topped at about 70ft, middle taken out and the sides pretty much left. i was able to have my ropeguide around a 10 inch stem just below the previous topping cut, then redirected right into the tips on a 3 inch stem. Beech is strong and i was happy with that small redirect anchor point.....though the risk of a short fall was well worth it for the ease it gave me to carry out the crown restoration. In that situation im also just a little bit more careful how much weight I put on my rope, and tend to remain lanyarded in even just for manourering through the crown. job would have been a pain in the ass without that anchor.

 

a well worthwhile trick to have up your sleeve

 

never used that befor but it seems a good trick,wil ave ago nexttime but did you have to keep spinning th pulley because the more you move around the tree the more the rope wont run true..

[Peter]

never used that befor but it seems a good trick,wil ave ago nexttime but did you have to keep spinning th pulley because the more you move around the tree the more the rope wont run true..

 

If you put the pulley on a long enough sling it will normally stay in alignment. Failing that you could use a swivel or swivel carabiner.