Petzl ASAP or DMM Catch in the tree

[Guest]

18 hours ago, mawsonarb said:

On 09/07/2018 at 00:06, Gaz-exRM said:

I’ve had to do it on Network rail. Two anchors too two SRT lines. Climbing on one and the other as back up. I just used an auto block. Bit OTT for me. All the years in the RM in the mountains with commando units we hardly had any accidents and no deaths on single rope.

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Let it go man...let it go....

But it true though mate !

[Si Jo Tee]

15 minutes ago, Gaz-exRM said:

It was 7 years ago but if you want to know I’ll ask my old boss.

Phew! thought it was recent. Thank you for the offer Gaz but if it's that long ago then we'll stay with what we're doing now. Cheers.

[Guest]

9 hours ago, Si Jo Tee said:

Phew! thought it was recent. Thank you for the offer Gaz but if it's that long ago then we'll stay with what we're doing now. Cheers.

The guy wasn’t a tree climber, he was IRATA. But network rail took him on (blag artist) off paperwork. I’m IRATA from the corps, I’ve climbed everything since I was ten years old, and he was full of shit. But I used two SRT lines to shut him up. Pointless venture though !!!

[john meehan]

Has this been bought about be bad anchor point when accessing tree for first time via rope installed by throw line. When limb can not be inspected closely.

No mate, you can’t use throw lines on the contract at all, it’s user error and carabiner failures mainly.

[AHPP]

carabiner failures

What on earth are they doing to them?

[john meehan]

Incorrect loading, using the wrong carabiner, not connecting properly, poor maintence. The list goes on really,

Another big one I think is people not stripping in on change overs.

[AHPP]

Incorrect loading, using the wrong carabiner, not connecting properly, poor maintence. The list goes on really,

Another big one I think is people not stripping in on change overs.

But to actually break them?

[john meehan]

But to actually break them?

Tbh I think the main thing is people in clipping or crabs not closing etc,

The two ropes make it much less likely for this to happen. They are just hoping to remove the human error from the equation.

[Khriss]

Sounds like a chain of failures with staff not using best practise - or any sound practise ! Nothing wrong with single line or double lines in trees ( as long as yr anchored twice fr yr cut . How people store climbing kit is atrocious in most companies ( saws on ropes ) K