Unexpected rigging issue

[Rough Hewn]

So yesterday we were rigging some medium sized branches off a large pine,

When the rigging rope slid into a tool carabiner on the climbers belt.

Couldn't unclip as awkward position.

Had to lower the branch with the climber on the rope.

No danger but could have been very different outcome with a bigger piece.

Thought I'd share this as a warning for non 3way carabiners.

Stay safe.

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[MattyF]

Good point rough ...Why I have said I won’t have any thing other than plastic petzl caritool amongst my climbing krabs [emoji1303] .. although thinking about it I have a few mini DMMs for ascenders I don’t think they are capable of picking up a rigging rope especially where they are stored too.

[Stephen Blair]

Those carry tools can get you into bother, I clipped my side strop into 1 when I first started using them, it was on a big sycamore stem and I was going by feel as I couldn’t see properly as I was wearing a water proof jacket.  Caught it just in time before I undid my climbing line.  Had it caught on phone lines and branches before wrestling through conifers.  Makes me mad ?

[billpierce]

I often seen to clip myself onto branches with mine. Really annoying, but also real handy. Wire gate removed? Who does this and do they rain pulleys down frequently?

[MattyF]

I have the gate removed bill and it makes a great saw hook , proper quick draw with the saw [emoji38]
Occasionally it gets caught but If you know it’s there and expecting it it no bother.
If it gets seriously caught like what rough experienced it just snaps.

[Steve Bullman]

Had this happen several times, never got myself into any trouble though.  Always pays when rigging to check and double check everything prior to cutting.

Another one to watch is the line getting snagged on your sawpod mounted Silky handle.

[Gary Prentice]

4 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

 

So yesterday we were rigging some medium sized branches off a large pine,

When the rigging rope slid into a tool carabiner on the climbers belt.

Couldn't unclip as awkward position.

Had to lower the branch with the climber on the rope.

No danger but could have been very different outcome with a bigger piece.

Thought I'd share this as a warning for non 3way carabiners.

Stay safe.

 

Isn't this more a work positioning issue, rather than anything else?

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, MattyF said:

I have the gate removed bill and it makes a great saw hook , proper quick draw with the saw
Occasionally it gets caught but If you know it’s there and expecting it it no bother.
If it gets seriously caught like what rough experienced it just snaps.

Same.

[Khriss]

3 hours ago, Gary Prentice said:

Isn't this more a work positioning issue, rather than anything else?

Pah ! Is more of a sort it aaaat ! Issue @Gary Prentice all this new fangled, in my day you used yr teeth ! That was yr tool carrier ! Course , was 3 ply hessian n moleskin .... seem to remember it were all fields then...*dozes* k

[Stephen Blair]

I prefer the gate in place, keep the saw in place when coming down through thick brash stuff, not good getting hit in the face with a saw after being stuck in a big conny hedge.