Rigging assessment.

[Retired Climber]

13 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

When it comes to rigging trees there isn’t much that isn’t covered by common sense. Even the best maths brain would be lost in the trees without it 

That's my point. Maths can only get you so far in this industry, so they teach very simple calculations and leave it at that. I think, actually, even the concept of load on an anchor being twice the weight of the piece of tree could be a little confusing for some. Common sense and experience is always going to trump academic study with stuff like this. 

[Domino]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

I don’t like to overthink it really mate.

Big piece = chunky anchor point and big rope.

This.....and a double check on how you're tied in hanging in relation to events 👍

[Tommy_B]

The correct answer to "how do you calculate log and timber weight" used to be a few lines of maths calculating falls distances and forces or, by simply saying "experience"