simple lowering technique

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

only if you dont learn from your mistakes lol

 

speaking of learning from mistakes, have you any younger siblings? LMAO:lol:

[skyhuck]

I have always found instalation of a pulley far less time consuming than having to make amends for un controlled/expected friction in the lowering line.

 

Tony you need to remember most of us could never hope to have your level of skill and foresight, so little tricks like this to get our unskilled disorganized asses out of trouble are very useful.

[Stephen Blair]

so little tricks like this to get our unskilled disorganized asses out of trouble are very useful.

 

lmao here dave, that is so true, i have to laugh when guys talk about planning a route up a tree, i just start climbing and aim for the top ha ha:lol:if it gets in my way, off it chops, all of a sudden the crown reduction has had a good thin out for free:laugh1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Tony you need to remember most of us could never hope to have your level of skill and foresight, so little tricks like this to get our unskilled disorganized asses out of trouble are very useful.

 

 

SWB knows full well i am having a laugh WITH him!

 

And exactly what is it that you dislike about me? confidance in my own ability?

 

Explain what is wrong with that?

 

If I REALLY thought that much of myself i would be consulting now instead of trying to educate myself fully first!

[Highland Forestry]

i put money on someones groundie pulling the rope and chokering a limb miles away from the climber lol, i remember when i first started i would ofter have to go and get the line and strop from a pulley up in the skys because the weight of the rope would take it up past me lol

 

Dont know if you've got any or not Stevie, but you know the wee bungee cord toggles you get, they're like a small piece of small diameter bungee with a big plastic ball on them.. you can choker that on the lowering rope at the same height as you are working and will stop the pulley from heading skywards...

[skyhuck]

Dont know if you've got any or not Stevie, but you know the wee bungee cord toggles you get, they're like a small piece of small diameter bungee with a big plastic ball on them.. you can choker that on the lowering rope at the same height as you are working and will stop the pulley from heading skywards...

 

But surely that will get caught as it passes over the lowering point fork/branch or through the pulley??

[Highland Forestry]

But surely that will get caught as it passes over the lowering point fork/branch or through the pulley??

 

Yep, it wouldn't work if the anchor was set high

[Highland Forestry]

But surely that will get caught as it passes over the lowering point fork/branch or through the pulley??

 

Hang on... I suddenly see what you mean. Yep... scrap that idea then

[atree]

Or you could use the new dmm rigging hub...

[Stephen Blair]

just clip a krab onto the main line, job done lol