wirecore lanyard question

[son of a birch]

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If you use your front ring instead of you side ones while chogging down you will not become part of "the squeeze circle"

(tip from David Goss)

 

Awesome tip

 

"squeeze circle" is a memorable term ha ha

[Mark Bolam]

Yep.

 

I had a discussion with one of the guys that was in to teach us at college who was saying you should just use 2 strops. My arguement was the second strop may be acting as a back up but should the crap hit the fan it does'nt give you a quick way of getting to the ground. This was last year and the outcome was he did'nt appreciate being told he was wrong by a first year climber haha so we did'nt see eye to eye but he's no longer at the college anyway ...

 

For the sake of tieing a running bowline I don't see the point in making it any more dangerous than it has to be. Self rescue is the best form of rescue afterall.

 

You've got it sussed Will.

 

I always climb with a wirecore (VT, soft-link and ISC snap). Most of my work is takedowns though, and I am too bone idle to get my gorgeous 10mm lanyard out these days.

[KingoftheRing]

will.morris: no worries mate, cheers for the explanation of the soft link. I never used saw one or used one while I was working. I guess the prussik acts in a similar way, though is obviously thicker/slower to cut than a webbing loop.

 

Stumpgrinder: if the strop is attached to the central ring on the harness, doesn't that affect balance?

 

"squeeze circle"....classic!

[DrewB]

lower d's on the treemotion also help with gewtting you out of the squeeze circle..

[RC0]

5/8, 15ft steel core on all removals here. With the odd exception that I'll use a soft lanyard if its a real wide spar that I have to send a wave around to advance. Although more often than not a steel core is best as it holds its form so passes up the back of the tree with ease, thicker the better. Whats more, seems as the conifers around here (grand-fir eapecially) are forever popping resin at you throughout, only a mehcanical grab will do....a hitch quite quickly becomes unworkable. Always favoured a wire core for spurring up and down trees whether conifer or hardwood.

[Le Sanglier]

will.morris: no worries mate, cheers for the explanation of the soft link. I never used saw one or used one while I was working. I guess the prussik acts in a similar way, though is obviously thicker/slower to cut than a webbing loop.

 

Stumpgrinder: if the strop is attached to the central ring on the harness, doesn't that affect balance?

 

"squeeze circle"....classic!

 

A bit, tbh I only do it on trees that seem to be likely to go like leaning willows, pops etc and Tree of heaven which really are prone to splitting open (ime)

[KingoftheRing]

Interesting, have never heard of that tip before. Thanks.

[born2trot]

Interesting, have never heard of that tip before. Thanks.

 

There was a thread on it a while ago but it was not cried the ' squeeze circle ' it was cried ' the circle of death ' .

[KingoftheRing]

This one?

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/36372-circle-death-advisory.html

 

I'll have a read.

[born2trot]

This one?

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/36372-circle-death-advisory.html

 

I'll have a read.

 

Yeh thats it king .