A new way i've been using my lanyard

[John Shutler]

why would you be cutting by your bridge??????????

[DrewB]

id be concerned with dropping the HC when unclipping my main line..

[dervishcarving]

ok..so i'm not a qualified tree-climber but i have about 38 years of rock-climbing and 8 or so years of potholling (rigging and exploring). I dont know if you tree-climbers use a cows-tail? i always use one climbing. basically a short length of rope with a clip (screwgate usually) at the end. Usually I have 2 of them, one is very short, used to clip a bolt and hold my body close in to the rock, one is about an arms-length so i can clip anythign an arms-length away. Both of these are attacjed directly to the harness at the main D. What you show in the picture looks like a similar idea but with a variable-length capability. is there a reason you wouldnt simply have a cows-tail idea but with enough length to go from your harness, round the branch (in the pic) and then clip onto itself? would give you the side-pull stability. IF you wanted adjustable length you could attach it back to itself using a shunt insted of a screwgate?

just random thoughts from an unedjumacated rock-jock

[Pedroski]

Can you explain this a bit more please mate?

 

 

Sorry Will, I was having a blond moment. I was talking about the way a rope is tied through in parallel to the belay loop on a normal climbing harness. Mixing up my belay loops and bridges!

[morten]

I've been doing that for years, never had a problem.

 

That argument is fundamentally flawed.

 

Sure, you have never had a problem compromising your single point of attachment (with a saw or otherwise). If you had, you would likely not be here to tell about it!

 

Anyway, it is the climber's choice how much (double) safety to apply. Too much, and you never get any work done. Too little, and you increase the risk of accidents. It will always be a personal balance with a lot of factors that have to taken into account, including experience, the job at hand etc.

 

The only thing that I did point out, was that the proposed method of attaching the lanyard would reduce the safety of the climbing system. And that is indisputable, isn't it? And I feel it is worth pointing out, so any other climbers can make an informed choice.

[skyhuck]

That argument is fundamentally flawed.

 

Sure, you have never had a problem compromising your single point of attachment (with a saw or otherwise). If you had, you would likely not be here to tell about it!

 

Anyway, it is the climber's choice how much (double) safety to apply. Too much, and you never get any work done. Too little, and you increase the risk of accidents. It will always be a personal balance with a lot of factors that have to taken into account, including experience, the job at hand etc.

 

The only thing that I did point out, was that the proposed method of attaching the lanyard would reduce the safety of the climbing system. And that is indisputable, isn't it? And I feel it is worth pointing out, so any other climbers can make an informed choice.

 

 

All very true

[marcus_arb]

how come you have two Art positioners on the go?

[atree]

id be concerned with dropping the HC when unclipping my main line..

 

haha good point!

 

So from all the comments its pointless putting a HC on your bridge..

[Sirnick2]

Whoa so many haters lol, the HC on the bridge is so freaking smooth whilst maintaining an excellent bend ratio on the bridge that most of you guys are always carrying on about it failing. I put the HC on for this reason alone but after having the bright spark to tie in like i have in the pic i'll continue to do so as it provides me with an excellent working position in MOST cases, just another trick in the bag. And yeah i have a 3m lanyard and a 5 meter lanyard both on positioners, IMO they are unrivaled in ease of use

[skyhuck]

Whoa so many haters lol, the HC on the bridge is so freaking smooth whilst maintaining an excellent bend ratio on the bridge that most of you guys are always carrying on about it failing. I put the HC on for this reason alone but after having the bright spark to tie in like i have in the pic i'll continue to do so as it provides me with an excellent working position in MOST cases, just another trick in the bag. And yeah i have a 3m lanyard and a 5 meter lanyard both on positioners, IMO they are unrivaled in ease of use

 

But your 5M can be a 3M (or less) so why have two?