6 anchor points for work positioning

[scotspine1]

I used to work with a guy who used 2 climbing lines and flipline on just about every job, tied in twice all the time, thing was, he 'd started out climbing like that because he once saw a guy using two lines in a tree and thought it was normal and self taught himself twin line treeclimbing. For him to go to one line would've been unthinkable after climbing for years on 2 before seeing how the majority of other climbers worked.

 

He was only slightly slower than the other guys on the crew and did a great job of every tree.

[JonnyVine]

Are you trying to make a web?

 

You may have been a spider in a previous life

 

Hahahahaha, like it

[timtree81]

What a pointless waste of a thread and time being read

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Dodgy business, tree climbing. I'd avoid it at all costs.

I've even moved my mattress to the floor an burnt the bed, just to avoid the risk of falling out.

Gonna buy a sports car this weekend cos my 4x4 is too high and HSE don't like that stuff.

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[Amelanchier]

AM I BEING A BIT OTT?

 

Not any more troll. I've banned you.

[alex_m]

Not any more troll. I've banned you.

 

 

[Gus McWilliam]

Not any more troll. I've banned you.

 

[nz paul]

I used to work with a guy who used 2 climbing lines and flipline on just about every job, tied in twice all the time, thing was, he 'd started out climbing like that because he once saw a guy using two lines in a tree and thought it was normal and self taught himself twin line treeclimbing. For him to go to one line would've been unthinkable after climbing for years on 2 before seeing how the majority of other climbers worked.

 

He was only slightly slower than the other guys on the crew and did a great job of every tree.

 

Quite a few guys in Scotland ive seen climb with two mains,well one is a long strop but still comes off their main anchor point.When i worked for Dundee city council they all climbed this way,when i turned up with my main line a side strop they were funny about it,Made jobs a lot slower with two prussic's on the go.

[nottsarb]

I think in large trees its good to have a couple of anchor points makes life a bit easier but small stuff one is plenty with a positioning strop

 

 

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[scotspine1]

Quite a few guys in Scotland ive seen climb with two mains,well one is a long strop but still comes off their main anchor point.When i worked for Dundee city council they all climbed this way,when i turned up with my main line a side strop they were funny about it,Made jobs a lot slower with two prussic's on the go.

 

That guy I was talking about was in the US, most climbers in Scotland will be climbing off one line (with flipline or secondary lanyard etc) same as the rest of the UK.

 

The idea of doing all your work off 2 lines at all times is a pretty stupid idea on the whole. The second line means constant disconnecting and reconnecting to stop the lines becoming intertwined as you try to move about the crown/branchwalk etc. Very distracting to the job at hand and pointless as an attempt to be 'safer' in the tree.

 

Not really sure why Dundee council would do insist on double climbing lines, probably imposed by someone who's never climbed a tree in their life.

 

 

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Edited May 3, 2013 by scotspine1