Who uses the double rope set up ?

[Will Heal]

I once saw a thread on another site by a bloke who chose to climb on 4 lines at once...must of being like climbing through spaghetti

 

 

When ever my mate had to climb like this he moaned he was like a dyslexic spider!

[Joe Newton]

I once saw a thread on another site by a bloke who chose to climb on 4 lines at once...must of being like climbing through spaghetti

 

 

Wasn't that one a troll?

 

In the last three years I can remember using the rail of my rope twice. Once for an assessment and once as a demonstration.

 

Main line and lanyard. Never needed owt else. Can't imagine I will in future either.

[Marc Lewis]

The firm clearly are if they MAKE you climb on 2 main lines and second attachment point in all trees. Each to their own, different situations require different methods, should be down to the individual to decide on the method he needs to employ in the situation he is in. Why make things complicated

 

Yes SSE are huge on safety, ott with a lot of it if you ask me, like for example, 2 main lines and a lanyard on a small straight pole or apple tree, safety gloves when peeling your apple during lunch!!

 

I find when using both ends of your rope you can get lots of twists in the middle. This certainly used to happen when I used this technique with my old 3 strand.

[detritus21]

In over 5 years of climbing have used both ends of my rope twice. Once in a large (100ft+) open grown lime witgh no central anchor which would have meant a big swing when moving round the crown if i slipped and the other pruning an open grown beech. Im of yhe oppinion it has its place but not all the time. It is a good tool to have in the climbing locker.

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

I think the message is clear, find what works for you. I am 100% certain that there is room for improvement in how I do it, but what I have works well enough. If ever I have an opportunity to get to an arb show then I'll grab it and learn by the bucket load (I swear there is a conspiracy amongst my friends to get married on the dates of arb shows just to pee me off!). For me it has mainly been working out ideas and trying them, but then I did my qualifications, worked for two very old school climbers for a while, and then ended up working for myself. I think (though I'm not 100% certain that I have even used a SRT at one point to swith from one tree to another, but again it was how I worked out the best way to solve that problem (threw a rigging rope from my position through another tree, got my groundie to tie off both ends and prussicked along it to gain the other tree canopy with minimal effort. I'd use that technique again, but I wouldn't claim to have a clue about SRT, I just think it's a variation of that theory)).

 

I'm simple with just prussiks and ropes unless I'm rigging when I'll use pulleys, but a mechanical device is something I'd like to have a look at at some point.

 

From what you've said, you use two anchors regularly, a flip line is not ideal for that, both ends of the rope can be a pain. I'd buy a 10m length (it'd cost around £25) and try that, learn to daisy chain it to keep it neat when you're not using it. If you don't get on with that, think of a new idea, £25 is not a lot to try something out. Get different colour rope, prussicks and crabs. We, by the nature of our job, are problem solvers. Solve this one.

Edited December 21, 2014 by Tim Stobart Tree Surgery
Correction of bracket use

[RichieR]

Morning all . I think I gonna stick with just tying off on one end and flying with my hitch climber and the ce lanyard. Also as you said Tim if I need a bit more support for position then use my 10 metre on a a prussic .