SRT anchoring pt 2

[BenR]

Thanks Ben, bottom and top tying sounds cool, I'm gonna try it. I guess you could add in redundancy in the case of anchor leg cutting too?

 

Yeah absolutely mate the shorter and tighter the link between the two.. within reason.. the safer I guess it is at mitigating a base anchor cut scenario. I need to get myself a pulley saver body and the twin ring loop and try this out.

 

So far for retrievable srt anchors ive been using a normal cambium saver and locking a bunny alpine on the big ring and taking the retrieval line with me. Makes for an easy switch back to ddrt too for those that want to. Pull down the bunny alpine and retrieve as normal ddrt with a ring and ring. Its no way near as intelligent as yours:thumbup1:

[bumble B]

Yeah absolutely mate the shorter and tighter the link between the two.. within reason.. the safer I guess it is at mitigating a base anchor cut scenario. I need to get myself a pulley saver body and the twin ring loop and try this out.

 

So far for retrievable srt anchors ive been using a normal cambium saver and locking a bunny alpine on the big ring and taking the retrieval line with me. Makes for an easy switch back to ddrt too for those that want to. Pull down the bunny alpine and retrieve as normal ddrt with a ring and ring. Its no way near as intelligent as yours:thumbup1:

 

A mate of mine base ties for access then ties in at the the top. If base gets cut or top fails he's got a back up. He is known to fluff up the odd rope with a saw so for him this is a good thing.

[combined tree services]

I would be really concerned if people thought that the first image was a wise anchor system , here is a video from a guy that I know of on the IRATA side of things , it's interesting the sort of loads that can be put on an anchor point using only your body weight

 

[Wooden Hand]

I would be really concerned if people thought that the first image was a wise anchor system , here is a video from a guy that I know of on the IRATA side of things , it's interesting the sort of loads that can be put on an anchor point using only your body weight

 

 

You mean a high-line? It depends on the amount (kn) of pre-stretch, rope dynamics, anchor point strength and angle, rope defection at the anchor...etc etc etc.

[Wooden Hand]

A mate of mine base ties for access then ties in at the the top. If base gets cut or top fails he's got a back up. He is known to fluff up the odd rope with a saw so for him this is a good thing.

 

It's a great idea, SRT shouldn't be seen as one anchor for everything, i.e. the base tie, level headed climbers should see a distinction between Access and Work Position anchoring.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I would be really concerned if people thought that the first image was a wise anchor system , here is a video from a guy that I know of on the IRATA side of things , it's interesting the sort of loads that can be put on an anchor point using only your body weight

 

 

 

 

 

That's useful stuff for anyone venturing into fixed rope climbing but is also relevant for ddrt climbing.

 

When I need to spread the load through two anchor points, I don't use fixed length anchor legs, as in the video, but set a single bridle between two chosen anchor points.

I then fix my climbing rope to a pulley so that it floats along the bridle therefore maintaining a more even load on each anchor point as my work position moves laterally away from the anchors.

[Wooden Hand]

The Hitch Hiker 2 works lovely for TRT !