What size wood do you anchor on SRT

[Steve Bullman]

Do you find yourself anchoring on the same size limbs that you would on Ddrt or do you anchor lower and redirect to a higher point if needs be?

[Joe Newton]

Bout the same size. The way I see it if you're using a top anchor SRT the forces are the same as with a cambium saver ddrt.

 

The exception being side loading with redirects, but then I use static or dynamic redirects depending on the situation.

[Steve Bullman]

What do you mean by dynamic redirect please

[Mark Bolam]

He's just looking it up.

[Joe Newton]

As I understand it. Dynamic = rope running straight through the redirect krab. Able to move as the anchor stem and the redirect stem get pulled together as you load them.

 

Static is girth hitching (or equiv.) your line to the redirect crab, putting more weight on your redirect but preventing side loading your anchor.

 

You can tension up a static redirect with a girth hitch which works well on skinny stuff.

[Rich Rule]

As Joe said.

 

Skinny mini stuff I either alpine butterfly it or girth hitch it and tension it up so it doesn't move too much.

 

For me that is the beauty of SRT, almost infinite options for anchoring. Sometimes I anchor into fatter stuff then pass the system through a higher point for better angles. In theory if the top one goes it is backed up below.

[Ian Flatters]

Exactly the same as others although I mostly use an alpine butterfly to isolate my redirects.

 

If using a base anchor I'll still create a isolated top anchor and retrieve before I climb down.

[Steve Bullman]

Exactly the same as others although I mostly use an alpine butterfly to isolate my redirects.

Got a pic of that please?

[Rich Rule]

You can just pull a bit of line through and do a pinto top tie at the anchor point. Then if something hits the base tie leg you are still safe.

[Ian Flatters]

Got a pic of that please?

 

 

Yeah I'll take one tomorrow if it doesn't rain.