Negative Rigging

[atree]

Good tip that Reg! with your climbing line tied to the bollard for going up.

[iana]

Great video some big lumps at the end!

 

 

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[Coletti]

I have to as as I'm intrigued to know if there's a reason behind it (which if I'm right in thinking, there is). Is there a particular reason you knock the lumps out 90 degrees to where the block is? I have always just felled out strait over the block but it looks like your was is seriously minimising the shock put into the pole

[Joe Newton]

I have to as as I'm intrigued to know if there's a reason behind it (which if I'm right in thinking, there is). Is there a particular reason you knock the lumps out 90 degrees to where the block is? I have always just felled out strait over the block but it looks like your was is seriously minimising the shock put into the pole

 

 

At a guess I'd say less chance of the lump slamming straight into to rigging line, and on the lower lumps, less chance of smashing it into the bollard.

[RC0]

I have to as as I'm intrigued to know if there's a reason behind it (which if I'm right in thinking, there is). Is there a particular reason you knock the lumps out 90 degrees to where the block is? I have always just felled out strait over the block but it looks like your was is seriously minimising the shock put into the pole

 

You are right. That dip (slack) you get in the rope each time the log starts to fold is caused by the face cut closing. The deeper the face cut, the bigger the dip. I was cutting them deep to make it easier for me to push over against the lean. So offsetting the block from the face reduced the slack a little to compensate. The block and the bollard should always be offset from each other so the log doesn't slam the rope against the trunk, like Joe said. Thanks.

[silky fox]

Super,super video and great explanation on the reasons for offsetting face/block...and Pully/block.Thanks for sharing (as always!)

 

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[Darrin Turnbull]

I've learnt more from Reg's videos than from anything else.

[Coletti]

You are right. That dip (slack) you get in the rope each time the log starts to fold is caused by the face cut closing. The deeper the face cut, the bigger the dip. I was cutting them deep to make it easier for me to push over against the lean. So offsetting the block from the face reduced the slack a little to compensate. The block and the bollard should always be offset from each other so the log doesn't slam the rope against the trunk, like Joe said. Thanks.

 

Cheers for that Reg, I thought that may be the case but thought I would ask and make sure what I was thinking was right. Something else I noticed was that instead of the chog slamming against the pole it seemed to glance off the side, seriously reducing the shock the climber feels, I assume this is a positive byproduct of setting the rigging the way you have.

[mistahbenn]

Tim why were you cutting so small?