smokey01
ArboristSite Operative
You are welcome.
The pros will tell you that it is critical to have at least two connections. The video you pointed out shows some good ideas. Yesterday I took down a very dead pine tree, most of the bark was flaking off as I climbed, making it a little slippery on the lanyard, Also a second connection to this dead tree would not help my concern that the whole tree could go at any time. I rigged a back up safety line to a line I connected between two adjacent trees. Without going into much more detail, I was confident that if I had to bail out of this tree, I could swing to my safety line without slamming into another tree and descend down.
Just one way I have done it. I have also set an anchor into a nearby adjacent tree, as long as it is not to far so that the swing and impact to that tree would do some damage.
I hope you get lots of good advice from the guys that have a lot of experience, mine is minimal.
As far as ropes, "best" depends on so many things. What kind of climbing you plan to do, what equipment will you use, what technique do you plane to use most often? My favorite rope is Yale Poison Ivy.
Again, I hope you get some good advice from the seasoned pros.
