mes261
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New to the forum but not new to climbing. What are some good ways to manuver your climbing line around limbs without having to climb back up and over the limbs wasting time and energy? I hope this question makes sense.
Redirecting climbing line / getting around branches ?
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Assuming you are using some form of split tail, tie in with your lanyard. Unclip the termination biner from your harness and place it where you want, reclip. Unclip the biner at the hitch side and reposition it. Reclip. Pull the loose end of line to get it in the right spot.
mes261
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I'm talking about if the limb you have to get around is lets say 20 feet over your current position. I think there is a way to get your line to the other side of that limb without having to climb up 20 feet and go over it. You follow me?
Wayne Wilkinson
ArboristSite Operative
Did you set your line with a throw ball? Why didnt you try to get it around that limb when you were bringing the ball down? Planning ahead will make the climb much easier. Or go SRT. I like SRT...
I thought you said you were not new to climbing,,,,,
Jeff
Jeff
mes261
ArboristSite Member
I've been climbing for a couple years. Not a beginner but by no means an expert either. Jeff... Am I not allowed to ask questions? Stop trolling
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Yeah Jeff this is 101[emoji6]
JRoland
ArboristSite Operative
Twenty feet is a bit much. But I agree with Wayne about the pre planning part. After you have to climb up twenty feet to redirect a few times you will too. If you're using doubled rope technique you could just bring a throw ball with you, throw over limb, and attach your snap or carabiner or whatever you're using, then pull through.
Or, using same doubled rope technique, if there's not much brush on the limb above you, take your tail of your rope and make a monkey fist knot ( May not be calling it correctly I'm sure someone will let me know ) to get weight, then throw that over limb and pull through the other direction, only un clipping ( while tied in with your flip line/lanyard of course) at the end, to get your snap over.
You work the tree so that doesn't happen.
After setting your rope for climbing you can set the throw line where you want to move your rope to later in the climb.
You can drape a bight in the rope over the limb that is going to be 20ft. over head later in your climb so you can lanyard in, get off of your climbing rope and then pull it up and over the limb and then get back on rope.
You can set a second, third etc. rope from the ground before even entering the planing ahead for the changeover.
You can.....
WTF, I did not say anything bad, just commenting,,he said he was not new to climbing
Jeff
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
But Jeff the man suit gets left at the door in 101
Wayne Wilkinson
ArboristSite Operative
If your 20' from the branch, why do you need to get your line around it anyway? Wouldnt you be worried about that branch when you got there? Does it have to do with work position? Limb walking? If thats the case even when I was still climbing DDRT I would reach the highest point I could find and set a loopie, carabiner and micro pullie to make working the canopy easier...
Wayne Wilkinson
ArboristSite Operative
The way I understood it the "man suit" got put on every morning before work, and every time you long on this site... other wise there are other sites with similar information....
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Wtf just come down reset rope and wraptor back up 
mes261
ArboristSite Member
Guys... Thanks for all the useful info.... Yeah... usually its not a problem and I can get to where I need to be without creating too much of a lateral angle on my climbing line. I do climb Ddrt by the way. There is always tricks to be learned and I'm still learning. Planning better seems to be the best option and I'll plan better as I climb more. Sometimes once I start, I'll see something I need to get to that I didn't see before and that sort of thing so these tips will all help me out. Thanks again for the replies.
mes261
ArboristSite Member
Wtf just come down reset rope and wraptor back up
HAHA... yeah would be nice. I actually used the raptor one time when I was at TCIA.
Pole pruner can be useful at times.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yup I wish you could still get the small ash ones some were square but we liked the round. Fiberglass just ain't the same! I did get me a sidekick but i broke it once already so now i hang it in the tree to use as needed!
Mostly I climb conifers--Ponderosa Pine, Doug Fir--and it can be challenging getting your throw-line around a good high limb for Ddrt without trapping a bunch of lower limbs inside the closed loop of the climb line. The Bigshot is key of course.
My throwline lives in a plastic bucket, and I keep a throw bag attached to either end. After I shoot over my limb of choice and get the end of the line back to the ground, if it's going to trap other limbs in the mix I grab the end of the line that just landed and pull the other end up to the limb and let it drop. You usually have to work it, swing it back and forth some, but in the end I can get both ends to the ground without trapping a bunch of limbs in between.
And, like others have said, if you're up in the tree and have to redirect, the pole saw is a great tool.
My throwline lives in a plastic bucket, and I keep a throw bag attached to either end. After I shoot over my limb of choice and get the end of the line back to the ground, if it's going to trap other limbs in the mix I grab the end of the line that just landed and pull the other end up to the limb and let it drop. You usually have to work it, swing it back and forth some, but in the end I can get both ends to the ground without trapping a bunch of limbs in between.
And, like others have said, if you're up in the tree and have to redirect, the pole saw is a great tool.
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