smokey01
ArboristSite Operative
Hey youngbuck, good you are not frozen. Just kidding you know, I like the cold weather too, can't ride that snowmobile of yours in the summer heat now can you.
I'll answer your last question first. The two throwballs over the log came from a little test I was doing to see if I could slick the line up a little better than the stock line. I coated it with some urethane floor finish and it slide across the branch better than new. This is helpful with the boomerang technique. As you know, when doing a traverse you have to get your line over to the other tree AND BACK. methods are with a grapnel hook, pole, swing or other.
The boomerang technique allows one to throw the bag over the limb and then get it to return from UNDER the limb thus competing the circle over and back with your throw line. The throw bag never touches the limb. Notice when the bag comes back I have both ends of the line in hand. In that last shot 90' of throw line went out in order for me to catch the throw bag when it returned.
[video=youtube;9c7ri985hLA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c7ri985hLA[/video]
In this video, skip to time 11:10, I placed a line about 15 feet away.
Then I connect my climbing line to the throw line and set up the traverse. I realize the practice I was doing is on the ground and in the tree is much different but the practice has helped. I did a left handed boomerang today to get a positioning lanyard out on another branch if front of me about 15 feet.
These may be things you already know so I don't mean to offend you if you do. It is just something very useful I have learned lately. I think the trick was invented by G.F. Beranek but I have not seen it done, it just made since to me when I heard about it.
Just curious, how do you (other others here) get your line to another tree.
Does anyone else use this technique?
I am def going to practice this trick. Looks awfully handy. I would have said it couldnt be done before I saw your vid. Reminds me of a swinging object, it will not swing back all the way from where it was swung from, may come close but never just as far. One of that guys laws ya know? :msp_wink: Looks like your lube works, I think ill just get a bigger throwball, mine decides to stay in the tree quite often, especially in those ash that I love so much :bang: You ever climb any deciduous trees smoke?
