tieing in when blocking down

[Blakesmaster]

Reading through that publication resulted in one of those slap yourself upside the head moments. I've used my slings for just about everything. Even attached them as foot loops to an ascender. But somehow I never thought to choke them to the tree as a foot loop when you need that extra little bit for positioning.

D'oh.

I used one yesterday to attach a piece of wood to my belt. Slings are the bomb!

 

[SINGLE-JACK]

Reading through that publication resulted in one of those slap yourself upside the head moments. I've used my slings for just about everything. Even attached them as foot loops to an ascender. But somehow I never thought to choke them to the tree as a foot loop when you need that extra little bit for positioning.

D'oh.

I used one yesterday to attach a piece of wood to my belt. Slings are the bomb!

:agree2:
YEAH! Endless loop slings are great! The sling foot loop around a stem is shown in The Tree Climbers Companion (Jepson, p63). A sling foot loop around a limb is shown in Sherrill's catalog (p59) Also, Moss did an interesting video back in July, Alternate Ascent Technique (link below). At 2:06 you'll see he's using a web sling foot loop around a stem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzkU8zYhjx8&feature=channel

Even improvise a chest harness:

The possibilities are endless (no pun intended)!

 

[canopyboy]

Yup, like I said, I've used them for just about everything from redirects to rigging for speedlines to footstraps for my ascenders to something to hold on to the 5-yr old's fourwheeler with to keep her off the trees. Somehow I just missed the foothold on the stem thing......

Always something, isn't it?

 

[Adkpk]

update

There are no stubs left. It's a 30' sweet gum spar. I broke the strap on my pole climbing spurs when I was starting out to remove the top. I took out the branches spurless (wasn't much left of it after a storm blew it out). Rather than buy a new strap I went for tree climbing spurs (longer gaff). Unfortunately Sherrill has them on backorder. I was going to do the td on Monday now...
I am sure I'll post when its done. Thanks for all the help.

Sent the climbers back. Tried them this weekend and am seeing that I don't need "tree climbing spikes". I'll do fine with my pole spikes and some new straps. Any day now, A n y d a y.