I know this is an old video, but what is the max height you can get with a manual throw? I need to get a line over a 30-40 m tree so not sure if I need a gadget like a big shot or not.
So the rigging line terminated on his spar, runs to the other spar, to a pulley and down, and groundie lowers? A 6 foot rope with an eye, > small pulley attached to the rigging line. Ya , need a video for the newb here
Versatile? It's a short rope and a hook. I run a double ended one. 10m tachyon. Petzl eashook on the spliced eye, to a petzl zillon with a petzl OK caribiner to secure it to my lower D ring and the rope is daisy chained up to keep it out of the way . From the half way point on the rope it's daisy chained in the opposite direction. To a dmm pinto pulley, with a distel hitch, down to a ISC snap hook at the end of the rope. This second end is stuffed into a small bag that's on the back of it harness. There is also a captain in that bag. Can use the zillon end like a normal lanyard. Then for tree to tree transfers, or long steep limbs I can put the hook onto the end, throw it to the other tree, pull myself across using a foot ascender. Then when I get there, my main line in the first tree, the hook holding me in position, I can use the pinto end to secure myself to the second tree properly, before disconnecting and pulling across my main line.also handy if the long zillon end is being used like a, second line, I can still hold myself in position with the pinto end as a second lanyard to work with both hands still.
Something looks suspicious here, just saying. What I'm wondering is how that black mechanical device was able to go through that small diameter loop the way you were doing it. I'm guessing you were able to catch it after a few tries, brought the throwline close to you then fed the black device end through the loop to make it seem like you did it by using the pulley method. I know you're good at what you do, but if there's something you're keeping from the viewers that are trying to learn, myself included, I would mention it. Also I noticed the blue rope had a long daisy chain in the beginning but then it got tied tighter to the tree?
Any reason the daisy chain should not be used as a canopy anchor? I saw someone using the notch quickie with a spliced eye then thought its easier to use the daisy chain.
Thought you showed a good bit of courage there. Couldn’t quite guess the height but some of the bits where a lot of the work was done looked 5-6m in length. The three stem tree with the snap out pretty much at the base either looked worse on camera or as I say you showed a good bit of courage getting up there and rigging 5-6m sections off, letting them run or not. 👍👍👍
