Some ramblings about what I have learned in a year of recreational tree climbing. 1.throwbag is important 2.Tree legs/rope brain 3. rec vs pro kit 4. there is no law
A SLICK trick i found for when your throw bag gets stuck, credit to Richard Mumford. Tie to your throw bag ring with a girth hitch. You'll notice it slips if pulled on..... that's what ya want here ! It should grip just well enough to throw your bag....but if your bag is stuck, pull till it unties itself ! Your bag and line fall free and clear! If it slips too easily, wrapping a little tape on the ring may help grip. Experiment with tail lengths.
Lidar and gis is really fun if you like that sort of thing. Its been a long time since I messed with it but if you want to go down that rabbit hole Google for canopy height map. I found data from the state, ran it through some chm scripts and visualized it in qgis. A cool idea that I never did though is figure out how to calculate a reverse view shed to find trees with the best views
just a thought or my opinion but get ride of that gri gri. use an option that can go hands free, the grigri is meant to have a hand on the tail end always. It is meant for rappelling/belaying not RTC (recreational tree climbing )or CAC(commercial arborist climbing).
We also eventually worked out it is quicker to untie the bag before retrieving your line for a new throw, than to try and jerk it through the branches.... we haven't tried double bagging yet, that's next!
I can believe it took me so long to figure that out! Glad we did 😅Attaching the back is actually really fun and with a long throw line opens up a lot of ways to control what crotch you are on. Thanks for the comment!
It looks like your screwgate is undone at 4:41. Always try to double check, we don't want anyone getting hurt! I generally find it useful to flip screwgates upside down, as the vibrations from climbing can cause them to come loose otherwise.
I can see that it looks like a screwgate but its a 2-action locking carabiner and it was locked. You can probably fairly criticize me for using a cheap amazon carbiner though!
