Boy Scouts ain’t so funny now! Lol. I have worked on drilling rigs for 20 years now and we tie a lot of heavy things up. With a little cord. Lol. But this is fantastic it just made me look like a bad mamma jamma ! Lol gonna make some old heads smile and go show me that again! Thanks buddy! Keep up the good work!
Guys should learn how arborist get out of the canopy. Most use things like micro pulleys, but when you first start most are taught to get out of the tree with just a rope. The way most guys learn makes me grateful for the time spent in the tree field. Stay safe guys. Back those devices up. I have one and I threw it back in the closet. I'd rather use double rope technique, and if I don't have a crotch, I use a friction saver I made. Good video!
Folks save this video it will save your life one day I had this same exact scenario happen 15 years ago and the ground guy told me how to do this I was 80 feet in the air in a half dead pine. If you're in this line of work learning different knots/hitches will save your life or even for recreational climbing
Too me, the Munter hitch meant finally getting out of my spurs and being on the ground. I only used it for descending from a spar that was left after limb removal.
Yesterday I was THINKING about how I would climb down my tree after pruning it. Strictly speculation. Algorithm managed to put this on my feed today. Frighteningly convenient.
Thank you for showing people the correct way to save your own butt. Which they should already know how to do if your putting yourself in these positions.
You can also make like three wraps with the tail side end facing down son the non gated side and slide down easy peasy without causing so much friction my dude.
I use it when repelling off a spar before felling the butt log. It can be sketchy if your not paying attention. And it can twist the hell out of a half inch rigging line 😂
Carrying a Prusick cord would add zero weight and save you from the Munter hitch failing. If you’re saddle hunting you should be proficient in hitches such as the Blake’s ,Knut, klemheist , Cornell, distel, etc. choose the best one for you
Right but each bite adds friction, the stopping force, which is inherently damaging to the rope. That is holding your life, so if you want your rope to last just use the munter hitch, super munter is too much friction for me. Like, I'm tryna get back to the ground so I can go up again, and the super munt really does shear your rope. Anyways don't drop your belay device, or keep an extra on your harness.
Super munter increases friction but also helps your rope to not twist up as much as it does with a normal MH but I guess that doesn't matter so much for a short distance like a tree
Damn i forgot all about that trick,i havent climbed in a while and that would have saved me a tough work out when i needed to get out of this one tree in was in because i didnt habe thenproper equipment.
@@user-fk1hv4yx4k looked it up it's a Blake's hitch. Not sure why they called it a monkeys fist. Bunch of Hispanics so they probably didn't know the name either
Am I the only one who notices they add a double wrap before the half hitch or add a carbiner and add an extra halfinch and it's a whole bran new knot . First knot half hitch on a carbiner . Second knot is an extra half hitch .
It will put a lot of wear on the carabiner I like to use steel carabiner holds up the best you can also put a back up on this to in case you hands slip it stop you from falling
@@coni7392 you would tie a friction hitch under the muncher and put it on your leg strap so if your hand slips the friction hitch will by there to keep the pressure on the rope am an arborist just so you know we’re my experience comes from
I climb towers for a living and I actually kinda wanna try this, all of my guys use ID descenders and I’m the only one that uses a D4, I’ll let you know how it goes with the types of carabiner we use🤙🏼
Wear gloves. You are gunna create a lot of heat. Towers are a lot taller than trees. Also a steal carabiner would be wiser. You can wear out an aluminum biner. Always run the tail end of your line away from carabiner gate!
You never will until you perfect them and use them in a situation you have to trust them. Be able to tie it blindfolded flawlessly and get quality rope. Tie the knot use it on something that’s double your weight but within the ropes limits see it work, give it a full send and now it’s no riskier than driving your car to work. I remember my first experience with dangling from a rope. It was fucking bailout training in my fire academy. Here’s some captain and all I know about him is this guys rank, his name, and what truck he rides. He’s got the belay line with my life in his hands and I see another instructor demonstrate, my man flops out the window and rolls with his rope system. Here I am I’ve seen it once I’m told to do it and figure it out😂 if I screw up I’m relying on the captain with my belay not to screw up. Needless to say I didn’t squeeze as tight as I should have and the belay caught me. I now trust the belay line and the captain. Next time around I squeeze the rope wrapped around my air pak and body with a death grip and flopped out the window and didn’t move, I loosened my grip and slid slowly down to the ground, I then trusted my rope, the technique, and myself. Now as a fireman who has made his way to shift running calls with tons of guys that have their own way of doing things I’ve seen devices I liked better for the concept of bailout. But worse case I have bailout rope in my pocket and an air pak if I’m at a fire, if by descending device is missing for whatever reason I need to get out of that building I have a skillset that involves a rope and my body nothing else required, and I’ve learned to trust it by simply doing it in a controlled manner. Get your gear and try new things, find what you like best trust it and if you feel like saddle hunting like you see in the video you’ve got options with your rope that you trust yourself to do. The time to trust a knot isn’t 20 feet up with no confidence in it😂 learn it beforehand and learn it well.
Serious Q from someone who doesnt climb. It would seem that this would be a lot of wear on the line. If you were to use this (I understand this isn't the normal way to reppel, but in certain circumstances), would it reduce the life of the line to any significant degree?
Do not try this if you haven't practiced !!! Don't fuck around on ropes if you don't know what your doing. Seeing another of ppl jump on the saddle hunting waggon and getting hurt cause they don't know ropes, knots , and just basic rope knollege.. practice before you go into the woods.
Depends on how the rope is anchored. If it's anchored to the bottom, and a carabiner/carabiners attached to an anchor belt at the top is what your rope is suspended from then you have no issues. Judt pull it down. If it's anchored at the top, how you set up your anchor is to tie a loop, be it a figure 8 or a Yosemite Bowlin, and you attach two carabiners to it. Wrap this end twice around the tree, open your carabiners and allow your rope(the long tag end) to go inside and lock the carabiners. You now have a top anchor as the rope will cinch hard on the tree when loaded. The last piece of the puzzle is to use a small line like paracord, attach a caribiner to the entry side of the rope. The entry side is the side of the rope befor the double caribiner. The rope enters from this side to the exit side to form the loop. This parachord is your release rope. Once on the ground, you pull on the paracord and it pulls the rope back up the tree through the carabiners. It's just reversing the looping process. If you want a close loop, you the ropes motion is from entry to exit side. If you want to undo the loop, its motion is from the exit to entry. Pulling the rope from the entry side pulls the rope out of the carabiner breaking the loop allowing the anchor section of rope to just fall down.
