This is great, thank you so much. I love it when something comes up that is genius ! I've been enjoying the floating ring anchor, but this is much more advantageous. Why I never thought of doing this !?! Sometimes the best and simplest ideas are not so obvious 😉
Hi @@BinoH , I finally had a suitable opportunity for this anchor the other day. It was a large Ash tree with old dead ivy all over. I was super looking forward to converting my base tie to this inline floating quickie. But it came to my attention that there was a risk of the quickie getting left/stuck in the tree because of the old dead Ivy framework. Even with the plain dmm ring, there would be a chance of it getting stuck on a stiff old twig once the rope came down. I carried on with it, and no real surprise, the quickie came down (lucky !) Separate from the rope a few meters away. My summary would be, floating anchors should only be used in 'clean' trees when a line of sight can be made with the anchor on retrieval. If in any doubt, use the cheaper option of a ring and pull all that rope through. Because we don't want our quickies disappearing, or flying out of the tree on to hard surfaces ! As with all tricks and techniques, it's got a time and place, I like it a lot. Thanks again, Rob.
Great for ssrt, I have been using my quickie this way since since I got. Love the videos. Here in Hawaii we do alot of tropical trees. I would love to see more rigging videos. We do alot of rigging here! Mahalo and Aloha.
Fastest redirect is a short sling and a carabiner. Basket it preferably in a crotch but can go anywhere providing enough friction. I keep 2 on my saddle so that I can create a compression rigging or anchor point anywhere. Has the benefit of just clipping your rope into it rather than running ALLLLL that tail each time. Its exhausting and us big guys gotta find those little nuances. They're critical. Save your energy for the good stuff
That's what I do too, I also use them to lower branches after I'm done with the redirects because I usually am taking the whole tree down or trimming what I was tired into. Love the notch quickie for setting canopy anchors!
The floating Quickie is my primary SRS tie-in. A tip for retrieval: if you are worried about the Quickie coming off the end of your rope, attach a throwline when pulling your climbing line down. Once you've isolated the tie-in, the Quickie comes right down.
So u could use a normal quickie tie in on alpine then below it use a revolver rig pully carabineer on an alpine butterfly and that should be able to have 4 redirects or at least 3 easy ones
That's a different anchor altogether. It would not have been possible to pull out those redirects with that type of anchor. This is better, way better.
I’ve been using this method with great results......but I learned that some tree companies don’t allow the use of the quickie. .....Could a 3/8” galvanized quick (chain) link be a safe substitute for the quickie? Is this where the name quickie originates?
Petzl has a rated screw link. You should check it out. www.treestuff.com/petzl-go-steel-quick-link/?gadid=&gclid=CjwKCAiAyp-sBhBSEiwAWWzTnhX-I5Rxkr71olSmJnE20VFDS33LAR7togPUnoO9n0EemF0Vz7O4KhoCblcQAvD_BwE
Lol, So true I was on the computer and my wife comes in and says honey are you okay, I said yes. she replied that's you on the video. Then she walked back out.
Why not just put the quickie in the loop of the alpine and around your main ? No need for the safety and it will slide down just fine when you pull the tail.
Yes, that works great if you do not plan on doing redirects. The reason for a floating canopy anchor is that if you do a redirect it drops away from the tie-in point allowing more free movement of the rope.
