Topping a Maple in the Wind 

He has quite a few you just have to look for them He did a storm damaged, Norway, maple climb, not too long ago. That was one of my favorite videos.

@@robbob_the_climber Yeah, I've been following him for years, buddy. I watched all his videos. I just wish recently God bless.

Will do

If I can figure out how to make one of those, that is. :-)

Sold by Gordon Svedberg on Treebuzz, goes by the handle "surveyor". You can dm him on there

Just makes the hinge wood break off clean and not pull or "hold on" to one side. Reference- Patrick, tree muggs, 2018

Side Cuts, kerf cuts, wing cuts, lots of names for it

thanks!@@TreeMuggs_PatrickM

thanks! I'll try it out.@@MsLivestronger

Why are people making adjustable bridges? If a person has, let's say, two lanyards, is that not enough mobility/flexibility??🤷🏻‍♂️

Off the top of my head I can think of 3 reasons. First, in the winter or on rainy days you can slip the saddle on and off a lot easier by adjusting the bridge to a wide extent without bunching up your outerwear. Second, when using a hitch climber system you can extend your bridge far out away from you allowing you to pull on the climbing line and tend your slack at the same time. A final reason is you can move your knot right up next to your belly when in a confined space or slide it a foot or two out away from you if you are limb walking and facing away from your TIP. I dont know how the lanyards would substitute for these scenarios. I use an adjustable bridge sometimes but not always, kind of back and forth on it. @@samuelluria4744

Daisy Chain Hitch. Patrick helped introduce this to US and Canada. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7P5MSSrBOTU.html

Siberien Hitch: A daisy chain with the tail through the last loop. Makes for real fast and easy untying for your groundsmen. They'll love ya for it.

It's a Siberian hitch, I call it the Daisy Chain Hitch

@@TreeMuggs_PatrickM If I can tag your attention, where can I get the mechanical ascender? Thing looks slick.

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