That would work as long as you plan on using a canopy anchor to connect withI was also going to strap a cheap bow hook to the tree and treat it as a branch.
Are you running one end of the steel cable through the other eye? Or are you joining both ends with paracord ?I rarely leave old tether lines up for fear of squirrel or raccoon chewing them up. I typically use a heavy duty eye to eye steel cable or a tow strap. When I do leave a rope up, I cover it with a thin plastic tubing to help protect it from UV degradation and from the critters chewing on it.
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The orange is the false crotch paracord, tied around the tree at height with a ring.
Purple is your preset line, running through the false crotch ring, and then tied together on the other side of the tree. What's nice is once you have your climbing line pulled through the false crotch, you can then tie it to your quick link or tied loop on your climbing rope and use the preset line as your pull down line.
Blue is your climbing line after you've girth hitched it to the tree through the false crotch. Basically the ring is acting as a tree branch and is merely holding your rope at that height, while the tree trunk is taking your weight since your climbing line would be girth hitched around the tree trunk.
Your strap with a cheap bow hook would work the same way., it's merely keeping your preset, and eventually your climbing line, at that height. I would be careful of where you're girth hitch ultimately ends up on the tree.
In the second image, you could be putting load on the false crotch if you don't work your girth hitch high enough up the tree. Using the tail end of your climbing rope, and the tail end of your pull down rope (should be attached before pulling up the girth hitch!), walk backwards away from the tree and use those tail ends to shimy the girth hitch up the tree more.
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Awesome! Thanks man. I get it now. The climbing rope will actually cinch the ring against the tree in the process?My beautiful paint skills here.
The orange is the false crotch paracord, tied around the tree at height with a ring.
Purple is your preset line, running through the false crotch ring, and then tied together on the other side of the tree. What's nice is once you have your climbing line pulled through the false crotch, you can then tie it to your quick link or tied loop on your climbing rope and use the preset line as your pull down line.
Blue is your climbing line after you've girth hitched it to the tree through the false crotch. Basically the ring is acting as a tree branch and is merely holding your rope at that height, while the tree trunk is taking your weight since your climbing line would be girth hitched around the tree trunk.
Your strap with a cheap bow hook would work the same way., it's merely keeping your preset, and eventually your climbing line, at that height. I would be careful of where you're girth hitch ultimately ends up on the tree.
In the second image, you could be putting load on the false crotch if you don't work your girth hitch high enough up the tree. Using the tail end of your climbing rope, and the tail end of your pull down rope (should be attached before pulling up the girth hitch!), walk backwards away from the tree and use those tail ends to shimy the girth hitch up the tree more.
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Yup!Awesome! Thanks man. I get it now. The climbing rope will actually cinch the ring against the tree in the process?
When I use the steel cable, I go eye through eye and let it cinch into the tree. The paracord method would use a larger ring such as a rappel ring. The paracord isn’t there to hold your weight, it only serves to hold the still so your rope can feed through and stay at height. From there you hitch a canopy anchor and it’ll be the weight support once it tightens to the tree. I have used that method before but I’ve also had squirrels and birds mess up the paracord and I end up losing a rappel ring. So I prefer larger chokers insteadAre you running one end of the steel cable through the other eye? Or are you joining both ends with paracord ?
AbsolutelyCame across this today. It's an HSS tree strap with a carabiner. Could I use this ?
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I would always go around the tree because that strap could be chewed by varmints or degraded by sun and or weather.thanks guys !
Would I still run the paracord around the trunk (while going through carabiner)? Or would I just run it off the carabiner (straight down)