Ok, I bought my saddle months ago and life happened so I have not practiced as I need to. If you find my post from my maiden attempt with my Wild Edge steps and the saddle you will see I needed practice. Didn't happen. So I have been trying to get some tree time, in the back yard. I decided low level practice is so important. Please read and tell me you thoughts.
Bridge length?? I still have it set as I received it. What is the popular length? where should the peak of the bridge be relative to my face when attached and standing? I see folks say the bridge is too long on purpose from the manufacturer. General thoughts please.
Ropeman 1......Am I safe with just this? I replaced the Blake's hitch(hated) on the tree rope and the lineman's belt. I did replace the caribiners too based on the original ones being too oval shaped to smoothly fit in the Ropeman1. I bought new caribiners recommended here. Same load capacity but round. Much better. I see folks saying the Ropeman 1 should not be used alone as a main support. That a back up Blakes or Prussik should hand below the ropeman. Thoughts?
Along with the last paragraph, I see on the bottom of the tree rope is a small loop. I see in some videos people have this 2nd loop also attached to their bridge caribiner. Others not. Which one is it? I love living. I love redundancy. Any pics to show me your attachment points?
Last thing...while I was experimenting on my low level hook up today I must say I did love the comfort of the saddle as I sat there. I watched vids of people smoothly moving the ropeman 1 tighter and looser with little effort and no "OOPS!" drops when releasing it. I found I had to grab above my bridge hook up point with my off hand to relieve the load on the saddle completely before I was able lift up on the ropeman. worse was trying to drop down. Even with the weight mostly released I fell when the ropeman let loose. After a few of these drops I added a knot about 8" to 10" below connection with the ropeman so when it did release it only fell to the knot. I was not able to react fast enough to pop it and release it to re-engage. Does that make sense?
That is if folks. Comments greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Bridge length?? I still have it set as I received it. What is the popular length? where should the peak of the bridge be relative to my face when attached and standing? I see folks say the bridge is too long on purpose from the manufacturer. General thoughts please.
Ropeman 1......Am I safe with just this? I replaced the Blake's hitch(hated) on the tree rope and the lineman's belt. I did replace the caribiners too based on the original ones being too oval shaped to smoothly fit in the Ropeman1. I bought new caribiners recommended here. Same load capacity but round. Much better. I see folks saying the Ropeman 1 should not be used alone as a main support. That a back up Blakes or Prussik should hand below the ropeman. Thoughts?
Along with the last paragraph, I see on the bottom of the tree rope is a small loop. I see in some videos people have this 2nd loop also attached to their bridge caribiner. Others not. Which one is it? I love living. I love redundancy. Any pics to show me your attachment points?
Last thing...while I was experimenting on my low level hook up today I must say I did love the comfort of the saddle as I sat there. I watched vids of people smoothly moving the ropeman 1 tighter and looser with little effort and no "OOPS!" drops when releasing it. I found I had to grab above my bridge hook up point with my off hand to relieve the load on the saddle completely before I was able lift up on the ropeman. worse was trying to drop down. Even with the weight mostly released I fell when the ropeman let loose. After a few of these drops I added a knot about 8" to 10" below connection with the ropeman so when it did release it only fell to the knot. I was not able to react fast enough to pop it and release it to re-engage. Does that make sense?
That is if folks. Comments greatly appreciated. Thanks.