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Self Rescue Technique

BTaylor said:
@John RB your failure #1 reminded me of hunt probably 20 years ago. I went in to climb a tree I had hunted the prior season that was in bow range of some persimmons. Had hunted the prior year from about 25-27 feet up since the tree was in a lower spot. Any way as I was getting to the spot I wasnt seeing the tree. Looked around for a couple of minutes before I finally spotted the broken off trunk. The tree I had hunted from 2-3 times the year before had broken off about 12' high. Straight line winds were apparently the culprit but seeing the basketball size trunk snapped off like that on a tree I had climbed got my attention.
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i don't know if other trees have this issue, but beech trees with beech bark disease can experience beech snap....where a living tree with leaves and just some bumpy bark (the disease) will just snap in half in the wind with no warning....i've seen beech trees snap that looked strong enough to climb but weren't (no issue other than the bark bumps...which some folks might chalk up to just variety or something harmless)
 
I've read about mountain climbers carrying extra slings and Cordelettes for this purpose. Like, multiple 4' or 6' loops that can be girth hitched to fixed points, Prussiced to a main line, sling a broken arm, etc.

There are small-of-back IFAK pouches that can be accessed by either hand, yet stay out of the way. In the even of a femoral bleed you have a very short opportunity to apply a tourniquet, so having one available to either hand - say, near a belt buckle, or a shirt pocket- is a good idea, if you carry one.
 
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