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@JCLINE84 , I have another question for ya. Have you ever tried connecting your paracord, for pulling your girth hitch down, before you even raise your climbing rope to the branch or branch/trunk? Today I tried throwing my throw line over a branch that was 35-40 feet up. My hunting height would be more like 20-25 feet. I was thinking, if the branch your girth hitch goes to is way higher than your hunting height, you would have to climb up after your hunt to take it down...or if you decided you didn't like the spot for whatever reason, you'd still have to climb all the way to the top to clip on your paracord for rope retrieval. I was thinking about giving it a try to raise my paracord and carabiner with the girth hitch when I secure my rope. I hope that makes sense. Have you ever tried this or do you have any other method?

I also like the idea of tying off a base anchor instead of girth hitching, but the particular tree I was working with today wouldn't allow it because I only have 50' of rope.

UPDATE: I just tried sending my paracord up with my girth hitch and it worked great!
 
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Country said:
@JCLINE84 , I have another question for ya. Have you ever tried connecting your paracord, for pulling your girth hitch down, before you even raise your climbing rope to the branch or branch/trunk? Today I tried throwing my throw line over a branch that was 35-40 feet up. My hunting height would be more like 20-25 feet. I was thinking, if the branch your girth hitch goes to is way higher than your hunting height, you would have to climb up after your hunt to take it down...or if you decided you didn't like the spot for whatever reason, you'd still have to climb all the way to the top to clip on your paracord for rope retrieval. I was thinking about giving it a try to raise my paracord and carabiner with the girth hitch when I secure my rope. I hope that makes sense. Have you ever tried this or do you have any other method?

I also like the idea of tying off a base anchor instead of girth hitching, but the particular tree I was working with today wouldn't allow it because I only have 50' of rope.

UPDATE: I just tried sending my paracord up with my girth hitch and it worked great!
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I have never tried it but that's a dang good idea
 
Country said:
@JCLINE84 , I have another question for ya. Have you ever tried connecting your paracord, for pulling your girth hitch down, before you even raise your climbing rope to the branch or branch/trunk? Today I tried throwing my throw line over a branch that was 35-40 feet up. My hunting height would be more like 20-25 feet. I was thinking, if the branch your girth hitch goes to is way higher than your hunting height, you would have to climb up after your hunt to take it down...or if you decided you didn't like the spot for whatever reason, you'd still have to climb all the way to the top to clip on your paracord for rope retrieval. I was thinking about giving it a try to raise my paracord and carabiner with the girth hitch when I secure my rope. I hope that makes sense. Have you ever tried this or do you have any other method?

I also like the idea of tying off a base anchor instead of girth hitching, but the particular tree I was working with today wouldn't allow it because I only have 50' of rope.

UPDATE: I just tried sending my paracord up with my girth hitch and it worked great!
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Yep. That's how you do it. Send your pull line up with the girth hitch loop. Then just move the Paracord out of the way of your climb.
 
Country said:
@JCLINE84Have you ever tried connecting your paracord, for pulling your girth hitch down, before you even raise your climbing rope to the branch or branch/trunk?
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JCLINE84 said:
I have never tried it but that's a dang good idea
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This was mentioned in another thread. Tried it and it works great! Modified it a bit because I clip one end of the paracord (30ft) to the girth hitch before sending it up and then the other end gets clipped to my bow. Then, I start from the bow end of the paracord and mark off about ten feet back up the line and tie an alpine butterfly. I clip my backpack to the alpine.

Your paracord pull down can double duty as a pull up rope if you do it this way. When you get to the top and tie in to your tether, you pull up the paracord and your bag arrives first, closely followed by your bow.
 
Today, I went out to the spot I had previously scouted that encouraged me to look into SRT, since the tree was so huge. This was going to be my first ever attempt out in the woods. Saw the perfect branch to "toss" my throw line up to, but it was about 40' up. I had very little room on the ground to work with, so decided I better try the pendulum technique to throw my bag. I thought, "I've never thrown that high...there's no way." Gave it a good swing and BAM! Nailed it on the first try! Couldn't believe it. Tied my climbing rope on and began to pull her up. Just when I was starting to think...man, there's nothing to this, my throw line knot slipped and both ropes came tumbling down. lol.

About 10 attempts later, I hit the branch, but it was too far out from the trunk of the tree and couldn't get it to budge. Pulled it down. About 5 attempts later...got it perfect! There was no way I was going to let the knot slip this time. Pulled it up, but quickly realized my rope wasn't going to be long enough to do a base anchor. I was running out of time, so I decided to pull up my paracord so it would be set next time. Must have grabbed the wrong bundle of paracord, because it barely made it over the branch! Pulled it all down and packed up.

Almost forgot to mention...fell in a hole in the marsh before all of this...about belly button deep. Phone is toast.

The things we do for fun.
 
Curious what everyone's thoughts are on the heat generated rappelling with a Safeguard or Lifeguard? Not sure if it's been talked about, but it worries me a little bit.
 
Country said:
Curious what everyone's thoughts are on the heat generated rappelling with a Safeguard or Lifeguard? Not sure if it's been talked about, but it worries me a little bit.
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I'm interested in this too. I've been struggling to figure out a smooth operation of rappelling with the lifeguard and noticed a lot of heat when practicing yesterday too-- I wasn't sure if that was perhaps just par for the course with rappelling or not.
 
Country said:
Curious what everyone's thoughts are on the heat generated rappelling with a Safeguard or Lifeguard? Not sure if it's been talked about, but it worries me a little bit.
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Nothing to worry about at the heights were rappeling from, Belayers bring down indoor sport climbers from up to 60 feet all the time with no issues.

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TheTracker said:
Nothing to worry about at the heights were rappeling from, Belayers bring down indoor sport climbers from up to 60 feet all the time with no issues.

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That crossed my mind as well. Wondering if using an auto block may help with smoother operation as well.
 
Mike7688 said:
I'm interested in this too. I've been struggling to figure out a smooth operation of rappelling with the lifeguard and noticed a lot of heat when practicing yesterday too-- I wasn't sure if that was perhaps just par for the course with rappelling or not.
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Country said:
That crossed my mind as well. Wondering if using an auto block may help with smoother operation as well.
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Try an auto-block - you'll come away impressed with how much smoother it is. At first it will still feel a little clunky getting started. But once you get a feel for it, it's very smooth.
 
Country said:
That crossed my mind as well. Wondering if using an auto block may help with smoother operation as well.
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I used a grigri2 and it's a night and day difference between the grigri and the lifeguard.

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Country said:
Looks like a nice option...curious why this over tying your own?
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The stuff is tailor made to this application - it doesn't bind up like some other types of cord. It weighs nothing. It's already made.

Any old prussic will do. But this does it better!
 
kyler1945 said:
The stuff is tailor made to this application - it doesn't bind up like some other types of cord. It weighs nothing. It's already made.

Any old prussic will do. But this does it better!
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Do you use the shorter length?
 
Country said:
Do you use the shorter length?
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I have both - it depends on the application. But I use the 13.5 with the hybrid. I'm pretty sure I used the longer one on my kestrel, but I don't remember. I'll go dig it out and rig it and see.
 
kyler1945 said:
I have both - it depends on the application. But I use the 13.5 with the hybrid. I'm pretty sure I used the longer one on my kestrel, but I don't remember. I'll go dig it out and rig it and see.
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Did you have time to check that out?
 
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