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@SRT Saddle Hunter I saw your username in another thread and wanted to see if you wanted to pop on in and share your gear, rope and climbing method on SRT
If that's the case, I've done a poor job in explaining this.You keep mentioning throwing to the next limb after you climb the first canopy anchor. My thought was why not
1. throw ball and get rope over short first crotch.
2. throw the ball over the higher crotch that you want to climb.
3. climb to first crotch. (I guess hang from a tether)
4. run your rope through your second crotch
5. transition to your main rope and climb to higher crotch using the first crotch as your base anchor.
I guess I am saying why try throwing the ball while in the tree? That seems problematic. If you hit the highest crottch you want to climb first and have the pull rope on it, then once you climb to the first crotch you can pull the rope up to the highest crotch without throwing while in the tree.
Does that make any sense?
OHHHHHHH x2 duh that makes sense. Canopy anchor low, then pull the line over your upper crotch and get to climbing. Easy. I’m sorry I didn’t understand multiple times. Done!If that's the case, I've done a poor job in explaining this.
My feet are on the ground until everything is done. I am not climbing anything until the lower anchor is secured AND the climbing line is pulled through the peak height. Being a hybrid, the climbing rope is going through the peak without concerns of the lower limbs like a base anchor setup yet the actual anchor is girth hitched around a lower limb akin to how you'd do a canopy anchor.
This was your best example yet hahaI freely admit that it makes perfect sense in my mind which also means I'm probably doing a crappy job of explaining it.
Step 1:
Get your throwline over the lower limb, then do a normal canopy girth hitch around that lower limb with your climbing rope. The black line is your climbing rope.
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Step 2:
Get your throwline (shown in green) over your target height limb and connect it to your climbing rope.
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Step 3:
Using the throw line (in green), pull your climbing rope up and over the target height limb.
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It's a solution to a problem.
Realistically, carry 75'-100' of rope with you, base anchor with a single throw of a throwball and be done. However, I don't want the extra bulk and carry 50' of rope that until this thread, my only option was a canopy anchor which limited me since I'm not that good with a throwball. This hybrid method, however, gives me more options with that shorter rope, albeit at a cost of more steps involved.
I am in the same boat. I plan to SRT with either a canopy hitch or your hybrid method. If I need to be in a limbless tree I will probably use LWHC and then set a false crotch and paracord loop for subsequent hunts.