jtkratzer said:Just guessing there would be too much stretch and sag to use a rope like a zip line.
+1
And, I don't think you'd have enough control to swing across Indiana Jones style. It may be possible, but I think there are a lot of risks.
jtkratzer said:Just guessing there would be too much stretch and sag to use a rope like a zip line.
noxninja said:Probably so. Where I am it's just small stuff too deep to go across in knee boots. Guess Ill play it safe and stick with the hip boots
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I searched and got my grigri2 for 64$ shipped. My parents got me the hand ascender. And I ordered a kong duck for my tether. I can't wait for them all to come in. Very excited to try this out.jtkratzer said:Just wrapped (unwrapped?) up Christmas with my folks and got my 10 oz throw bag, 180' of zing-it throw line, and 50' of 11mm kernmantle static line. Time to order the Petzl kit and a delta link or some other screw gate link to run the lines through at the trunk and then start practicing.
essdub said:You tie a piece of paracord or other strong small string to the loop at the end of the rope. That way, you can pull the rope in and out of the tree from the ground. The string and rope should be long enough so that you can feed the string or rope through the loop to make the cinch when pulling the rope in. It should be long enough so that you could leave the string in place after pulling the rope out after hunting so that you can just tie the rope to the string and repeat that part the next time you want to pull the rope into that tree
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lpv77 said:After you feed the single rope up and tie around the tree. You hunt than descend. How do you get the rope back down,?
Great idea, I bet a piece of fleece that can be folded into thirds and then rolled up would work great for this. Just pile the line like you show here then fold the two sides up and roll. It's probably much faster than trying to stuff it into a bag. Then next time you use it, just unroll the mat. It seems like it would be easier for the line to pay out when you throw from a mat rather than a bag.DIYSaddler said:Just thought I would share this for anyone not wanting to carry a throw line bag into the woods with them I thought I would share this pic. It's much faster than trying to flake your line into a bag something of that sort. Plus since the temps finally dropped here my throw line bag now sounds like a cat's crinkle bag.
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Erniepower said:The best way to throw a throw bag is with two hands between your legs. I don't have one but when I used to climb trees professionally, that's how we did it. It takes a special knot to create two handles, but is super easy. Perhaps I can draw a picture in the morning. Once you have two handles, you swing the bag between your legs and then point with your hands at the branch you want during your throw/follow through.
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Erniepower said:Ahhhhh, Yeah that would suck to throw through. Hopefully you left some paracord behind for next time
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jtkratzer said:I'll try it. Was doing the one hand at my side thing. Accuracy wasn't so much of the issue, it was the unrealistically tight spaces and ridiculous number of branches I was trying to navigate through.
The three pines were balled Christmas trees that were planted 30+ years ago. Just a lot of obstacles to get through to cinch around the trunk, rather than the trunk and six branches making the cinch 12' wide.
DIYSaddler said:jtkratzer said:I'll try it. Was doing the one hand at my side thing. Accuracy wasn't so much of the issue, it was the unrealistically tight spaces and ridiculous number of branches I was trying to navigate through.
The three pines were balled Christmas trees that were planted 30+ years ago. Just a lot of obstacles to get through to cinch around the trunk, rather than the trunk and six branches making the cinch 12' wide.
I use the two handed method as well and I can get a throw into a tree about about 60' up that way.
Found this on a google search.
Once you get on the branch you want to isolate the line just attach your weight to the other end of your throw line and pull it up to the point where you are thrown in. Then just lower it back down and it should fallow the path of the other end of the rope. If it falls on the wrong side of one branch just bump the throw weight off a limb to get it swinging and then let it drop when it's on the side of the branch you want.