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Do you remove your lineman's rope?

I actually swap my linemans for my fixed bridge once I'm at height. I climb/rappel on a fixed length, fairly short (approx 30") bridge. Once at height I hook my linemans into my tether biner and remove the screamer connecting to my short bridge. I have on occasion just left the climbing bridge attached too but I generally don't like the extra clutter. I do this because I like a longer, adjustable bridge while hunting for comfort reasons.
 
I take mine off but only once I am on my platform, everything is set up and the tether is fully and finally adjusted. I slowly let off tension from my linemans belt and put my weight into the tether/bridge. Once I have slack, it comes off. I agree to trust your system. Extra LB will get in the way.
 
I clip it around my back.
I see no need to totally remove and stowe it for the hunt, only to get it back out for the climb down. In order to have it removable, then it needs 2 carabiners. What's the point? Tie it to your off side and use it as intended while climbing up, then clip it around your back while tethered. Then its out and ready for the climb back down. It also makes a great suspender for walking.
 
I don't use one. Actually I used a LWHC so I climb with my tether attached to me and the tree. My tether never leaves me or the tree.
 
Honestly I use just use my linesman belt when I am drill the bolt holes and when. I am setting the platform. I don't use it when I actually climb up the steps. My move from bolt to bolt are so big a lineman's belt would be a hindrance.
 
I use a 3:1 mechanical advantage to keep the slack out of my tether as I’m climbing up the stick. I get to the top of the stick and slide the tether up the tree.

Can you explain this, or point me toward a youtube video or something? Curious to learn more about this technique.
 
I do not keep it attached. I use a pole climbing harness regularly at work. So I am comfortable with just the tether.


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Can you explain this, or point me toward a youtube video or something? Curious to learn more about this technique.

I’ll see what I can put together tomorrow. It’s really simple though. Before, with my left hand I was pulling up on the tag end of my rope as I step up on the stick, with my right hand around the tree. Now, I. An pull down on the rope as I step up. The motion is more conducive to efficient movement.

Here’s a pic of the setup. The rope that’s going down through the CT RollNLock, that’s the tag end I pull down on as I step up. I’d you choose to do this, and rappel down, you need to make sure you don’t have a stopper knot on the end of your rope, or make sure you have enough rope to make it to the bottom of the tree without the end of your rope meeting your quick link. The other, abs maybe better option, is to take the rope out of the quick link before descending.

Also, and a very important thing too, consider how you tie the quick link in on your rappel line. Here, you see a prussik knot which doesn’t slide super easy in both directions. I learned this lessen the hard way, when I didn’t move it down the rope far enough, and had a really fun time trying to slide my rope down the tree after I reached the bottom. I’ve since changed that to a schwabish hitch. I can pull my pull down cord and the quick link will slide the hitch back, if need be.

Lemme know if this doesn’t make sense and I’ll try to figure out something else.

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Semper Fi,
Mike
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I’ll see what I can put together tomorrow. It’s really simple though. Before, with my left hand I was pulling up on the tag end of my rope as I step up on the stick, with my right hand around the tree. Now, I. An pull down on the rope as I step up. The motion is more conducive to efficient movement.

Here’s a pic of the setup. The rope that’s going down through the CT RollNLock, that’s the tag end I pull down on as I step up. I’d you choose to do this, and rappel down, you need to make sure you don’t have a stopper knot on the end of your rope, or make sure you have enough rope to make it to the bottom of the tree without the end of your rope meeting your quick link. The other, abs maybe better option, is to take the rope out of the quick link before descending.

Also, and a very important thing too, consider how you tie the quick link in on your rappel line. Here, you see a prussik knot which doesn’t slide super easy in both directions. I learned this lessen the hard way, when I didn’t move it down the rope far enough, and had a really fun time trying to slide my rope down the tree after I reached the bottom. I’ve since changed that to a schwabish hitch. I can pull my pull down cord and the quick link will slide the hitch back, if need be.

Lemme know if this doesn’t make sense and I’ll try to figure out something else.

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Semper Fi,
Mike
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Thanks, that's very helpful. Pretty sure I understand the concept, might need to rig it up myself to try it. If I'm thinking about it correctly, the line from the tree girth hitch to your belay device goes slack, but you pull down to maintain tension and essentially bypass the slack section as your transitioning up onto the step? How difficult is it to relieve tension and slide the tether loop up the tree?
 
Thanks, that's very helpful. Pretty sure I understand the concept, might need to rig it up myself to try it. If I'm thinking about it correctly, the line from the tree girth hitch to your belay device goes slack, but you pull down to maintain tension and essentially bypass the slack section as your transitioning up onto the step? How difficult is it to relieve tension and slide the tether loop up the tree?

Not hard at all. The Grigri is underrated for oplux, so when there’s no tension on it, it’s easy enough to pull the rope up through it, and when it’s in top rope mode, it catches quickly, thus preventing a fall. It’s very smooth on rappel- much smoother than the Safegaurd. Safeguard works fine, just takes some time to get the “feel” of what it takes to un-brake the rope.


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Mike
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