Stumbled across this video in my feed and watched it. Just wondering about some of ya'lls thoughts on this method. I try to climb with both my linesmans and tether when one sticking, to hopefully be as safe as possible. But it becomes pretty apparent when even doing that, there is no way to eliminate slack and it can be a PITA some times, especially with the weight of my madrock pulling my rapel and quick link down the tree. It seems this may be a good method but I'm not sure.
The one issue I see is with inducing so much slack, if the stick were to fail or if there is a slip, there's no way that linemans belt is keeping you from taking the express elevator to the ground, especially on a smooth barked tree. BUT, if climbing with a tether attached also, that would hopefully keep you from going that far.
What say ye of more experience than I?
And, @Brocky - do you think your crossed ends linemans technique mentioned in another thread would alleviate the slack situation and prevent a potential slide to the ground?
BT
The one issue I see is with inducing so much slack, if the stick were to fail or if there is a slip, there's no way that linemans belt is keeping you from taking the express elevator to the ground, especially on a smooth barked tree. BUT, if climbing with a tether attached also, that would hopefully keep you from going that far.
What say ye of more experience than I?
And, @Brocky - do you think your crossed ends linemans technique mentioned in another thread would alleviate the slack situation and prevent a potential slide to the ground?
BT