anonesumcane
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I had a lone wolf hand climber break completely apart durning my descent on Sunday.
my tether was high using this combing method . When the platform broke I dropped and the rope man was doing its job . I also had a lineman rope on. Thankful for this . I was unable to relieve enough tension on bridge to release the rope man . I struggled for 20 mins . My legs were killing me and I was getting short of breath . I was able to do a one hand pull up on tether and loosen my mantis leg straps this relieved some pressure and allowed me to start working on loosening the mantis buckle strap . Once I did this I was able to manage to get it unbuckled . My lineman rope kept me close to tree . I was able to get my carbiener free from the bridge at that point and I grabbed the tree and shimmied down . very scary and unnerving . I use hawk sticks normally but these were on another tree with my hang on for my morning spot .
thos was my first try with the lone wolf hand climber . Really worked well practicing with it and going up to 20 feet . I weigh 195 lbs the only thing I can think of that would have caused this to fail was on my descent the rubber strap may have been to tight to tree causing the platform to have a more acute angle ? Not sure but this should not have failed . I’ll see if I can post some pics
my tether was high using this combing method . When the platform broke I dropped and the rope man was doing its job . I also had a lineman rope on. Thankful for this . I was unable to relieve enough tension on bridge to release the rope man . I struggled for 20 mins . My legs were killing me and I was getting short of breath . I was able to do a one hand pull up on tether and loosen my mantis leg straps this relieved some pressure and allowed me to start working on loosening the mantis buckle strap . Once I did this I was able to manage to get it unbuckled . My lineman rope kept me close to tree . I was able to get my carbiener free from the bridge at that point and I grabbed the tree and shimmied down . very scary and unnerving . I use hawk sticks normally but these were on another tree with my hang on for my morning spot .
thos was my first try with the lone wolf hand climber . Really worked well practicing with it and going up to 20 feet . I weigh 195 lbs the only thing I can think of that would have caused this to fail was on my descent the rubber strap may have been to tight to tree causing the platform to have a more acute angle ? Not sure but this should not have failed . I’ll see if I can post some pics