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Noobie Advice/Info

Great wealth of info here! Wow! I learned more from this one article than I did in the last 6 months! Thanks! However, maybe we can re-title it, "Noobs Start here." I almost skipped over it.
 
PeterHawk22 said:
Great wealth of info here! Wow! I learned more from this one article than I did in the last 6 months! Thanks! However, maybe we can re-title it, "Noobs Start here." I almost skipped over it.
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The first post in this thread was Feb 1, 2018. It was resurrected.
 
Thanks for the wealth of information here (and throughout saddlehunter.com). Wish I would have started with this forum, it would have helped me to understand dozens of videos I've watched that assumed some previous knowledge of saddle hunting. I can't help but wonder when will one of you sign a book deal on "The evolution of Saddle Hunting"?
Thanks again.
 
Question for 1 stick climbers. Do you you use the Rappel rope as your tether when you reach full height?
 
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DOMMA said:
Question for 1 stick climbers. Do you you the Rappel rope as your tether when you reach full height?
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Late reply, but short answer: some people do, others don't. Some people even have 2 simultaneous tethers at hunting height - one for positioning, the other for backup and descent. It's good to have a redundant tether for bypassing branches, and it's also good to have a quick escape system ready to deploy. You'll have to play around at/near ground level to figure out what you're most comfortable with.
 
DOMMA said:
Question for 1 stick climbers. Do you you the Rappel rope as your tether when you reach full height?
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I do, but have done both. I keep my rope wrapped in a Beaston pouch, cept about 6’ that has a bunch of stuff attached…..this section is secured in the middle of pouch walking in. On the end is my oval, then tether handles(2), then ropeman w/biner, then a prussik cord pre wrapped……it’s a lot, I know:tearsofjoy:
I was climbing first stick then attaching my rope and hooking up while on top of it……this is NOT hands free, not recommended. I now hookup stick and attach rope above stick at ground level and hook ropeman to main bridge. Climb and move tether up as I go…….the handles really help raising tether. I keep an ATC in my pouch with its own biner and hook that to my short bridge, below the ropeman, but above the prussik cord. I use the prussik below the ATC and it becomes my brake hand. I can just tend that prussik and the ATC does it’s job nice and smooth, stopping along the way, hands free to remove platform. I’ve played with the munter in case of emergency, but love that ATC…..It’s so ez and smooth. Now, back to SRT!
 
To the original poster and any other newcomers, i apologize but I didn't read all the replies but just chiming in with some general information if it is helpful to you. I have been doing this for 14 years now and am yet to spend a moment in a tree not tied in or with any slack on my rope. I don't use sticks or steps or platforms or aiders or lineman's belts... i don't use mechanical friction or rappel devices either... just a QUALITY rope with the right setup of cords and beaners and i can get in any tree... likely quicker, safer and cheaper as anyone can. Now, you can use whatever you want... i am not selling anything... however you decide to climb is fine, but i do care that ya don't break your ass in the process. And so there's really only one golden rule: stay tied in with little or zero slack the whole time. Inches of slack, not feet. Ya cant give gravity any room to work with! It takes 800lb to arrest the fall of a 200lb after 4 feet, and thats more than enough to crush some important body parts. Keep that slack out and never trust anything your feet are on or in. A lineman's belt is not a fall protection device... it's a stabilizing device used in conjunction with other systems, namely whatever your feet are on. When that goes, you can fall... it's just that you'll go straight down the tree. A cinching connection is the way to tie in.

I hate seeing a running eye (which most incorrectly call 'girth hitches') on conventional tethers and also would never use a prussik with dozens of better friction hitches. I do love my JRB Hitch, Saddle Hunter's Hitch and JRB Ascender hitch, and the Double Michoacan also. You can find videos on all of them if you search YouTube. I also have playlists for rope climbing methods, knots, etc. JRB Tree Climbing is the name of the channel.

I also created a saddle hunting dictionary of terms recently :

JRB Tree Climbing - JrbTreeClimbing.com

JRB Tree Climbing and Saddle Hunting Links to: YouTube Channel, Patreon, Facebook Group (private), Facebook Page (public): YouTube Patreon Facebook Facebook Use the following buttons to navigate the website, which is managed by JRB, as an informational service. You can support JRB Tree Climbing...
jrbtreeclimbing.com

Be smart, be safe.

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