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I climb with sticks and aiders and now hanging steps also.
Let's say I was coming down and didn't have a step or stick I needed (somehow the stick fell off the tree, etc...imagine an unlikely scenario) and couldn't reach the distance.
What are some options for traversing down 4 to 8 feet in a tree like that?
I always climb with a tether and lineman's belt. The tether has a screw link to girth hitch around tree and a distel hitch on a carabiner connected to bridge. The lineman's has carabiners on both sides because I like to fully disconnect while walking and one side has a distel hitch for adjustment. I'm thinking I could hang from my tether, girth hitch the lineman's around the tree using a carabiner, girth hitch the other end of the lineman's around a foot, adjust length of lineman's, stand up, take weight off tether, slide it down, hang from tether again, slide down lineman's girth hitch, rinse and repeat.
I don't want to figure this out in a tree when panicking. Is the above the best method with just a linemans? What am I missing? What can I carry to make self rescue easier? Am I missing an important link/thread here?
Thanks!
-R
Let's say I was coming down and didn't have a step or stick I needed (somehow the stick fell off the tree, etc...imagine an unlikely scenario) and couldn't reach the distance.
What are some options for traversing down 4 to 8 feet in a tree like that?
I always climb with a tether and lineman's belt. The tether has a screw link to girth hitch around tree and a distel hitch on a carabiner connected to bridge. The lineman's has carabiners on both sides because I like to fully disconnect while walking and one side has a distel hitch for adjustment. I'm thinking I could hang from my tether, girth hitch the lineman's around the tree using a carabiner, girth hitch the other end of the lineman's around a foot, adjust length of lineman's, stand up, take weight off tether, slide it down, hang from tether again, slide down lineman's girth hitch, rinse and repeat.
I don't want to figure this out in a tree when panicking. Is the above the best method with just a linemans? What am I missing? What can I carry to make self rescue easier? Am I missing an important link/thread here?
Thanks!
-R