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Swinging on Rappel - Help?

BlackpowderGuy (AJHS)

BlackpowderGuy (AJHS)

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So I've just started to rappel down and I thing it is great, but a few times I have swung around to a side of the tree that I was not anticipating. I and trying to square my tether position over where I intend to go straight down but have ended up 180 degrees on the other side of the tree. Advice?
 
Dmathews87 said:
this, on both points...generally speaking, where your quick link is facing is where you're heading, unless theres a bit of lean.
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OK, so obvious question, if there is a lean, when I am ready to rappel should i place the quick link on the opposite side of the tree as I am facing?!
 
Ride the lean. Don’t fight it. Easy way to do it is pay attention to where your bow goes down while close to the tree. Move your bow a little off that spot before you set it down, because that’s about the same spot you’ll end up and you don’t want to land on it. You’re basically like a big ole plumb Bob. If you’re hanging over at all your butt is going to find plumb due to gravity. This may mean it carry’s you into limbs and underbrush some times. No a big deal if you know what to expect.
 
HuumanCreed said:
Unless it bother you during hunting height. I agree that you should just ride with the lean going down. If you control it, then its not that scary. BUT if you want to hunt leaning tree, NY saddle hunter has some good hints about it.

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It is not that the ride down is bad it is that the sticks that I have pick up on the way down are now on the opposite side of the tree. I made it work but it took a little more finesse than I expected.
 
Nosaj said:
One stick up.
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So, in thinking about one sticking up, is that harder on a leaning tree? The aider I was using yesterday, a 3 stepper, was also trying to swing me around to the low side of the tree and fighting it was pretty uncomfortable. When you one stick, do you tend to use straight trees because of that problem?
 
If it leans much I will usually just straddle the tree a little bit while rappelling, I can usually stay on the side of the tree I want that way!
 
BlackpowderGuy (AJHS) said:
Doesn't the stick want to pull away from tree?
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If the lean is bad enough, yeah.

Leaners are tough, definitely ups the climbing effort, but usually I'm not climbing trees that have a severe lean, and if they are, it's a small section that you get past to a plumb section.

I do much prefer it level to set up my platform. Unless I have to, then you just do what do ya gotta do. I mostly hunt dense decidious forest, finding decent trees is not usually my biggest concern. I've hunted places too where I'd rather be on the ground than up there with my hands half tied in a garbage tree.
 
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