My SRT attempts(2) have failed so far……I’ll be trying again too!Making up an adjustable foot loop/ tether to again attempt 2tc.
Is there a particular reason for SRT? like, have you tried JRB method yet? The one thing I don’t like about SRT is you have to isolate a branch unless you do a basal anchor. I found JRB to eliminate this hassle.My SRT attempts(2) have failed so far……I’ll be trying again too!
I dont think you need a very thick branch as you make sure to girth hitch around the trunk.Is there a particular reason for SRT? like, have you tried JRB method yet? The one thing I don’t like about SRT is you have to isolate a branch unless you do a basal anchor. I found JRB to eliminate this hassle.
Yesterday I took my Knaider/Swaider out for a spin. I’ve only practiced going up and down one stick so far, yesterday was a whole different animal.
I’m using regular steps on some cut down novix sticks. The issue was using my Lineman’s belt and balancing both feet on one step trying to tie up the next stick and getting set for the step up with a swaider.
It didn’t end so well, I abandoned the climb after being up two sticks, about 13 ft.
I’m thinking I either need to
1-add double steps to the top
2-switch a wire aider
3-try and trade my sticks for some wild edge steps.
I use K/S with my Skeletors and I like it, but I wouldn't even attempt with my OG LW's. I definitely suggest having double steps. WE steps work with K/S well enough if you get your step set solid. I just wasn't consistent enough with it.
US vacation is horrible. I get 3 weeks been at the company for 16 years and they don't carry over. Oh did I mention I get one personal day a year! Man how lucky am I to get ONE personal day a year. Whew where do I begin with so many days off LOLPlanned and booked off 4 weeks of vacation time in October and November for hunting! Moose/deer/bear archery 1st week of October up north. Deer archery at home the short week (Canadian Thanksgiving) then the 3rd week for the Moose gun hunt/camp. Then a week in November for the local controlled deer gun hunt at home.
Taking a full week for every long weekend as well, and an extra week to rebuild my deck early May.
I had a LOT of vacation days carried over from prior years, so trying to burn those down. With all that time off, I'll still have almost an extra 20 days carried over to next year, so will be able to execute the same plan in 2023 more or less.
Woohoo!
Question, if you are weighing on the branch why not just basal anchor? Or better yet, why not just Ddrt. A single Blake’s hitch is way easier to tie and manage than multiple hitches to ascend a doubled ropeIs there a particular reason for SRT? like, have you tried JRB method yet? The one thing I don’t like about SRT is you have to isolate a branch unless you do a basal anchor. I found JRB to eliminate this hassle.
i dnt like basal bc I don’t want my rope at the ground level while I’m at height. And DDRT is too abrasive on the rope and again, you have to isolate a branch. With JRB I can be over multiple branch’s within reason, and tying the same simple hitch twice isn’t a big deal, i find it just as easy yet safer (bc of the multiple points of attachment from ground) than SRT.Question, if you are weighing on the branch why not just basal anchor? Or better yet, why not just Ddrt. A single Blake’s hitch is way easier to tie and manage than multiple hitches to ascend a doubled rope
You don’t have to isolate a branch on Ddrt anymore than you have to isolate a branch using JRB. They are both doubled ropes and you can only go as high as the lowest branch your system crosses in either. I can understand rope abrasion but I got 3 full seasons out of my Ddrt climbing rope and only bought some more because predator is so hard to keep in inventory. As far as safer, the same chance of falling from the crotch breaking on either system. The Blake’s hitch has seen third party testing for break strength and slip, your body would break before the Blake’s would. In an SRT system what would you say the failure point is? If you’re using a Madrock safeguard or a petzl gri gri, they are approved for fall arrest, meaning they have been tested to catch you in a dynamic event that as you’ve stated shouldn’t occur. I am only asking because there’s a lot of information based on speculation about the safety of a system. So at hunting height do you also run two tethers and a different prusik on each? Do you use two saddles and 2 bridges as well?i dnt like basal bc I don’t want my rope at the ground level while I’m at height. And DDRT is too abrasive on the rope and again, you have to isolate a branch. With JRB I can be over multiple branch’s within reason, and tying the same simple hitch twice isn’t a big deal, i find it just as easy yet safer (bc of the multiple points of attachment from ground) than SRT.