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Why don't yall 2TC?

Scentlok Saddlepants said:
Guys I think it’s time we stage an intervention, start taking collections of all our old sticks and distribute them to the 2TC clan. Nobody wants to do all that stuff rope stuff. I’ve got 8 hawk sticks I’d donate.
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Heavy, bulky, clunky, metal, Chinese death sticks? I don’t care if I was last saddlehunter on this earth, you couldn’t pay me to use those hideous things. 2TC OR DIE
 
Tbh I gotta think more about this… I know there’s a way this could be tolerable, without adding a ton of weight/complexity. It seems like the way, missing something though. Probably something sharp and metallic to stand on? I’ll get the mice running in the off season.
 
This has been rolling in my brain for weeks, but I have been to lazy to research or think it through.

Is there a way to make progress with each tether advance??? Meaning actually raising where your hips are at in relation to the tree?

Right now my hips only raise when I stand on my foot tether. “Make progress”

Could I possibly make progress by the raising top tether, and then standing on another footloop?

Am I crazy? Is anyone following my train of thought?
 
Scentlok Saddlepants said:
Tbh I gotta think more about this… I know there’s a way this could be tolerable, without adding a ton of weight/complexity. It seems like the way, missing something though. Probably something sharp and metallic to stand on? I’ll get the mice running in the off season.
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If you’re a true UL killer (which you’re
not, at least not yet) then you go with plastics ring of steps. Quit trying to bring metal into this lol
 
dramsey25 said:
This has been rolling in my brain for weeks, but I have been to lazy to research or think it through.

Is there a way to make progress with each tether advance??? Meaning actually raising where your hips are at in relation to the tree?

Right now my hips only raise when I stand on my foot tether. “Make progress”

Could I possibly make progress by the raising top tether, and then standing on another footloop?

Am I crazy? Is anyone following my train of thought?
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Yes of course.... this is being done atm...just hasn't been videoed yet.
 
dramsey25 said:
This has been rolling in my brain for weeks, but I have been to lazy to research or think it through.

Is there a way to make progress with each tether advance??? Meaning actually raising where your hips are at in relation to the tree?

Right now my hips only raise when I stand on my foot tether. “Make progress”

Could I possibly make progress by the raising top tether, and then standing on another footloop?

Am I crazy? Is anyone following my train of thought?
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That is the intended purpose of the thigh loop. It holds you close to the tree / upright so you don’t have to keep sitting down to make the movements.

Also, something that I frequently do on large trees is the same thing I do with limbs, which is leap frog. Stand on a loop on the top tether and put the bottom tether above it. You get way more per move but it takes a little more time to do.

I have climbed with Two foot loops on occasion, One on each tether. I found it pretty unstable. At least it was too much to manage myself on smaller diameter trees, which are already harder to balance.

 
lol sure but there are lighter ways to kill deer than to carry those torture devices and drag yourself up a tree.

You don’t have to be off the ground to kill deer, but it gives an advantage in the sport.

I can’t imagine all that noise, effort, movement and torture gives any advantage, aside from personal satisfaction that you somehow pulled it off.

But I’m all for innovation and thinking outside the box, that’s what keeps me coming back.
 
gcr0003 said:
If you want a no sew saddle then there is no other choice than the diy fleece saddle.
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Sheesh you got me thinking... proficient 2TC requires no lineman's loops. A RCH belay loop should work fine. Personally I'd rather a mock-ESS sling, using accessory cord, 2" webbing, and slides (plastic non-rated; shouldn't matter if using an RCH). Or make a fleece hammock, whatever. Either way it's a metal-free saddle. Assuming just 2TC up and down, with two tethers it's a complete climbing method and safety harness clocking in at 4-5 pounds and $200, or less, before platform or ROS. Good for a back up saddle, or full kit for a newb willing to practice.

Dang. I have to get better at 2TC.
 
Marmuzz said:
Sheesh you got me thinking... proficient 2TC requires no lineman's loops. A RCH belay loop should work fine. Personally I'd rather a mock-ESS sling, using accessory cord, 2" webbing, and slides (plastic non-rated; shouldn't matter if using an RCH). Or make a fleece hammock, whatever. Either way it's a metal-free saddle. Assuming just 2TC up and down, with two tethers it's a complete climbing method and safety harness clocking in at 4-5 pounds and $200, or less, before platform or ROS. Good for a back up saddle, or full kit for a newb willing to practice.

Dang. I have to get better at 2TC.
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RCH - $65
carabiner - $14
25’ of rope - $33
12’ of hitch chord from - $5
Fleece saddle - $5
Ring of steps made of wood blocks. $8
Ratchet or cam strap $5

$135 and you are elevated and saddle hunting in arguably the lightest, quietest, and most comfortable saddle known to man.

Would be a fun off season separate thread where we challenge each other to put together a full climbing and hunting system at a low cost. You have to share your build and cost and weigh everything at the end.

We’d essentially be copying all the diy stuff from a few years back lol
 
gcr0003 said:
RCH - $65
carabiner - $14
25’ of rope - $33
12’ of hitch chord from - $5
Fleece saddle - $5
Ring of steps made of wood blocks. $8
Ratchet or cam strap $5

$135 and you are elevated and saddle hunting in arguably the lightest, quietest, and most comfortable saddle known to man.

Would be a fun off season separate thread where we challenge each other to put together a full climbing and hunting system at a low cost. You have to share your build and cost and weigh everything at the end.

We’d essentially be copying all the diy stuff from a few years back lol
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I don't know abt the most comfortable part...
 
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