offshoretreeze
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I recall reading something about a guy in Hawaii who challenged anyone to get up a palm without using spikes in a reasonable matter of time. No palms for me, so I applied it to a pine with no suitable crotch.
Here's what I did:
-Shot my throw line over the top of the tree.
-Ran a length of rope through a section of flexible drainage pipe, F8 on each end with biner connecting
-Tied throw line to biner
-Set climbing rope on top of pipe and formed a girth hitch using an F8 & a second biner
-Tied a slip knot to prevent the loop from loosening
-Taped the rope to the top of the pipe in several places (yeah, I know how janky this is--I was losing light!)
-Hauled the pipe carrying the climbing rope up with the throw line and tied it off to a fixed object on the ground
-Gave a quick tug and the rope popped the tape loose and girth hitched around the top of the tree
-Untied the throw line and lowered the contraption to the ground
For a palm, I'd imagine you could just run your climbing rope through a section of garden hose or similar and not hassle with the piggyback ride. The reason I chose the massive drain pipe is that everything else I had on hand was hanging up on the bark.
What do you think? Seem like a reasonable solution to the problem?
Aaron
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Here's what I did:
-Shot my throw line over the top of the tree.
-Ran a length of rope through a section of flexible drainage pipe, F8 on each end with biner connecting
-Tied throw line to biner
-Set climbing rope on top of pipe and formed a girth hitch using an F8 & a second biner
-Tied a slip knot to prevent the loop from loosening
-Taped the rope to the top of the pipe in several places (yeah, I know how janky this is--I was losing light!)
-Hauled the pipe carrying the climbing rope up with the throw line and tied it off to a fixed object on the ground
-Gave a quick tug and the rope popped the tape loose and girth hitched around the top of the tree
-Untied the throw line and lowered the contraption to the ground
For a palm, I'd imagine you could just run your climbing rope through a section of garden hose or similar and not hassle with the piggyback ride. The reason I chose the massive drain pipe is that everything else I had on hand was hanging up on the bark.
What do you think? Seem like a reasonable solution to the problem?
Aaron
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