joezilla11
ArboristSite Operative
Saw a solo climber taking down a tree so I stopped to offer help. Large double leader- he climbed and pieced out one and felled the remainder into an open area. So he sets a line in the top and runs it down to another tree as an anchor in the direction of the fall. He tensions the line to help guide/pull the tree. Now how he tensions the line was strange to me. - instead of a midline knot he grabbed a bight and twists it about 9-10 turns, then takes another bight thru and again making several links like a daisy chain. Runs the end around the tree and back to this and pulls the line tight.
Anyone ever heard of this before? Sorry if my explanation is confusing I hate trying to type a lot on my phone. I've never heard this method talked about before so just thought I'd bring it up for conversation. He's been climbing 20+ years and said an old timer taught him that when he first started instead of using a bowline.
Anyone ever heard of this before? Sorry if my explanation is confusing I hate trying to type a lot on my phone. I've never heard this method talked about before so just thought I'd bring it up for conversation. He's been climbing 20+ years and said an old timer taught him that when he first started instead of using a bowline.