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You can use the Pantin SRT just as easily as DRT...no need to go slow. I am with you 100% on the 2x rope climb deal.

Climbing above the safe diameter to use as an anchor point in conifers requires a fully dynamic line for deployment of a self belaying system. That's gonna be a rock climbing rope. Ascender use on long ascents needs a fully static line. That's gonna be a caving/rappeling rope. In neither...

Butch, I'd bet New Tribe will build you one that has attachment points for the suspenders you are used to and like...that is definitely the route I would consider if I was you. The New Tribe shoulder strap has one disadvantage...it occasionally gets up against your neck a little and you...

Try an over-the-opposite-shoulder strap for heavy tool/gear carrying capacity with your Ness...works wonders for me. They are built with little d-rings for attaching one, or two, and New Tribe sells such an item. I came up with my own. I don't use it all the time, just when a particular need...

Nice, Glen, thanks. What dimensions did you take it down to?

Oops, forgot to cut the size down on that one...sorry.

You're welcome Redbull. Let us know if you give it a try. Here's a picture of a time I used that trick for a tree to tree transfer at about 120 feet off the ground. It's quite a rush to be that far out from both tie in points, nothin' but air below.

What follows is a description of grapnel use that I posted a while back somewhere else. I just pasted the same text in here. Maybe this will be of help. ... probably the best way to use the little grapnel to set a line in an adjacent tree is in conjunction with a throwbag and line. First...

I've been climbing in a custom built Ness for years. You will find them extremely comfortable. When it comes time to replace, I'll go with another Ness for certain.

My thoughts exactly...

I recently acquired a 300' spool of Rhino throw line. When I spooled a few feet off to check it out I got orange dye smeared all over my hands. I then ran several feet of it repeatedly through a clean rag held in my hand , and it never did quit leaving a strong orange mark, like writing with a...

Oops, my bad, Carl. I read your post incorrectly...I saw 10Kn and you did indeed write 10k. We are on the same page now...thanks. That sucker is bombproof strong. Do you see what I mean about operator error rather than equipment failure being the risk when one uses the 8?

TM, this is a new one for me, thanks alot, I'm going to look into it some more. In long SRT raps from old growth it might have some application, and I do some tower work, too...belaying the ladder climbs is often a hassle.

Lumberjack, and Tree Machine, too, I don't think you have to worry about your 8 spontaneously failing or detonating :rolleyes: ; heck, Carl, most rec 8's come in at around 30 Kn, and rescue models go higher than that...the problem will not be equipment failure, it will be operator error...

For those of you who are either using in fact or advocating in theory the use of a friction hitch as a backup to a rappel device, I offer the following link: http://storrick.cnchost.com/VerticalDevicesPage/Misc/RappelSafetyPost.html Dr. Gary Storrick is well respected in the cavers' world...

That was just a hypothetical question, Koa. What I mean to say is, wierd stuff happens in life, and will sometimes take us by suprise. Loss of control may follow, and be very difficult to regain before gravity powered acceleration gets out of hand. Basically, I agree with you, but as an...

Koa, what about if that rat up there in the crown jumped down on your face? Are you sure you'd keep control with your brake hand? This doesn't mean I think a friction hitch backup is a good idea. I use a ground based belayer.

I'm with you, Glen. Redbug, the way you're doing it is bass-akwards :dizzy: ...

TM, I do possess and use a Big Shot, and climb with ascenders on 11mm static line. I am competent with several versions of both SRT and DdRT, stacking Swedish tree ladders, Swiss tree grippers, and spurs. There are so many different tasks that I am asked to perform in trees that having all the...