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Removing the stopper knot or other stopper something from the end of the lanyard allows this slipping (or releasing the grab if you have the time) to continue past the end and frees the lanyard if the tree keeps splitting and /or falling. If not, you got only a short respite and you are in...

It seems I didn't look at it close enough at the time. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Siw0nXZVi9E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Thanks Grendel, I stand corrected. I saw this vid years ago, and he wasn't very successful in his attempt to cut the lanyard and that's stuck in my mind, even if I know it's doable. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0h0x08KDSMQ" frameborder="0"...

For me, it's doubtful that this vid shows a steel core lanyard. Look at the end when the lanyard falls on the ground : way too snaky for a steel rope. You never get a so small loop with a free fall, excepted if a knot was tied and chocked on it previously (which is very unlikely on this sort of...