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Found mine at my friend's house, she thought I was a dumbass. A few years later some alcohol helped her decide she liked me ;)

BTW, a wife who is willing to come along so you don't climb alone is pretty awesome. Mine still asks if anyone is working with me, she doesn't like when I work solo, which I haven't done in quite a while.

That's similar to the trick used in rock climbing. When lead climbing you have to run the rope through a set of rings at the top of the climb. You tie in (twice) with biners and slings, then tie a loop in your rope and clip it to your harness before untying your main tie in. The rope then...

I generally do an alpine butterfly canopy anchor if I can isolate a limb, with the tail reachable from the ground for retrieval. I use an autolocking steel carabiner to eliminate concern over spine loading the biner. If isolating a limb is a PITA, I base tie, just be very mindful of the base...