treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
I just looked at a job for the RR and it entails clearing the trees off of an older bridge forty feet above a state route. The road will be closed so traffic isn't a problem. The grade from the tracks to the bridge sides is. It's almost cliff like. The top layer of soil is cinders from back in the day of steam engines so it's very loose stuff. The trees are not all that big and are almost saplings at the top of the slope. My question is does anyone know of a good and safe way to tie off to a pick up truck for a repelling ancor? I'm drawing up a diagram for a hitch mounted double ring. The idea being that two climbers can tie off without the ropes crossing in case we choose Ddrt. I've just never had the need to anchor like this before. I know Bermy has some cliff experience and many of you have rock climbing back grounds. Any input will help. Thanks
The pic doesn't really show the actual slope. To get a better look I choked the rail and descended through the mess. It's steep. Oh and I did have approval and verification of train traffic as well as a railway representative on site while doing this. It's actually a job I'm really looking forward to doing just for the experience.
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The pic doesn't really show the actual slope. To get a better look I choked the rail and descended through the mess. It's steep. Oh and I did have approval and verification of train traffic as well as a railway representative on site while doing this. It's actually a job I'm really looking forward to doing just for the experience.