A sling and biner to act as a keeper, not as load bearing point, can aid natural crotch rigging when you have a bit of slope to a large horizontal limb, as I sometimes do with large conifer limbs.
I girth-hitch a sling/ biner on some part of the tree (often the same large limb) to have a...
Three-strand loads preferentially on the porty due to its twisted construction.
I forget whether it's clockwise or counterclockwise.
Very rare that I use a porty, as I can commonly double-wrap as needed or wrap different parts of the tree for extra friction.
BTW, when self-lowering, a sling...
I agree. Knotless rigging can be a help...slings and biners or a carabiner tied to the end on a bowline.
After it's broken in, knots are better.
It can be a bit frustrating at first, when it's new. You can actively break it in, if you care to.
My guess is that the 3-strand rope on rope...
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