Sean, I read about guys climbing strictly one or the other. For me, it just depends on the tree or where I have to go in it, so both systems are useful. It's much easier for me to advance a Ddrt system. Some of my cat rescues are 100-150' in dense fir trees, and I find it easier to...
Yeah, sometimes I do that using an alpine BF. But changing to Ddrt would still be a time-consuming PITA. Seems like I have heard about a changeover with the HH specifically, that is easy and quick.
I use one rope for ascending SRT, then haul up or carry up a second rope that is pre-rigged Ddrt and switch, temporarily or permanently abandoning the SRT line. At least for fir trees, which is what I'm in mostly. I know the secret weapon system, but that is still two ropes. Am I reading here...
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