How did y'all handle your tie ins on sketchy trees back in the day; a lot of false crotches? That maple I was on over the weekend didn't have a lot of good tie in points for a moving rope. They were either small, dead, or inconvenient. I was using canopy ties and ropewrench+hitchhiker on two different lines. On a better tree, I'd have used the hitchhiker, then a moving rope secondary.
Old Timers - Tie In For MRS Poor Trees?
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Altissimus
TreeHouser
First thing I look for is other Trees that are solid , once in awhile two for a skyline. More rope and time but safe r
I once did a long dead probably was a poplar on which everything was sketchy, single stem. I set a mid high SRT tip, short DRT long lanyard into shorter tree beside and kept my short lanyard around the trunk. The plan was stealth ninja up with limited drop potential if tip failure. Nothing was rigged, all free drops. Nerve wracking was when I passed the long lanyard tip and was committed to the spar. The plan was if failure I wouldn't slide far. I was able to keep all support at the trunk in the face of punky wood weakness. Was higher on the stress level I dare say. 
So punch line gentle ninja and spar wrap incremental climb. Tip redundancy. If a multi-leader tree make use of non-isolated and catch SRT tips.
So punch line gentle ninja and spar wrap incremental climb. Tip redundancy. If a multi-leader tree make use of non-isolated and catch SRT tips.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
What Dave said. Where I live there's almost always a neighboring tree to rig from.
Burnham
Woods walker
No tie ins? Lanyard and spurs, of course 
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Old timer answer.
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Of course you're not saying spike the prune, just spurs on a removal. I know, west coast conifer bark is thick ... but that's an exception. I watched a spur dude stall out when faced with a 45 degree leader - even with a bit of a central rope tip.
Burnham
Woods walker
Of course. See the smilie.
