Over the shoulder lanyard technique for tending/ holding up the climbing system...
I go from my LEFT D ring, backward immediately, across my back on an upward Right angle, over my right collarbone, down to me bridge ring or tending tether, depending.
For pruning...
Its fast to shoot a non-isolated line and climb SRT, or conceivably use a Secret Weapon-style system (DdRT hung on the end of a non-isolated SRT-line that's base-tied), rather than stand in spurs all day. Do you advance a climb-line ahead of you, Jed, so as to mostly hang while cutting?
We need a big GTG again. An opportunity to share techniques and business strategies, as well a 'pass a good time', as Butch says.
We should think about the summer.
Cory, as I hear it, the "Secret Weapon" was deployed at a tree climbing comp, as someone's secret weapon, speed foot lock up a single line, protected by a DdRT system hitched to the single line. Once at the right height, the climber "spikes" the access line, below the DdRT system.
I used it for a while.
It was an easy way to set a DRT TIP without having to futz around with a friction saver.
Just set the "Secret weapon" on the acces line, run up to the right height, switch over to the DRT system and go to work.
SRT climbing took the need for all of that away.
the climber "spikes" the access line,
you guys got more snow than we did Jed!
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Nice! Ruck. Good to see the little'uns getting their hands dirty. You guys bang out some serious work.
Pruned this 162' Doug Fir today as an option to removal. Probably went dang near 50% on the foliage... sorry to the ISA friendly, but it just mighta saved this pig's life. About 3 yards of chips, and it had already been heavily pruned about a year ago!!
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The Fir in the first image that is to the left is situated down the hill, so it's probably around 175'