"v" notch

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My buddy limbed & topped out a huge redwood. Instead of flipping his way down he cut a "V" notch in the sides of the top cut; set his life line in the cuts & rappe'd down. Is this a safe technique? Could the rope "roll" out of this notch.
 
Its not recommended practice. People have been hurt using that technique.
 
I don't know about running a climb line like that, but I've done butt checks that way. I cut the notch so theres a lip for the rope to ride in on, and when the piece falls I make sure the rope crosses itself. I don't know if its safe its just the way I've been taught, so is it safe?? That is a good question.
 
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He just notched the 2 edges not across the whole butt.
 
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sorry bad on terms not quite certified yet
 
sytherstrike said:
I don't know about running a climb line like that, but I've done butt checks that way. I cut the notch so theres a lip for the rope to ride in on, and when the piece falls I make sure the rope crosses itself. I don't know if its safe its just the way I've been taught, so is it safe?? That is a good question.
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I read this three times thinking it was about butt cheeks and I'm still not really clear on what you're meaning.

I do it sometimes but always like this, at least a bar width deep. And I'm still cautious with it, only use it for rappelling straight down and usually keep my lanyard around the spar until I'm well below the notch.
 

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I'm a bit too old school to set a friction saver from the ground on every climb-sure there are pruning jobs on fragile barked trees but 95% of the time when pruning I run my ropes on natural crotches.........But I use an adjustable FS a lot for removals. It is perfect for blocking down a spar and just right for exiting a topped out tree. If I forget to take the FS up with me and I'm working alone I almost always have a little pouch of slings on my saddle which will let me sling a 'biner to run my rope on for rapping out.
 
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thanks for the pictures and comment. just what i was looking for. I see you run a full notch. that seems safer than the way my friend did it.
 
Y'all are coming down DdRT?

I just choke the top with a running bowline and come down on an 8.
 
That works also....but coming out DdRT is "better" if you need to make a cut or 2 on the way out.
 
Gord,
Why is the notch off center? I would feel better if it was centered personally.
 
An adjustable frictionsaver will always be faster than carving the spar into a totempole.
If we're going to pull the spar over, I'll ride my Piranha down the pull rope.
I almost always set a pull rope on a spar, they are a bitch to wedge over. Not enough weight at the top to pull them past the resistance of the hinge.
 
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The set up looks like this. There would be an notch centered where the rope runs if this was a real tree trunk, just like a typical butt check, expect with an extra wrap at the bottom so the rope crosses itself to hold it in.

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Now on the lower wrap, there would be anouther notch for the rope to ride in.

This is an answer to post #10.
 
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