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Good point Burnham

Most hitches will lock down on a single line. A vt won't, at least for me it doesn't, but it not as fluid and definately more grabby on a single compared to a DbRT. The older hitches like the Blakes or the Tautline might be a better choice for a single line decent. I dunno. I used to use a...

I am not a big fan of the figure eight myself, but that is beside the point. Can you really get down a tree that much faster using an eight verses a hitch?? I am problay missing something here. I just don't see the advantage to using one to desend from a spar.

What if someone had to come up and get you down Butch??? Your a big guy it would be much easier to get you down on an escape line that it would to try and unclip you and then have to try and clip you onto a rescuer's harness. I have never done an actual rescue from a tree except in those...