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I carry a set of binoculars in the truck, they do come in handy for checking TIPS. I've bounced and broken twigs on purpose before climbing when I knew my rope wasnt where I wanted it, but never the double bounce and had a fail after, thank goodness.

Answer to above...no. Even all my base ties, always bounce test with a buddy.

The base tie double weight at TIP thing does not hold entirely true when applied to trees. Unless your rope absolutely does not touch anything else but your TIP then yes. But inevitably the down leg threads over several branches, and/or along the trunk and helps share some of the load.

I definitely needs my slings today :) I don't weigh much and I would have been twitchy srt climbing up with a TIP so far out with no backup. Glad you got it done and are down safely.

Huh, just reading this before setting off this morning. You've reminded me to take a bag of slings. I'm cutting an ash away from a glasshouse from a cherry picker. Usually if I'm climbing I have two on my harness, packing for cherry picker jobs with a different harnessI might have forgotten...