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Glad to hear of the backup half hitches...I was sweating for you there for a minute. Still, far better choices available, son. Do some reading in this thread and pay heed, my friend :). And welcome!

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Here's a system that was shown at a USFS climber training at Dorena in 2011. It uses a purpose made adjustable base anchor which is pretty slick. The ascent line is secured by a munter hitch locked off with a biner saftied mule hitch. The letdown function is backed up by a prusik loop...

I'd surely be able to figure something out, if it was me on the ground (as could any number of other talented folks here reading this)...but I'm not so sure that I like the idea of someone less experienced giving that a go if it was me up the tree :). What I do instead is make sure there's...

Here's a couple of pics of one option I use. It's a hard locked rescue 8, using a friction hitch safety, to make sure control isn't lost during lowering in a ground rescue scenario. I set this up as a Wraptor anchor, but it would be suitable for any SRT systen. I came up with this one for use...

Bob, for the longest time the two climber team was a staple of FS tree climbing protocol, one acting as ground support for the other, and providing aerial rescue capability on all projects. Just recently we have decided to modify that, still requiring the two climber team, but allowing both...

Didn't say that, as I recall :P.

Me too, Willie. Absolutely, on that trunk.

Tensionless hitch, per Dave's post, is good...though I don't agree that you need 6 wraps, 3 is plenty enough in my opinion. I like a double wrapped sling, binered to a hard-locked rappel rack, myself. Instead of the sling, you can use a spare lanyard. If you don't want to use a rack, rescue...