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Two round turns with the rope bag full of rope, then a couple half-hitches on a bight to lock off. Lowering the climber is just like old-school trunk wraps for lowering wood. If you have to joint two ropes, there is no hardware to have work around with the knot. You could join with the rope...

Single life support 'biner.

I have been using a separate anchor rope for the trunk, RB with a life support biner on the end, attached to the climbline with a munter hitch- mule knot, with an overhand on a bight tie-off. If the climbline is long enough, there is no connector knot/ hardware to lodge in a crotch. We got a...

I can see the advantage of a ground-lowered system being greater in storm damaged or tall trees more so than shorter urban/ suburban trees with bucket or ladder truck emergency access. As I am now having to climb into tall trees that have greater chance of unstable dead/ broken limbs with a...

Better to have the knowledge and experience and not need it, than need the knowledge and experience and not have it.

I will use a EDK-European Death Knot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_death-knot or double EDK. This asymmetrical knot will not jam against obstructions like symmetrical knots, which is one of its greatest benefits IMO. TDS. TDS! Or Zeppelin Bend.

I almost always climb on the short end. Easier to pull the tail up to recrotch, plus the emergency lowering option.

I'd take two turns around the trunk, then take a bight of rope to tie three or four half hitches. Clipping within the system is easy when there's no tension on the other side. Unclipping with the other side weighted for an emergency lower with the trunk wraps for friction would be tough.