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  1. SouthSoundTree

    Breakaway option for iffy trees

    TEST IT FIRST! Being rated might have a safety factor built in.
  2. SouthSoundTree

    Breakaway option for iffy trees

    You should get less deflection of a high line at your weight, Fi. A piece of HTP or the like, maybe. I forgot what I did one time exactly, but basically set up a tensioned line from a big tree to a stump, and had a steep angling highline for a super dead, tipped fir. You don't necessarily...
  3. SouthSoundTree

    Breakaway option for iffy trees

    I like the slipknot concept. Something that takes human action, such as a slipknot or cutting a rope lanyard only works if you are not crushed, and can still perform the action FAST.
  4. SouthSoundTree

    Breakaway option for iffy trees

    Welcome, Gypo. Whereabout are you. I'm in Oly, WA. Residential arbo, and do some non- commercial harvest falling, two years of rotten trees for WA ST. You'll see a lot o' folks like to pick up tricks from people that have the latitude to try some trick shots away from structures.
  5. SouthSoundTree

    Breakaway option for iffy trees

    yep. I put the tail in my teeth, barely, knowing to let go if I have to bug out, and that I have to re-tie the stopper knot if I'm taking the tail out of my mouth. Rope in teeth is a throwback to rock climbing. I know people have lost teeth this way, but when I've heard about it, it wasn't a...
  6. SouthSoundTree

    Breakaway option for iffy trees

    Fair enough. A barber chair or unknown rigging rope over your climbline or lanyard would load too fast to do anything. I'm going to get a cuttable spectra sling for my flipline as a safety.
  7. SouthSoundTree

    Breakaway option for iffy trees

    Really? under load, you won't be able to unhook, with or without a locking mechanism, no?
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