Robert, the best way to understand this is to 1) get a text book geared at learning tree climbing to understand a lot more, and have the technical terminology down pat, making discussions more useful, 2) get Jerry Beranek's Working Climber videos, 3) set up the scenario on a micro scale with...
The spinning wood probably gives the impression of a lot of load on the rope (likely a big double-braid rigging line). Its pretensioned rigging that keeps it from dropping much, causing a lot of load on the line. That's midpoint/ balance point rigging. That log will crush a guy in an instant...
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