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if there are a couple of wraps around the trunk before you tie your bowline, it can be untied even when the climber is dangling. For a rescue, another rope is clipped into the midline knot. it is then secured to a lowering device such as a portawarp. The bowline is untied and the climber...

A bowline with a bight is a bowline tied using a "bight" of rope instead of the tail. The rabbit is a bight rather than the end of the rope. A bowline on a bight results in two loops where there is normally one. there is no rabbit because it is performed ON a bight rather than with it or the...

I just feel that if you are ascending with say a croll and ascenders you are exposing youself to an additional hazard that is not present when ddrt or climbing on a uni or rope wrench. you are vulnerable, in that you have no easy SELF rescue. I'm not saying that a trunk rescue isnt a bad idea...

there is a difference between a bowline on a bight and a bowline with a bite. I think we are talking here about a running bowline with a bight.

I use aRunning bowline on a bight, Clip a carabiner through the loop to lock it off. I do this a lot because it allows you to climb a 40 foot tree with a 200 foot rope. I think trunk rescue configurations are only highly called for in SRT systems that require change over and when there is a...