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You're right...it felt good to find a safe way to do a dirty job. Thanks for the kind words.

My lanyard is plain rope, too...my contingency on this tree was to use the quick release (picture 2) to get free. I practiced it several times as I went up to see which way and how hard I had to pull the rope end. I remember seeing a video, I think of Graeme McMahon, cutting a huge top out and...

I have read "hitch climber" but do not know what one is...a quick search didn't do much. Can you point me to it? Never mind...I googled it: http://www.honeybros.co.uk/assetts/S...itch-Climb.pdf __________________

The bark was still attached but the soft, punky rot was about 1 - 1.5 inches deep. When spurring, the gaff sunk completely up to the main shaft....deepest I have ever sunk spurs in before...also, the bark dropped off in big sheets. We used my homemade Big Shot to set lines in neighboring pines...

I snagged this comment by Jerry Beranek from the Buzz in a thread that dealt with double tie-in-points: http://www.treebuzz.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=rigging&Number=109377&Searchpage=1&Main=97593&Words=&topic=1&Search=true#Post109377 Nicely done, Tod. Double TIP's. Don't see it used...