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Do you know that " Dang, why did I never think of that" feeling? Hit me just as I saw that picture.

I just use a logging chain or whatever piece of serious iron hardware I have handy through the part of the Porty where you normally tie it to the tree.. If you just keep the line close to the trunk as it goes over bthe branch, it won't twist the tree or pull it off line. I pull hundreds of...

Best way is to shoot the rope through a solid crotch, then tie it off at the trunk about head high, taking a few wraos around the trunk, then use a friction device like a Port-A-Wrap to hook it to the pulling agent. That way you avoid knots that weaken the line and have the added benefit of...

What are you..................22 years old? Footlocking ain't fun once you have grey hair, let me tell you that.

Why bother if you don't plan to do competitions?

In Scappoose,Yep. Quite an experience. I have 3 pair, all custom made.

They do. Mine are called Wesco highliners.:)

So tru. We rework pollarded and then forgotten trees a lot. What we do is take 3 or more opposed regrowth sprouts and tie them together, kinda like the skeleton in a teepee. Then tie off of the top of the teepee. That mostly eliminates sideloading, so they hold up much better.

That happened to a climber here about 10 years ago. They removed several meters of his intestines afterwards, since they were crushed beyond repair!!!!! GREAT picture!

Try always to do things the same way. By that I mean the way you set and check your equipment. That way, when you are up in a tree and scared shitless for some reason ( sudden storm coming in and having to finish because I had a bunch of powerlines taken down was my scenario) your chance of...