One of the things that struck me in the sprat class was being told that in the industrial rope access world there have been very few fatalities.
Rope from one tree to another.
Then i can tie it off.
I want to do this but it s kinda hard to search for when i don t know the proper name for it.
Tried to record me swinging from a tree i topped out to another tree about 20 ft away.
I had to then slack the cross rope to adjust the vine location and try it again.
The double fisherman s it a much better choice for joining two ropes.
Adding tension along the axis will eventually break the rope.
It took a couple tries to get it just right at which time i tied off the cross rope.
The inner fibers of the yucca leaves are flexible and will yield a rope with a high tensile strength if processed properly.
Tie one side of another 5 foot piece of rope to your foothold rope right next to the first knot.
I was tied into a bean pole of a hickory about 3 inches wide where i was tied in.
This plant is native to the southwestern united states and you can find them on the roadsides as well as in sun kissed open fields.
Around the tree.
At one end i tie the rope any old how.
A straight rope has a breaking strength.
I think you mean a zip line.
It can be loose even.
What it called when you slide on a rope from one tree to another.
Continue to attach the 5 foot segments of rope in this fashion until you are 3 feet from the edge of your long ropes.
Then holding tight i walk around the tree several times until the turns of the rope round the trunk are doing most of the work of holding it tight.
Then i moved the utv to another pine across the trail and climbed back up ran the cross rope around the tree and checked on the vine.
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I asked myself what are the reasons that we as arborists only climb on a single line and i went back to the truck and got another rope and rope wrench and went to work on that tree staying tied in twice.
Stretch the end of this 5 foot length of rope to the other handhold rope.