This is how Butch does the stock Quido'sWeb tether which is made from seatbelt strap.Does anyone have a biner on the end of their tether so that they just loop it around the tree and clip it back to the mainline? Right now I just slip mine through the big loop and pull everything through for a cinch.
It generally depends on what I'm girth hitching to. But for around the trunk just once as your tether I wouldn't use a biner but you'll eventually wear out the loop end. If I'm using a branch I use a biner but as Red said a delta link is better for the application.
One of these guys. Just make sure you get them from a climbing/arborist site so you don't end up with the uncertified chinese ones.Ok forgive my ignorance but what is a delta link?
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Can we get this turned into it's own thread? I think it would do some good for the new people and maybe a couple of the old.
Done and made a sticky in the climbing methods section.Can we get this turned into it's own thread? I think it would do some good for the new people and maybe a couple of the old.
That's a bad idea, You never want to side load a carabiner.Does anyone have a biner on the end of their tether so that they just loop it around the tree and clip it back to the mainline? Right now I just slip mine through the big loop and pull everything through for a cinch.
If you got smallish Aluminum ones it might be good. Do you mean to use them as if you had "D Rings"?Hmmmm....now I'm thinking... with a fixed webbing loop sewn to the inside of my RC harness with small 'pencil' sized loops left at each hip. I could snake these around my harness belt & through the webbing loops and have a nice linemans belt....and just remove the deltas when I want to rock climb.
I don't know how much you would want to do that. The forces involved in rock falls are way higher than what we are generating. That and most RC harness now a days aren't a solid piece of webbing to sew to all the way around. Not to mention if you modified equipment fails any accidental death benefits your family might receive might be nullified if you die. Rock climbing is inherently dangerous and harness are relatively cheap. I may mix and match biners but I keep my ropes and harness separate from my tree gear.Hmmmm....now I'm thinking... with a fixed webbing loop sewn to the inside of my RC harness with small 'pencil' sized loops left at each hip. I could snake these around my harness belt & through the webbing loops and have a nice linemans belt....and just remove the deltas when I want to rock climb.