Simple SRT/SRS Climb, NOT! Spar anchor | Advancing TIP with Quick Draw Method

The tree looked fairly simple from the ground, but had to quickly improvise as I came across a large pocket of decay.

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The equipment I've used:
ART Snake Anchor
ART Cocoon Pulley
ART Twinline Trapeze
DMM Rhino Carabiner
DMM Ceros Carabiner
DMM Shadow Carabiner
DMM PerfectO Carabiner
DMM Hitch Climber Pulley
DMM Bat Rigging Plate XS
DMM Rigger Becket Pulley
DMM PerfectO Locksafe Carabiner
DMM Ultra D ANSI Locksafe Carabiner
Petzl Chicane
Petzl Zigzag
Petzl SmD Carabiner
Petzl OK Carabiner
Petzl William Triact Carabiner
Pfanner Protos Helmet
Notch JetStep Foot Ascender
DMM Captain Hook
Akimbo Ascender Descender
SRT Climbing Techniques
DRT Climbing Techniques
Pfanner Protos Helmet
Notch Rope Runner Pro

Petzl Micro Grab
DMM Captain hook
Singing Tree Rope Wrench ZK-4
Petzl Swivel L
Pfanner Protos Helmet
Monkey Beaver Saddle
Custom Frog walker system
Petzl chest ascender
new england teufleberger 11.7 green rope
Teufelberger XStatic 11.7mm Climbing Rope
Yale Blue Moon 11.7mm Climbing Rope
Teufelberger DragonFly 11mm Climbing Rope
Teufelberger Tachyon 11.5mm Climbing Rope

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[firedtradesman]

Exceptionally well done. I have a spliced eye in the end of the climb line and have always just used a quickie for spar work but your way, with the ring n' biner, looks a lot easier. Especially with gloves on, the slic pin in the quickie can be cumbersome. I'll give the ring a shot! Thanks for sharing.

[christophersprague]

Damn bro..that was 🔥💯 advancing your line like that was a great idea. I've thought about it before but I didn't know how I could do it. But I do now. Thanks man. Stay safe.

[johndurant]

Thanks for the quick draw demo! I have never rock climbed, and just never realized this potential with srs before. I feel this is something all climbers should have in the back of their minds. Thanks again!

[spelunkerd]

Am I right to say that you chose to put in solid anchors every few feet because if the spar broke away below your tie in, you'd still be tied to the tree lower down?

[Anubisrunner]

if you got the equipment, you could use slings and karabiners for an alt version of setting up a quick draw

[billyshumate]

That's how you make it look simple. Take care and have a blessed weekend and I'll see you on your next vidja.

[kevinbaskovich]

I use the Akimbo. A lot of people gave it bad reviews. I think they just are not taking the time to learn how to set it up properly. It allows you to use a wide range of rope diameters, ascend and descend without removing it and is midline attachable. Great device.

[dysfunctional_vet]

you did some of the best snap cuts i have seen when using rope

[mrgardner]

I have watched u for a while now keep up the videos I love it very interesting and great to see all the things u do I'm starting to learn srt and all the tips are nice thanks alot ur the man

[jf]

I haven't seen this before. super cool

[treetramp]

Anytime you use a bowline for life support you are supposed to back it or just use an alpine. Quickies are pretty sick too

[forcomments]

If you do your break-off cuts top cut first then bottom cut, your able to leave the saw in the cut and push without any chance of your saw being grabbed and held onto by the piece.

[ChosMan]

Mostly large white pine removals in my area. I’ve been pondering a way to tie into a bare spar (just a log, no branches or stubs) so I may descend single rope and not have to down climb on my spikes when chunking down wood, yet retrieve my line when I’ve come to where I want to make my next cut. Thought about pulling out a length of tail, then clove hitching to my biner which snaps onto my rope so I can go down and pull it back to me.

Thank you for sharing, very well done. I like the snap cut you made when taking out the top, looked like it help it pop out to clear the fence, more so than if you put a wedge 👍

[JDF_]

This one of the best bits of info I’ve ever come across. Well done sir.

[harmaforest]

Thanks for the great tips! I’d love to see more tips on the work of an arborist. Continue with the same pattern, thank you!

[chadchampine]

Great video for short sections just slak it and use it like a double flip line🤙

[dtzokruz]

I keep watching your videos and demonstrations over and over sometimes, every time learning so much more. Thank you for doing all this, extremely helpfull. As I am playing around with the double alpine butterfly knot and a ring, this old video comes on and you mention the safari rope. Exactly the rope I am using right now to practice something with. I noticed you have been using it in several of your videos. It looks wicked in person... it is hard to tell in the videos. TREE SAFE.

[matthewpolo]

THAT'S DIFFERENT💪..SIMPLE. NEVER SEEN ANYONE USE THE RING THAT WAY. WHAT HARNESS YOU IN ? I'M HAVING MAJOR COMMITMENT ISSUES DECIDING I'M STILL IN MY FIRST HARNESS.

[danielkennedy]

I liked this demonstration but this looks like a hickory, not ash. Behaves like hickory, too, with those small twigs giving you that resistance. Growth doesn't look opposite, either. The holes look like bird holes not EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) holes, which makes sense cause this isn't an ash tree. Again, props to good SRT demo and reference to advancing rock anchors, though when spiking with just a lanyard you are vulnerable to sliding down the trunk if you blow your spikes. Added benefit of the clove hitch "quickdraws" is that it also helps compress the trunk on itself which can help in situations with splitting or other structural issues. Sometimes folks use compression straps on trunks to hold it together while being worked but that is definitely more advanced technique. Thanks for the video.

[ChosMan]

Why didn’t I think of that. I’d probably just use actual quick draws/runners/webbing girth hitched around the stem. Not sure why the ring is necessary though? Does it serve to keep the biner away from the tree, where it could potentially open as it’s moved around when climbing? Had the rope runner for a while and too stuck in my ways to use it, then they told me a number of them were recalled. Still climbing double rope.