Tree Climbing: Safety Lifelines

[Bowhunter444]

Picked up 4 life lines to install in all my stands for next year, not as agile as I was when I was younger.

[Gruntmaster]

Excellent post...

Definitely using lifelines on all my stands next season.

Great videos on knot tying. Feel like a boy scout again!!!

[markbrit]

Great info, thanks!!

[BowhunterNJ]

*bump* for the upcoming season, be safe out there everyone!

[Bucksnbows]

I recently put up 20' climbing sticks and a hang on while wearing my HSS system strapped to the tree as well as the belt attached near the waist while putting them up.  I now need to add a life line and I'll be all set.  

Edited August 15, 2014 by Bucksnbows

[CJ3a]

This is another food place to buy from. http://www.baileysonline.com/

[Bowhunter444]

I went out and put lifelines in my stands today

[Silver Belly62]

Looking over some old posts, this is a great topic for everyone to look over. Be safe this season

[BowhunterNJ]

bump for the 2016-2017 season!

[outdoorslife]

I didnt find the time to make my own but picked one up from xstand for roughly 25 bucks. Great product and a small price to pay for your safety and your families well being. They also make a 45' one for guys that are setup in massive trees or like to get up a good ways off the ground.

[Bubblehead]

Love the idea of using a prusik hitch or the klemheist. 2 considerations though. The cord MUST be a smaller diameter than the mainline or it will not catch properly. The other consideration would be if you do fall hard it may be very difficult to get the knot to release.

 

Another thing would be if you fell from a climber, how would you either get back into the stand or get to the ground? If you use a climber consider using the same cord that you would tie the prusik knot from and creating a load release hitch and attaching your self to the strap around the tree with that. For just a few bucks (cord and 2 carabiners) you can effortlessly lower your self to the ground in the event of an accident. Waiting for help may prove damaging as hanging from a harness can do serious damage in just a half hour or so. If anyone needs help with these knots please feel free to pm me

 

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Edited August 23, 2016 by Bubblehead

[BowhunterNJ]

Love the idea of using a prusik hitch or the klemheist. 2 considerations though. The cord MUST be a smaller diameter than the mainline or it will not catch properly. The other consideration would be if you do fall hard it may be very difficult to get the knot to release.

 

Another thing would be if you fell from a climber, how would you either get back into the stand or get to the ground? If you use a climber consider using the same cord that you would tie the prusik knot from and creating a load release hitch and attaching your self to the strap around the tree with that. For just a few bucks (cord and 2 carabiners) you can effortlessly lower your self to the ground in the event of an accident. Waiting for help may prove damaging as hanging from a harness can do serious damage in just a half hour or so. If anyone needs help with these knots please feel free to pm me

 

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Yep definitely.  The line I used was 1/2" (12.7mm) versus the 8mm line for the Klemheist.

The Klemheist doesn't bind even with a lot of pressure.

[Bubblehead]

Bowhunter how did you decide on the klemheist as your chosen knot?

 

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[BowhunterNJ]

Just from researching years ago and talking on arborist sites.  I don't recall the specific reasons why anymore, but there was definitely a reason I chose it over the prussik.  Usage wise, I do like that it's easy to slide upward and despite being easy to slide it cinches very quickly and tightly when downward pressure is applied.  The prussik always seems to be too tight and harder to slide, if you loosened it, it seemed to want to slide downward a bit too much and take outward pressure to get a "grab".  Or maybe it's when it's too tight it does that...slides instead of grabbing.

[WWP_Bowhunter]

Great topic.  As a safety professional I can't recommend being tied off from the moment your feet leave the ground.