Lowerable Base Anchor Vs. Aerial Rescue

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  • Опубликовано: 14 дек 2024
  • If you want to see a video on setting up these anchors, I have one right here for yah: • SRT Anchors

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  • @BissellMapleFarm
    @BissellMapleFarm Год назад +5

    Climbers are a different breed. I will live vicariously through you guys.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      Lol 😂

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      You say the word and I'll bring my gear and let you give it a try. You might like it 🤷‍♂️😂😂😂

    • @BissellMapleFarm
      @BissellMapleFarm Год назад

      @@zaccheus I'm not sure they make gear for husky guys like me. Ha! I would try it in my backyard. Got a few trees my neighbor wants down. Can't really drop them. These conifers need taken down in pieces.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      @Bissell Maple Farm Haha, you can't get away that easy. I've got a friend who is probably approaching 285lb with gear and he gets up in the trees no problem

    • @bramirez1803
      @bramirez1803 Год назад

      @@zaccheus I’m shy of 400lbs without gear😮 I still get up there. Mainly palms and pines. The trees and gear are stronger than we think

  • @thegreenrevival4424
    @thegreenrevival4424 Год назад +3

    Haha how weird was literally struggling to find a video covering this very topic the past few days. Thanks to you man. Nice one.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Lol, glad that worked out good 😂

    • @thegreenrevival4424
      @thegreenrevival4424 Год назад

      Yea massively helpful to see both techniques here and with real people vs dummy. Great job great video.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      @The Green Revival Thanks man, tree safe!

  • @brandonswan9247
    @brandonswan9247 Год назад +1

    Wow that's awesome. I like your experimental inquisitive mindset.

  • @Treeroy.
    @Treeroy. Год назад +3

    Put your butterfly knot up a little higher so you can pull down with your weight easier to release the base anchor. You can also throw on a micro pulley on the biner attached to the butterfly for a smoother descent.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      Ah, thats an excellent point.

    • @trimbaker1893
      @trimbaker1893 Год назад

      If its a rescue, cut the damned thing after clipping in if there's any issues

  • @spiercevaughn
    @spiercevaughn Год назад

    Fun day! A couple days ago we were going over basic climbing stuff with my buddies. For the basal anchor I have typically just wrapped the rope around the tree and did a follow through figure 8, and if I needed to be rescued I planned that someone could tie into it and lower… but that would suppose someone would know what to do lol. I actually did a basal anchor when I was showing it the other day by using a separate section of short climbing rope I had to make the girth hitch anchor, made a 8 on q bight, then clipped in a Petzl Rig, and locked it off with a mule hitch(or half hitch then an overhand on the bight) and left the rest of the rope in the bag with a double overhand in the end of it for a safety. That was a really easy set up where it would take just seconds to untie the rig and be lowering. Another scenario I just now thought about when you mentioned the portawrap, you could easily use the porta wrap for it and just set a prussik on the rope above the portawrap and connect it to the anchor or top part of the portawrap, and as you lower, you would just need to tend the prussik to make sure it doesn’t lock out.

    • @spiercevaughn
      @spiercevaughn Год назад

      Another thing that I’m going to try to implement, is once in a tree since I typically convert over to a canopy anchor most of the time, just setting a static line up in the tree that’s ready to go if needed. It would not take barely any extra time and would make a rescue scenario a night and day difference, especially if the rescue crew wasn’t trained in setting tree anchors and making access in that environment. EWPs can’t get everywhere haha . I got a lot of ideas from a tree rescue book I read recently haha

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Those are all great thoughts. Setting a totally separate system is always a good idea if there are any doubts about the integrity of anything. I don't know if most rescue personal will be willing to use an unrated anchor, but obviously any tree climber would feel good about it.
      The thought about the prusik and the porta wrap is on point! That would work for sure, though I feel that under trained people might get tempted to skip that step in the case of an emergency 🤷‍♂️ I typically switch to a canopy anchor with a rescue line if there aren't appropriately trained folks onsite.

  • @marshallteel462
    @marshallteel462 Год назад +2

    That was a really nice change of pace for videos, 👍👍 keep it man I love learning from you

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      I'm glad to hear that. We enjoyed filming it. Glad it was valuable information for you!

  • @ItreboR63I
    @ItreboR63I Год назад

    Great job guys. Very important to practice this stuff.

  • @smiter3919
    @smiter3919 Год назад

    exactly the video i was hoping to see after the last one. definitely alot to think about.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Glad to hear it!

    • @smiter3919
      @smiter3919 Год назад

      @@zaccheus keep up the good work.

  • @geoffreygreen297
    @geoffreygreen297 Год назад

    Thank you for sharing. It looked like y’all had a great time.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      No problem. We certainly did! Thanks for the support Geoffrey!

  • @carlobernardi1387
    @carlobernardi1387 Год назад

    To me that looked perfect...a few issues But in the life or death situation You got the climber down safely and the same as yourself...👍👍

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      Thanks! What do you think we could improve on? I'm always interested in getting better

    • @carlobernardi1387
      @carlobernardi1387 Год назад

      @@zaccheus I would have thought you would have had your flip line attached to your rescuer as well as his around you.. that way if you had a laceration or a broken bone You would have been more stable.. especially if it was a neck injury.. Just my two cents 😁😁😁

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      @Carlo Bernardi That's a good thought, thank you for sharing! I think I've seen it done that way before and it is surely the better way to go.

  • @ralphwaggoner1795
    @ralphwaggoner1795 Год назад

    Great job, Loved it .I need to practice this!

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      That'd be a good idea. We will have to give it a try when the weather is nice some time.

  • @wcakgilleran
    @wcakgilleran Год назад

    You should look up a simul-rappel in rock climbing and the dangers with it. If he put you on a branch and lessened your weight there is potential for him to fall with enough inertia to keep pulling you upward especially if he was substantially heavier than you. Luckily the safety lanyard would catch but it would be awkward and potentially sketchy. I guess the ultimate safe way would be for the rescuer to throw a prusik on your line and clip it in to an alpine on the retrieval side. Then no potential for an unintentional descent. I like the video though!

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      I did look it up, and I think it's important to recognize that there is a substantial difference in the friction coefficient of a rock climbing anchor and the tree anchor we had in this video. However, the prusik method you mentioned would be a quick way to make the scenario safer for sure.

  • @trimbaker1893
    @trimbaker1893 Год назад +1

    I climb alone mostly, but I always put an alpine butterfly near the ground before my base anchor so a potential rescue could clip in there and lower me.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Not a bad idea, the same theory would apply to a canopy anchor with a rescue line like we had. Though I don't know if rescue personel who aren't tree climbers would climb on an unrated anchor

    • @trimbaker1893
      @trimbaker1893 Год назад

      @@zaccheus wouldn't matter to me if it was a plumber... Just tie in to that loop and lower me... And hurry. Smiling...

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      @@trimbaker1893 lol, as long as you're not tied in, that'll work

    • @trimbaker1893
      @trimbaker1893 Год назад

      @@zaccheus laughing, buzzards gotta eat too....

  • @slaxxx
    @slaxxx Год назад +1

    Looks like a fun day

  • @alotl1kevegas860
    @alotl1kevegas860 Год назад

    Great video. Ive been wondering how a rescue is performed.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Ah, I wouldn't suggest using this as a guide 😅 there are classes if you'd like to see how it's properly done

    • @alotl1kevegas860
      @alotl1kevegas860 Год назад

      @@zaccheus It still gave me general principle of how it's done. As a new climber, I have never seen either system in action before. So this could be helpful in a "oh shit" moment 😅

  • @leonardvirtue5753
    @leonardvirtue5753 Год назад +1

    Beautiful!!!!! Mate 🤠👌🤙🤙Nice 😊

  • @ligastreeservicellc5835
    @ligastreeservicellc5835 Год назад

    awesome video like always! This is Frank with OHIOCAT

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Hey Frank! I definitely recognize your name here. It was a pleasure to meet you. Let me know if you come across any good rec climb trees 😎

    • @ligastreeservicellc5835
      @ligastreeservicellc5835 Год назад

      @@zaccheus yes same

  • @gamingisthewaytogful
    @gamingisthewaytogful Год назад +1

    yoooo my buddy and i just did all of this you did with ur buddy hahaha i love it

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Hahah that's great! It was really good practice and I learned a lot from it.

  • @feliciajones1759
    @feliciajones1759 Год назад

    This both made me laugh and hold breath lol

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Hahah, who were you afraid was gonna kill who? 🤣

  • @sizemoretreeworks
    @sizemoretreeworks Год назад

    You don’t know unless you do it. Good to know.

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      That was my thought too. I've heard and seen. Only thing left was to try

  • @johnlenoir1023
    @johnlenoir1023 Год назад

    That was cool as hell I love it I didn't see nothing wrong with it

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      Haha, thanks. I think the only thing we have could have done better would have been practicing closer to the ground rather than at a height that could have been dangerous if something went wrong.

  • @CatDaddySteve
    @CatDaddySteve Год назад

    ASSUMING you have a 2nd SRT equipment climber

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      That's absolutely true. If I don't I will set a drt line for them. That can be done on the rescue leg of the srt system both a number of different attachments or in another union all together.

  • @lucfournier8222
    @lucfournier8222 Год назад

    great stuff! hava à look at isc d4

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      I looked it up, it looks like like a gri gri. Looks like it's handy for that kind of climbing

    • @lucfournier8222
      @lucfournier8222 Год назад

      @@zaccheus the d4 can descend 2 men on a rope the grigri is to belay à rock climber

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      @Luc Fournier Ohhh, gotcha it just looked like a lot of the same principles in design. Typically I think we try to keep the injured climber on their own system, but I supposed there is always potential for their climbing system to be damaged. In the canopy anchor system I showed here, it's important to keep the injured climbers weight on their side of the system in oder to keep the rescuer aloft.

    • @lucfournier8222
      @lucfournier8222 Год назад

      @@zaccheus yes lots of option to rescue à climber even if he is cut in half!🤣

  • @br-dj2ti
    @br-dj2ti Год назад

    So Zach when you were lowing him down that was just your body weight holding him correct as you lowered him down once you took the bass anchor off

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      Yes, my body weight plus the friction in the union above. With gear and everything, joel was about 50 lb heavier and I had no trouble staying on the ground. It's the same principles that rock climbers use

    • @br-dj2ti
      @br-dj2ti Год назад

      @@zaccheus I see that's pretty cool definitely buddy I like that technique

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      @@br-dj2ti Thanks, Bill. It's just something someone else taught me 🤷‍♂️

  • @LearningOfOld
    @LearningOfOld Год назад

    Sweet bud

  • @bman6065
    @bman6065 Год назад

    Lowering an incapacitated climber seems like it would be worse than a throw ball. Which everyone I'm sure has had grief getting back to the ground. Just let the climber run through any obstruction canopy I guess 🤣

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      Hahaha, I think you're right. I'm really not a fan of lowerable base anchors for that reason. I do my best to move on to a canopy anchor as soon as possible

  • @dezow5674
    @dezow5674 Год назад +1

    I have a mad rock with ears it like a glorified figure 8 I use as a base anchor

    • @dezow5674
      @dezow5674 Год назад

      It allows me to be lowered down

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад

      @Dezow That sounds pretty cool. There are a bunch of variations of base anchors out there for sure. It's just important maintain the principles of being able to hold the climber being rescued while your hands are off of the system.

  • @mattrybacki189
    @mattrybacki189 Год назад +1

    Your wives: "You mean you've never tested your rescue plan? " lol
    What state are you guys in?

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      Lol this video actually brought up some tension there 😅 We are in Canton, Ohio

  • @bradnotchad
    @bradnotchad Год назад

    What was bad about it? What lessons did you learn? What are the positive and negatives of the experience gained. Great video tho!

    • @zaccheus
      @zaccheus  Год назад +1

      If I was gonna do it again, I would just avoid using live weight. It was really good to take the principles I knew and put them into action. I feel more prepared to reduce someone if I ever have to.