Single Rope Technique Setup

Srt is a system that re quires a few new tools.

Single rope technique setup. The first part of the video demonstrates. Australian tree and rope access equipment specialists atraes presents a second video on srt single rope technique. Single rope technique srt is a system that cavers have developed for long free hang ing entries and exits. Srt single rope technique where a climber ascends or descents via a single fixed rope.

The most popular way to ascend using single rope technique srt is using a rope wrench set up that works in conjunction with a standard friction hitch. Newly developed arborist hardware has allowed tree climbers to ascend work and descend on a single rope in a way never before possible. Most srt single rope technique setups begin with the installation of a line through a fork or forks high in the tree. This is a very simple setup that allows you the efficiency of srt ascent while still using your traditional ddrt climbing system to work the tree.

Single rope technique srt is a new climbing technique that is revolutionising tree work at a faster pace than any other system of recent years. Single rope technique is used in caving potholing rock climbing canyoning roped access for building maintenance and by arborists for tree climbing although to avoid confusion in the tree climbing community many have taken to calling it stationary rope technique. Single rope technique srt setup. The set up requires a pulley a method of attachment to the body a hitch cord the isc rope wrench zk2 and a carabiner.

In this clip we see how the climber should enter the tree crown using single rope technique. The suitable fork should be healthy have no signs of decay be no less than 100mm in diameter and preferably be close to a main trunk of the tree. In general this is done with a throw line or launching device.