Where's the picture Moss?

The saddle in that pic looks to be too big on her. I have the Tengu that is sized correctly for me and the attachment point is not that high up. Since that pic is from the NT site, I guess I should assume that it is sized correctly for her. I just think it looks like when my wife wares my saddle and let me tell you that she is not the same size as me. When she wore mine, the waist belt was higher, like in the pic, and the tie in point was higher, like in the pic. The difference maybe in the saddles too, but I can say with a fair amount of certianty that the Tengu will work fine with any SRT setup you may use.

One would think the saddle in the picture fits the subject correctly, since that's Viola, from New Tribe - the person who designed the Vi saddle.

Do many tree climbers use a croll system, or is this a caver carry-over?

I've never used a chest roller or chest-anything. I understand how they work, but I don't know much about them otherwise.

Ace wrote:
Where's the picture Moss?

I was off the grid over the weekend, I'll shoot something in the next couple of days.

I also recommend calling up New Tribe and have a chat with them about Crolls, chest rollers etc. and how well or if they can work with an NT saddle
-moss

Baker wrote:
Do many tree climbers use a croll system, or is this a caver carry-over?

I've never used a chest roller or chest-anything. I understand how they work, but I don't know much about them otherwise.

Arborist climbers who use SRT to access taller trees often use some type of Frog or Ropewalker system. The Frog uses a croll or similar ascender attached at the waist and held in the up position with a light bungee around the neck or something like the Petzl Secur. The Ropewalker uses a chest roller with a chest harness. Most of the rec climbers that I know who climb SRT for tall tree access use a Texas System. There are many variations and hybrid systems between the 3 I mentioned. The Sherrill catalog/web site has illustrations of some of these systems as used in tree climbing.
-moss

Baker wrote:

One would think the saddle in the picture fits the subject correctly, since that's Viola, from New Tribe - the person who designed the Vi saddle.


Maybe she lost some weight and that is her old favorite saddle that she cant stand to part with.