What is the best way to advance your line when climbing SRT? When I first set the line I can use the throw line to help get the rope through the 'biner if the branch is more than 1/2 the distance of my rope (e.g. setting up on a branch 60' up when my line is only 100'.

But that's not possible when one end of my line is attached to the first branch.

So can someone describe to me the technique they use to set the second (third etc) branch? Right now I'm really limited to the trees I can climb because I only have 40' of rope.

Thanks

Get another rope!

Or pull the end up after you and throw that over a branch. Make sure you throw a collapsable monkeys fist rather than a carabiner, if it gets stuck you can be in trouble.
If you are making a nooseloop to cinch to branch for SRT, you can also anchor it to yourself and make a DdRT loop. More damage to tree and rope but a basic technique.


moral of the story:

You need at least two tie in points to move in a tree. try both ends of the same rope.

Thanks.

That's actually what I do now. I can only throw the other end of the line to a branch less that 15' above the one I'm on (about 8 feet tying me onto the first branch, leaving 32', half of that is about 15). I can then use DRT or put the loop onto the line and pull it up for another SRT.

My question is - is there a way to get the SRT line around a branch say 25 feet above the first one? I'm a bit too broke to get a new line yet - when I do I'll probably get a much longer one.

Any ideas of what I can do in the meantime?

Tying in with a lanyard would allow you to use the same technique you used on the ground to progress further up the tree.

err..if you ascended on ddrt would you have enough to go higher?

too lazy to do the arithmetic.

Red

You're right. That's my problem exactly. If I use DRT I'll have no rope at all to advance with. My plan is to use SRT the whole way.

I think what Blake said is probably the only option I have. At each branch I'll have to switch to a lanyard, then advance the rope. It'll take some time, but hey, at least I'm spending it in a tree.