Bonsai tree is a genius visual aid, and the tiny rigging gear is awesome.

Very creative teaching method. Nailed it. Video examples of cutting/rigging limbs from that perspective was helpful. On the ground, things get messy. Lotta confusion at times but this cleared it right up. Won’t be sending climbers for a ride anymore lol appreciate it thanks fir the book recommends

Great information, educational moments like these save lives.

Thanks this is very helpful. In addition to load sharing, by changing the rope angles through the added rings you have also moved the vector into closer axial alignment (compressive force) on the primary limb that you are rigging off of so there is less moment, leverage. You clearly understand this I just mention it because it ties back into your point about observing the vector based on the direction the ring is being pulled which you had taught in your other video, and rounds out the lesson. Plus it helped me to think it through.

Finally, an educated tree person. Luv your simple explanations and book references. Thank you very much.

I work disaster relief and find your vids so very helpful for the tree work we do when deployed. You let me approach tough jobs with information that helps the workflow and decision process be informed, deliberate and safe. Thanks!!!

Great video! My favorite part was the beginning “Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch” absolutely made my day to see someone else says that in those, “Hope this goes well...” moments. Awesome!

Never knew so much went into felling a tree. But thanks to your videos I fell a large weeping willow btwn a shed and an arbor.. probably 7ft of clearance left and right of tree. Got my pulleys and shackles and it came down picture perfect. Thanks for the advice

Great class Pat, make it a little easier for us dummies to get the concept of moments and vectors, thanks

Thanks for the follow up! Great "big picture" presentation; I like the visual aid. Climb safe and keep up the videos!

Great stuff. Helluva Job! ;) Good point about rings not being midline attachable. Makes a guy think and plan in advance. Hope to see some more helmet cam footage sometime. I miss being in the tree with you. Raw footage, minimal editing, just take us to work with you. Thanks as always.

Great video! I have had a little bit of experience with technical rope rescue and tactical rappelling and i am starting to learn rigging in trees. Just found your videos and really enjoying how you break it down along with the importance of load sharing. Subscribed so I won't miss future videos!

Graceful branch you chose for the visual concept. Your a natural at teaching!

Great video. You make it easy for a newbie like me to understand.

Awesome video!!! I love how you made it so simple to understand. These videos have helped me out so much in my rigging techniques and I wanted to thank you for taking your time to put out such awesome and practical information

Great job I like the way you explain things you remind me of a person that taught me in the '70s when I first started great job keep up the good work thank you

Patrick you have helped me tremendously with refreshing my knowledge thank you brother keep the videos coming

Found part 2. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Awesome work.

Great explanations Pat. I remember the 1st time I helped with a cradle. We had a 5 to 1 and a 2 to 1 set. Opened my mind as to rigging possibilities. These learning opportunities in the field don't come everyday. Tnx for the time you put in.

killer illustration. thanks for putting this together

i like it! hope i dont find a tree as complex as that illustration! look at that reaching leader! but im workin on my ring use and this really makes sense, "tying the tree together"

Another great video! Thanks for the books you referred.

Thanks man. Absolutely spot on.

Thanks for the video. I was a cat in a tree yesterday. Yeah, it was pretty windy out, yet I dont have a lot of rigging knowledge. It is those what ifs that get to me. Most of my experience was out west on evergreens where the only rigging was topping really. Trying to get back in the game of 5 years off to help a small business expand. Please keep these videos coming. It be great to get more info on tip tying

Great video, thanks for sharing! And thanks for recommending those books!

Great info. Very helpful and well explained.

Very good, thanks Patrick 👍

Another brilliant video thanks mate

Fantastic content… keep it coming!

Great video. Very helpful.

Great content, I totally want some of those tiny x rings and slings!!!

Thanks, I think the fishing rod setup is something that I would try if I was to rig as a 1st timer.

Your definitely helping me brush up

Good video as always Patrick! One thing to keep in mind is the additional stress you put on a split like on your example „tree“ there. Sharing the load is awesome but if you do this kind of setup on a tree with a weak or damaged split you might cause it to collapse or break. You are pulling the stems together, at least a little bit.

Lots of help bro. Thank you

Nice video. Rings are definitely the way to go I use 5/8 ultra ring slings with a 5/8 rigging line.

Nice explanation! Thanks

I was watching another of your youtube video,, Love the fact that you didn't make it look like you hit your target first throw ( throw line),,, and you showed how it is a pain in the ass sometimes. Throw line is the cause of a.lot of climber frustration. HAHAH cheers

Great stuff

nice work!

Your Great help man.

Thank you 🙏

thank you for the great videos, i just found your channel and its a major help to me. i am green in the tree and am trying to find all the information i possible can. with tha being said do you recomend and perticular rigging rings? and do you recommend a store to by them from. thank you sending love from tucson arizona!!!

Thanks good vid 👊

Ahhh ok, here you mention it. Thanks! I like the way you explain things. I'm getting some X rings and nobody in my circle uses them (people in Spain, use mainly pulleys and blocks) so I am pretty new to them. For example, is it "mandatory" to use 2 of them to avoid burning the rope when negative rigging? I read something about the angle but I just can't believe they're made in a way they "cut" the ropes when using them. Thanks!!!

Patrick, what size Zubat Saw and leg straps for your sheath do you use?

Perfect compression would be a power line pole on a flat surface with someone standing on top perfectly balanced. Even then. Still not perfect. Good stuff Patrick

10:00 I like to think of it this way. The tree grows opposing gravity & wind & the strength of the wood is in line with the tree's structure. Rig with those strengths in mind. The rings grow in a stem to let the tree resist those forces so you will find wide limbs grow with existing tension & compression on those limbs. Stems or vertical limbs are more uniform since gravity is the main force & perform better under compression.

Using arrows to represent the vector of each rigging point ( splitting the angle of the ropes in half) the resultant vector would show in which direction the tree is effectively taking load and as you rightly say, if you can set up the rigging to have the resultant vector compressing the limb more than bending it then thats gonna be the strongest setup.The bigger the piece relative to the tree on any size of tree, the more this matters but its just good practice to get the best out of your rigging setup and another dimension of the job to making a success of the task with no mishaps.

Hey buddy , could you make a video of like understating hinge fibers on different trees ? Like hard to spike in heavy wood good hinging wood good to rig big and trees that are opposite that are tree you have to be careful climbing no good hinge they pop . Blah blah , I’ve been climbing for a while and still can’t get completely comfortable …

tnx bro!

Spectacles testicles wallet and watch 😀 got a kick out of that my dad used to say that. Thanks Pat for another helpful video

Can adding multiple rigging points to share the load ever make the situation worse? As in height of points or maybe makes the angle worse e.t.c?

In a negative rigging/letting it run scenario, does having more than one block (blocks or rigging rings) in the system help to mitigate some of the shock force that the rigging rope experiences?

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