Is it spring yet?

A "creative" mess.

Quickdraws and a spectra runner girth hitched to 8MM nylon.

Warm and fuzzy isn't good for an anchor.

Fuzzy webbing, made for what?

Something inside 2" webbing, the a single quick link. Did it come from the hardware store? Finally, 9 MM, possibly static.

Fancy velcro sleve, hope it cost a bundle. Webbing is about $.25 a foot.

Who is selling this blue 8mm?

You better have two anchors if you use dental floss.

More gym stuff.

Single strand 1/2 inch webbing, carabiner with gate down, and 7mm cord.

More 7mm, not really tied around the tree, just fed through a loop in the end.

Dangerous? No. Smart? No.

The left leg is a loop, so he could have used a knot instead of adding two points of failure. Is the loop safer? No, if one strand fails, the anchor fails.

Count all the things wrong.

Lots of thought, not much good.

This wasn't working, so they fixed it.

New Year's Day, 54 degrees.

Of course the tiny stopper is vital.

Eight feet up the tree and across the trail.

Fifty feet of rope but they used slings and carabiners.

Why use the big tree when you have a loose rock?