I tied it to two perfectly vertical trees before I went to bed:
I tied it to two perfectly vertical trees before I went to bed:
This is what I keep warning folks that are rigging up Single Line Suspensions (SLS) and pulling them as tight as piano wire! Trees are NOT inanimate objects; they move when force is applied. Indeed you were lucky!
KEEP THOSE ANGLES NEAR 30* FOLKS!!!!
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
The roots were being pulled out of the ground - tree wasn't dead but earth was wet
it looks like your suspension was very tight, looks like your angle was 10 degees or so this actually multiplies the force of your weight by more than double. If your angle is closer to the 30 degree angle the force on the tree nears your body weight. Good idea to try to get that 30 degree angle as often as possible.
Dammfast
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain
If the ground being wet and the suspension was at 30*, then when in wet terrain go for larger trees, not smaller, more roots and wider roots means more stable, or should.
I'll definitely pick a larger tree next time but this one looked strong enough and a tree surgeon that was at the hang didn't see anything wrong with that particular tree.
By the way, this wasn't a genuine question, it was just an amusing way to show you what happened and perhaps alert others to the potential hazards out there
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