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stoikurt,
Ah, yes, you may have a good point there. And there is nothing like circular thinking to re-affirm an idea.
On the other hand, with those long straps I still might have ended up...

I was just going to post about this when I read your comment. I was playing around with the buckles AND a ridgeline trying to what they are all about. I was also using overly long straps stretched...

Jeff,
What did you do at the other end of the strap to maintain a grip on the tree? Did you just sew a loop for the free end of the strap to pass through?