I'm a relatively organized person. When I climb, I like that to be reflected in my gear and how it's put together. So I'll take a few minutes to talk about what's on my saddle (for the moment), and briefly touch on why that gear is there.
First, my lanyard. Yale 10mm beeline original as the base. The progress capture device I use in this system is a Trango Cinch with a Rock Exoctica Rock O carabiner for attachment. At the opposite end is an ISC triple locking rope snap on a swivel. In between those two devices I have a rope thimble fixed on 6mm cord attached to the lanyard with a six-coil prusik. The thimble allows me to convert the lanyard to a static application, thus doubling the potential working length of the system without adding more rope. I ass a stopper knot in the tail so I don't slip off the deck.
Ascenders. I carry a Petzl Ascentree with a footloop and an old, trusty Petzl Pantin (right foot). I've gone back and forth in the past between the single handle ascender and the double, I guess I just feel more powerful with two hands on the wheel.
Three CMI utility webbing slings (24", 30"). Footloops, re-directs, light rigging, gear staging, hitch-tending and the list goes on and on and on.
Sterling Chain Reactor daisy chain sling with Rock Exotica Pirate carabiner with wire corner trap. This sling is my primary static re-direct device in my SRT work-positioning system. It has a multitude of purposes as well.
Four Petzl Spirit non-locking carabiners. I think these carabiners might see more deployment than any other piece of hardware I have. Although it's mostly for quick and temporary attachment of gear, I also like to lock my ascenders in with these carabiners everytime I'm on the ascent, which protects the camming devices from slipping off the rope and causing a precarious situation.
Mallion rapide delta quick link. The only thing I use this piece of gear for is converting my climbing system from a basal anchored system into a top anchor or canopy anchored system, which happens more often than not once I reach the primary suspension point and line advance from there.
2 Petzl Ok oval carabiners, 1 CMI micro pulley, 28' 8mm beeline eye to eye prusik. I keep this little package neatly attached on the back of my saddle because of how much I utilize the tail end of my climbing rope to line advance and to double-crotch while working. If I have a series of line advancements to reach a final tie-in or suspension point I'll use a traditional split-tail configuration on the tail end of my SRT line rather than feeding a ton of rope multiple times before reaching the final destination.
2 bridges (Petzl sequoia). 2 Petzl microswivels (one small, one large). Considering how much I double crotch and utilized my lanyard off my bridge rather than side D rings, I've adopted this technique because it feels much better than running two systems from one bridge. Also, it looks super cool.
Oh yea and one little 8 oz. throw weight for advancing my system, fishing line down through tight crowns and also for adding tension to the tail of my rope while initially ascending.
I must say also that I do not leave the ground every single time with every single thing on this list. I guess you could say that this is my standard mature tree package. In some cases I leave much of this on the ground, and in other cases I stack a few more goods up for the ride. And, sometimes its not just one climbing rope, its two, so you'd have to add another climbing hitch system to the mix.
I guess what I'm saying is, if I was stuck on a deserted island with one beautiful 80' oak tree, I would need these things, my rope runner and a hank of Yale Blue moon (150'). I guess I'd need a throwline too and some sandwiches and a couple cans of soda but that will be for another post. Until then, stand clear, headache.
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