Advice on tree anchor holding down pull?

Opinions on making an anchor on a tree trunk using cord (maybe 5-8mm?) the anchor must hold a directly downward pull assuming the tree is vertical?
I'm thinking something like a prusik, I'm not sure if there is a hitch specifically for tying round a pole or tree holding downwards pull. Or a force running parallel to what the hitch is tied to?
No the tree is not on the edge of a cliff. 

Lots of ways to do this: prusik, girth hitch a loop of the cord, wrap 3X and finish as a bowline or F8 loop.  My choice would be the last of these options.

I did this just this morning for all 3 of my anchors I created!
I used 1 inch webbing, like Tammy mentioned. I tied the whole length (not sure how long, super long though) into a circle with a double fishermans. I then wrapped the webbing around the tree like a U (imagine the tree is in the middle of the U), found my direction of pull for my climb, and tied a BFK/figure-9 for my anchor with both ends. I used two opposing lockers to tie my rope to as a fixed line to top rope solo.
You definitely want to make sure you're using a healthy, thick tree unless you want to back your anchor up by rigging from a couple trees, but mine was probably a foot in diameter so I felt pretty good rigging from just the one

Tammy Gueterman wrote:

You should make a space net in the trees.

Also wait, do you guys have a rope thrower or are you free soloing up? Or leading rope solo?

I've never heard of a space net, what is that? :o

I was lucky and the approach takes you along the top of the cliff before wrapping around and coming back to the base, so I just bush whacked from the trail to the top of the climbs to make my anchor then rapped down

Super Solid 

Vertical stem with no limbs, cow hitch with a better half every time. Basiclly tying a girth hitch with the end of the rope. 

Reinhold used a prussic for the greased pole climb at the fair.

Tamiban Gueterstan wrote:

Hmm I might actually start using that. But it sounds like OP wants to install an anchor high up in the tree to hang something. He's basically asking how he makes a grippy anchor that won't slide down.

I've used that method for decades.  You can put it just about anywhere on the trunk.  It won't slide or slip even with a lateral pull.  Just be sure to make it snug, like any knot.

Tamiban Gueterstan wrote:

Hmm I might actually start using that. But it sounds like OP wants to install an anchor high up in the tree to hang something. He's basically asking how he makes a grippy anchor that won't slide down.

My Dad taught me that back in the 60s. I can't remember the name he called it but it wasn't the Connecticut Tree Hitch.
He was a 33 year Marine and he taught Mountaineering at the Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport in the summer back in the 60s.

OP's account is no longer active, so you are pissing into the wind.

Buck Rio wrote: OP's account is no longer active, so you are pissing into the wind. 

So.
Its still good info on different anchoring techniques.

Cosmiccragsman AKA Dwain wrote: So.
Its still good info on different anchoring techniques.

Of course, but you can ignore the original OP, as he/she is gone.

I really like that Conneticut Tree anchor....super quick and adjustable. I would normally just girth hitch a sling/cord  around the tree, so I don't get sap on my rope.

Buck Rio wrote:

Of course, but you can ignore the original OP, as he/she is gone.

I knew that when I posted. I saw the link on another thread