Best TR Anchor for Tree Lifespan?

Bb Cc wrote:

I’m specifically saying you should have padding.

Top roping when its all trees and no gear or bolts should require bringing some padding with all the other gear (dog bowl, wireless speakers, extra pampers…)

Okay but I’m  talking about if you don’t 

J E wrote:

Okay but I’m  talking about if you don’t 

Then you don’t have the right gear and need to climb something else.

J E wrote:

Okay but I’m  talking about if you don’t 

THINK about the so-called "Tensionless Hitch" ::

it gets full-fall tension delivered to the tree ON ONE STRAND;

in contrast to having an eye knot split tension to the two eye legs going to the two sides of the tree, each w/50% tension.

Moreover, in that the TensHit.'s single loaded strand just wraps & wraps ..., the more reach it will have for more movement of that loaded strand, contrast to the only <90deg arc of the legs of an eye knot, w/o movement on the away side of the tree.  And, yeah, one could tie a Portuguese/French Bowline so that now there are 4 eye legs each with 25% tension and little movement.  But one might want a full turn on the tree so to hold the attachment at a particular point.  Webbing is even kinder.  (But there have been some quite weird/shocking webbing failures making me wonder about cutting!?)

*kN*

Wade Banks wrote:

Then you don’t have the right gear and need to climb something else.

If you really cared you wouldn’t use the tree at all