Sorry for the delay in my response. @nanok: I think your collar method is worth a shot next time just to see.
I also managed to snag 50' of Lawson Equipment Ultraglid Bear Line which arrived yesterday. It's a smaller diameter than the 7/64" amsteel and the texture feels kind of in-between dyneema and the glowire I have - definitely seems to hold knots *much* better than the amsteel I was using. In light of this, I think I'm hopeful that this line should be able to get more purchase on a tree trunk. If not, then either the collar method or the alpine butterfly loops it is.
Also, we did end up hanging the **** bear barrel again as my buddies claimed it isn't a bear canister/barrel but just a simple portage canister. I attached a pic of what it looks like and doing some googling it's a bit unclear if it is bear proof?
@Phantom Grappler do you think that method would work for a high tensioned lashing? From the 20' of amsteel I had left after the hang and even wrapping it 10+ times around a barky tree it still wanted to slip. Fwiw, for my new glowire tarp CRL I found that it frayed a bit when I used a truckers hitch around a tree so I ended up using an amsteel dogbone around the tree (like a strap) then using a loop in that to affix the trucker's hitch: no slippage on the tree and certainly much less fraying on my beloved glowire.
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