Dear JohnnyPro,
I would like to see you go into great detail on the way in which you configure your harness and ropes, that allows you to safely go inverted and to do flips.
In the early going of my attempts to climb, the possibility of falling right out of my saddle was a bit of a concern for me.
I think that if there was one thing that I would want you to teach the climbing community, including myself, this would be it.
I think it would be really cool if a bunch of climbers learned how to do those things in an absolutely, no kidding, safe manner, and then posted videos in this thread demonstrating what you had just taught them.
Start by teaching the nuts and bolts of your techniques, Johnny! I'm eager to learn. Let your techniques spread and make the whole climbing community more capable!
Then you will be loved, and people will be more open to hearing your other messages.
I guess that is what I'm saying, when I break it down. The biggest gift of love that you can share with us all is to teach us all how to become better climbers. Your video about the twin rope technique was a really great start.
Another person, or really, two, come to my mind when I speak of this.
Reg Coates, and August Hunicke. Those two outstanding gentlemen show just how much they love the community of climbers in this world. They freely, unreservedly, share all of the knowledge that they can through their videos. They do it as well, by trying to speak as plainly and clearly as they can. Reg Coates, especially. He is such a great communicator. If you haven't already, you should watch a bunch of his videos. He would make a great role model for anyone who wants to teach a large number of people.
So, to reiterate, please teach us about your harness setup, and how to safely invert, and do flips.
Thanks in advance for any efforts that you make along these lines.
Tim
P.S. Another great climber and arborist that I can't believe I forgot to mention is Daniel Holliday.
http://www.climbingarborist.com/
Please ignore the last line in this post. It's a glitch that happens when I try to post using a handheld device, which renders me unable to modify the bottom line in the text box. I was basically trying to say that the reason I climb at all today is because of the comprehensive set of videos that Daniel Holliday produced, cataloged, and leaves up for all to see at his website, climbingarborist.com. His generosity of spirit and love for the community of climbers is the reason I'm on this forum today. He had a big picture plan when he started producing his videos, and as a result, assembled the most complete, easy to navigate set of climbing and rigging videos on the internet, in my opinion.
most responsible for the fact that I climb today. His website,
