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    Bart_ replied to the thread Rope grab recommendations for rigging.
    I found a couple older references to a "Bluewater VT" which was actually just a hollowbraid technora eye to eye, mis-named, supposedly...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Rope grab recommendations for rigging.
    In the results tables of the report there's notes. In the single rope pull tests after slippage they noted a much lower hold force...
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    Bart_ reacted to oceans's post in the thread Today.... with Like Like.
    The first place I ever experienced that time dilation was as a young teenager working as a carpenter. When working on multi span...
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    Bart_ reacted to Matias's post in the thread Today.... with Like Like.
    Having taken a few falls from limb failures, I can attest to how surreal that moment is. Time seems to slow down so extremely that you'd...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Today.....
    I heard the surreal slow motion fall backwards fall story, but caught by a second lanyard, from exactly the same error before. Guy was...
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    Bart_ reacted to Dan Thornton's post in the thread Today.... with Like Like.
    Last week I was thankful for the safety training I have learned and made habitual. I did what I intended never to do - I cut through my...
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    Bart_ reacted to oceans's post in the thread Today.... with Like Like.
    I thought that was for making a sizwheel face cut in a single pass.
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    Bart_ reacted to Muggs's post in the thread Today.... with Like Like.
    Good help is hard to find. I'm going to keep this bar for cutting logs with big spike nails in them. Hoping it will just sneak right...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Rope grab recommendations for rigging.
    In 2002 a Narc :) provided information...
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    Bart_ reacted to Muggs's post in the thread Rope grab recommendations for rigging with Like Like.
    I've had a prusik slip multiple times from guys pulling on fiddle blocks attached to pull lines. The prusik melts to the line, they end...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Songs of Perfection.
    In penance for my foisting post (bad makes the good seem that much better?) and for a change of mind set to go to a different time to...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Rope grab recommendations for rigging.
    I made half hearted progress trying to find hitch pull testing so far. But, I did find drop testing where a short drop of 185 lbs...
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    Bart_ reacted to Notaneasytarget's post in the thread Broke two rules and paid the price. with Like Like.
    My cheap 2nd hand chaps just made way for the bar. Happened during a drop of maybe 18 inches. I pitched the saw, wrapped the worst of...
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    Bart_ replied to the thread Broke two rules and paid the price..
    Not nice to hear. Hope you heal up well. Flesh/muscle damage may be easier to recover from than ligament damage and I hope that turns...
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    Bart_ reacted to Steve Connally's post in the thread TCIA WTF? with Like Like.
    Times they are a changing. I noticed a shift some years ago. I have nothing but gratitude to so many people on here. Unfortunately...
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