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    TCIA WTF?

    On the web you have to develop tunnel vision and on youtube you have to avoid bolded clickbait titles like they don't want you to know, secret, the real ..., hates ..., etc. It does take some of the fun out of it but spares you exposure and time wasted A rule of thumb I developed about 20...
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    Tie-In-Point Backup?

    Don't want to be a bummer, but climbers I've met who fell from failed bomber tips were on an isolated tip. Funny story, when one of the guys was lying on his back regaining consciousness a girl was bent over him, he said "like an angel" and he later married her!
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    Tie-In-Point Backup?

    I've put a sling with a biner around the spar in some cases at the union or in others below as a redundancy. Secondary problem is if that big chunk of tree comes down and tries to hook/swat you - but at least you're not going straight to mother earth (not funny but picture Wile E Coyote...
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    Mini skid idler bearing removal

    On the weld the outer race thing, each weld bead contributes that much again shrinkage. Weld in a line along the axis of the axle to pull in the circumference. In lieu of weld, achieving near-molten with a torch will also cause shrinkage, no need for an actual weld bead.
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    Songs of Perfection

    Story. When I was a teen I worked where the Scorpions were to play that night and IIRC I was sweeping the floor area in front of the stage when Mickael Schenker was practicing/warming up on stage. I stopped, mesmerised by his playing, to watch, and someone came out to shoo me away because I...
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    Broke two rules and paid the price.

    This may bring about an observation of a medical oddity. I once did a small but deep handsaw cut to my forearm where I could see the underside of the flap and there was almost no bleeding. Pain wasn't bad. I figured I sliced the local nerve. Another time I was waiting in the ER and a guy...
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    New device from ISC

    Maybe reach out to the U.K. guy and ask if there was anything different he spotted on the replacement units he received. ? U.K guy is Treesome in Ghostice's post, has 4 reflex vids
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    So what you’re saying is… a

    During lockdown there was a run on home/yard renovation since people had to spend their time there. # neighbourhood walkers increased too. Lumberyards ran out of stock.
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    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 intended to tie new fangled VT hitches with. Hownot2 did a pull test where because the hitch was technora, it didn't melt, but the host line suffered. They...
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    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 after the onset of slippage. This suggests a possible run-away condition in a real world overload slippage failure. Worth noting IMO.
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    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 spooked as he told me. You're not the first person to do it.
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    Rope grab recommendations for rigging

    In 2002 a Narc :) provided information: https://treetools.co.nz/__media_downloads/00-downloads/T/Treevolution/Report_hitches_PBavaresco.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOoqWQrCgDVM5ParDDFKqadwPZNQI7YYn5Ew1KQsu-n_IdK0ZwISV The helical knot looks like a VT with one braid over vs under or vice versa. Suislide...
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    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 get away from today's troubles, and also to see a 62 blonde strat get thrashed by an expert (warms my heart). He only played it for 3 months but it still counts...
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    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 caused serious knot tightening and some glaze damage to the rope. So far, a lesson is don't shock load slip your prussic because you can get heat damage. To me...
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    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 out in your favour. Every once in a while a case of gotta bomb out right to the ground happens and I'm so glad you were prepared and able. I once met a guy...
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