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    ISC double-action snap at stateTCC

    The way I thought that rule was to be interpreted was 'two actions to PREPARE the gate to open'... A triple locking snap or biner needs two actions to prepare the gate but the double action snap only requires 1 action to prepare the gate to open. Is this interpretation correct?
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    Ocean Polyester

    Cheers for that mate
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    Ocean Polyester

    Is it ok to use Samson or Yale class 1 double braid instructions to splice 10mm OP? I don't like the tapering instructions on the Teufelberger pdf which results in a lumpy splice (well my ones do anyway)
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    just for fun SRT minimal gear ideas?

    I have been playing around with a simple ascent system that works for me. VT attached as per normal, lanyard clips to bridge ring and is choked around 1 foot as a footloop, pantin on the other foot. When you get to the top just put the lanyard back on your hip ring, lanyard in, untie running...
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    SRT Question

    Hi Shawn, No offence taken, I think the more we explore these issues the better for everyone. When I say I am concerned it is more at the use of the system by novice climbers who do not necessarily have the skill or knowledge to use it properly. SRT is really an advanced technique as...
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    SRT Question

    The attached article highlights how dangerous it is to have even a small, 'back-up' branch break when you have your SRT line set up through the crown and tied off at the base. The article shows how the mantle of a kernmantle construction 'static' rope as commonly used for SRT can be severed...
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    Clove Hitch roll out

    Clove hitch when rigging should always have a half-hitch back onto the standing part and a half-hitch on the log or branch to share the load. Is that what you mean by two half-hitches? I always leave a decent tail on this knot as it is sure prone to loosening. I have had the same thing happen...
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    Friction Savers....PulleySaver

    What are they putting in the eye to keep it open for the pulley to flip through? Bungee cord?
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    DMM Revolver

    cheers for the input guys
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    DMM Revolver

    I have been playing round with using a Revolver carabiner as part of a friction saver among other things. If using only one revolver to run your climbing rope through when climbing DRT is this too tight a bend ratio?
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    16 strand Ring and Ring FS

    Thanks for the response. So if I want to make the cambium saver shorter than 44inchs (2 x 22 inch bury) I just overlap or crossover the two tapered sections?
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    16 strand Ring and Ring FS

    When making an eye to eye do you reduce length of the tapered sheath bury or only reduce the crossover length.
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