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    Durability of Petzl Saddles

    Nathonicus- I bet you already know what I'm going to say here (I'm sure that whole "thinner and less durable material" line needs to be re-worked by now - if only for the innocent bystanders who hear it about 47 times a day), but my vote is 3 years or less. My basis for this is purely anecdotal...
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    I fell 35 feet

    notahacker- I would seriously recommend not using carabiners to choke your climbing line as you show in both of your pictures. That kind of setup can reduce the carabiners breaking strength by as much as 95% to the point where even a small shock load could break them. Carabiners in general are...
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    I fell 35 feet

    Thanks for all the well-wishes everybody! I hope my story might shake us all up a little, because the alternative is pretty painful. Since I fell, I have been re-examining the habits I acquired during my first few years in this business. Probably like most people, I didn't get any formal...
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    SRT TIP knot of choice

    Kevin- My everyday use climbing line is a piece of Samson's Arbormaster in the blue & white color pattern. I love it and would highly recommend it to anybody! It sounds like most folks are using a running bowline, but mostly in conjunction with a marl or half hitch. This would certainly...
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    SRT TIP knot of choice

    I have used the running bowline a few times, but stopped using it the time it slipped down the trunk on me when the tension was let off for a second. It seems like this knot would require a stub or a branch or something to keep from sliding down. Or was I just doing it wrong?
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    I fell 35 feet

    About 3 months ago I took a bad fall while rapelling SRT. Why you ask? Because I got lazy. It was the end of a long, hard day removing 2 very large doug firs (each approx 48" DBH). After stripping the limbs, dumping the top, and four or five 12 ft sections of trunk (I said it was big din't I?)...
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    SRT TIP knot of choice

    I took a fall a little while back while rappelling SRT because the knot I had chosen to tie my climbing line to the trunk came undone (check out my post in Awakenings for the full story). I was using a clove hitch backed up with 1 half hitch (I usually back it up with 2 half hitches, but got...
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    Streamlining your positioning lanyard?

    I work with a steel core Yale cordage flipline (the only company to actually splice the eyes in the cable instead of crimping them) and a Petzl Macrograb adjuster. Instead of a carabiner though to connect the Macrograb to my d-ring, I use a twisted clevis. By itself, the clevis isn't as safe as...
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