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    Fids & Fibers

    I went this year, my first. So worth it. Mark Przekurat is an excellent host, a great teacher and very inspirational
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    Another homeowner doozie ...

    People around here always ask why we don't pay them for the wood. Like it's gold or something. Is it like that everywhere? This business is a racket, you charge me to cut the trees down and then you make a fortune off the wood
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    General questions regarding 12 strand hollow braid splicing

    In my experience Amsterl doesn't make a good dead eye sling. Have you noticed how "slippery" it is? It doesn't grip itself very well which is why for splicing you need longer buries. Tying your dead eye sling with a cow or timber hitch will tend to walk a lot more than non high mod fibers. I...
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    Riggers Choice

    In reference to the hockling make sure your rope man switches direction on which way they put the rope into the porty or bollard. If you only have a GRCS, a Hobbs or some other ratcheting device you just have to deal with it since you can't very well change direction on those. Sometimes I'll...
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    Gear for New People

    Hey Ron. I live in NN also. I have lots of gear you can try out and am always up for some training of new climbers. Hit me up if you want to try what I've got. Kevin
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    Double Block Rigging

    Iirc there are a few posts on the buzz that refer to it as "Double whip tackle". I actually just used it for the first time the other day to lift a 12' log horizontal to vertical that was over a house. Didn't have to put the MA on the porty just two groundsmen on the line. You end up getting a 2...
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    HAAS 2.0 clip n' go/ RH ascender

    I'll take the haas
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    Torn meniscus

    I used to be an avid cyclist so I thought it would be a good time to get back into it. My knee would pop something fierce with little down pressure even on flat terrain. I would just though the motion so it wouldn't pop. After months of doing this I was slowly able to ride with both legs...
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    Torn meniscus

    I had mine done around three yrs ago. Some days are better than others. My biggest regret is following docs recemondation of not doing physical therapy. He said as active as my job is I shouldn't need it. I can run a little but really have to concentrate on form and low impact when doing so.
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    Negative blocking: can we find better words?

    How about "catch rigging". No matter what scenario it will always being falling past the block and have to catch it.
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    Double mariners

    You are looking at it as if it were a compound pulley system but it's a complex. They don't calculate the same. On Rope has a good section on this explaining the T- method. Here is something I found online that will help. http://bothellfire.org/TechRescue/Rope/PulleySystems.pdf
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    Degree vs. experience and certifications

    I just made this move 8 months ago. It took A LOT of change for me to slow down to the city speed. Still adapting matter of fact. I also did contract work for this city and that was a huge bonus. They wanted me but still had to post the position and there were some good candidates that I was...
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    Need single-barrel carburetor

    To to Advance Auto. They used to have them in stock when I worked there a few years ago. $90 can't beat it other than free
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    GriGri with FREINO Carabiner

    Pm sent
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    Ascenders and rope

    Received it last night. It's in excellent shape. Thanks again Mike.
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