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    Forest fire in 360

    I used to live in the pine barrens of NJ, near the Wharton Tract, and remember well one summer sometime around 1973 or thereabouts, there were a LOT of fires, really made a mess of the place. (I think this was before the forestry people started making prescribed burns in the winter...now there...
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    Certified Arborist Spike-Climb Pruning > Reason ??

    Oops, I forgot the best part of this joke: The PUNCHLINE! Do you know what the name of the company was that was cutting off all the branch collars? Wait for it... "XYLEM"! :bailando::risas2::muyenojado: (I just saw one of their trucks and realized that I had forgotten the best part of...
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    Knots for joining two ropes for life support

    Those are interesting papers, thanks for posting them up!
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    VA TreeStuff Party

    Well, I'm in Virginia, but about 10 hours east of there...thanks for posting anyway!
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    uv rope damage

    Nylon degrades with UV exposure ... polyester, not nearly as fast. (Boats are made of fiberglass-reinforced polyester resin.) Some would argue that polyester is almost immune to UV. I've had polyester (dacron) line on offshore fishing tackle for many years without apparent degradation...though I...
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    Figure 8 for 1/2" rope?

    Thanks for the reply with your experiences on this, JeffGu. (FWIW, black objects radiate heat faster, was well as absorb radiant heat faster, than white objects...I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it in an experiment in a HS physics class...)
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    Figure 8 for 1/2" rope?

    Curious how that compares with an aluminum F8. Do you notice any performance difference as it gets hot? I know from welding that SS is one of the least thermally-conductive metals, while aluminum is one of the most conductive...plus a black finish should radiate heat a lot faster than shiny...
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    Tree fail in real time

    Gotta love red oaks coming randomly unglued for no apparent reason...glad you weren't under it!
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    Certified Arborist Spike-Climb Pruning > Reason ??

    I'm no arborist, but I know you shouldn't cut the branch collar off...yet there were guys here that were trimming tree branches from a bucket truck for road and wire clearance, and I'd bet EVERY SINGLE branch they removed, they took the collar with it. Every cut was as smooth and flush to the...
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    Should Bowline on a Bight SLIP?

    Thanks, Jehinten, somehow that seems a lot easier than the bowline on a bight for me since I already know the bowline inside-out. (Not sure I could tie it one-handed while treading water in the dark, though!) :eek:
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    Should Bowline on a Bight SLIP?

    Thanks guys. When I try to follow the directions on almost any Youtube video on this, I get it wrong ... if anyone else in the future ever has trouble, FWIW, the only video I've found that helps me get it right is here: but I'll be darned if I can figure out what's different about it...seems...
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    Should Bowline on a Bight SLIP?

    Thanks, RBJTree. Here are some pics. "Front" of knot: "Back" of knot: If you pull on loop leg pair "B," the knot will slide down along loop leg pair "A." What am I doing wrong? Do I need to dress and set it better? Thanks – Jeff
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    Redirecting Rope to Limb Walk

    Thanks for the help, guys. Interesting discussion on the angles of pull increasing loads. I've decided to buy The Schultz Effect videos ... thank you for the recommendation.
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    Should Bowline on a Bight SLIP?

    OK, really dumb question, but it's driving me nuts. On my roof job to tie in to the roof anchor TIP with my toprope, I wanted to use a bowline on a bight, just because I've always used the bowline on my boats and really like its simplicity and strength and non-jamming qualities. I would have...
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    Needing a bigger saw.

    I've got a Chinese/Taiwanese/German/Italian/American frankenstein 660 I bought on ebay last year from a builder in B.C. and have been very pleased with it so far, FWIW. Opened up the muffler and richened the carb and it really pulls.
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    Usable life of climbing helmets

    Huh, thanks for the tip. I do the same thing with 5-gallon buckets found on the roadside. From what I understand, UV makes polymer molecules cross-link and get longer and less flexible.
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    Brotherhood Tree old growth redwood climb

    Great pics John, thanks for posting. Living on the E coast, that's something I can only do "virtually."
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    What kind of spurs do you guys use?

    Buckingham steel spurs with the cast aluminum pads...just a weekend warrior here, though.
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    Brotherhood Tree old growth redwood climb

    That looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for posting. How old a tree might that be? Bat caves...wild pigs...those trees are like mini ecosystems.
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    Knots for joining two ropes for life support

    So I guess the only advantage of putting the Bowline on a bight is somewhat more wear/chafing resistance when you have a double bight...? I did some Googling around to see the comparative strengths of knots, and it seems that no one really tests the bowline on a bight ... just the bowline ...

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