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    Mark Chisholm Tie in Technique

    Lazarus2 and Mahk Adams, what are you two science boffins going on about? Could you please outline the main premise of your discussion for people like me who find it very difficult to follow anything that has text interspersed with numbers and acronyms. Yours sincerly axeknot
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    Tie in Twice Stupid

    [ QUOTE ] yep but I got tossed off a spar the other day and the flip line wrenched my back pretty good. Quite uncomfortable! [/ QUOTE ] Use your front Ds or Bridge to attach the flipline to, and you will dissipate the weight evenly between the back support and leg loops/batten seat/butt...
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    Buck Trav V Sierra Moreno

    [ QUOTE ] Skinny wee things made from stainless steel? You're being scared of the boogy man :) The big dees are heavy and get in the way. Besides, they don't allow me to use the dee as a slack tender for the lanyard. When I climbed on the SM I cut off the large dees and replaced them with...
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    There is probably no God

    Christianity I dont believe there are many true Christians. Christianity is a leap of faith, it is something that totally transforms a person's life, in the way that evidence, proof or knowledge never could. Which means that to prove Christianity would actually make it emotionally empty. From...
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    High winds

    I forgot to say, Monterey Cypress are one of my favourite trees, those big pointed plumes of foliage against the blue sky are hard to beat.
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    There is probably no God

    I already stated what I thought about 'Pascal's Wager' which was basically what RemWiz was trying to say in his first post(2nd point). I'm glad you picked up the quote. Pascal was a mathematician and a philosopher so I reckon he was saying that reason alone could not settle any matter of...
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    High winds

    I arrived at a job with a crew to remove a 80 ft White Oak which had been dead for about 5 years, it was to be climbed and rigged down. The bark had gone, The tree was in a bad way and most of the crown was over the house. The salesman who priced it was very inexperienced. I made an attempt to...
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    Buck Trav V Sierra Moreno

    [ QUOTE ] I can only speak of the traverse. It was and still is the most comfortable Harness Ive ever worn, certainly more so than any of the comet stuff. [/ QUOTE ] I agree it is more comfortable than any of the Komet Harnesses but I found the Traverse was hellish for digging into my...
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    Buck Trav V Sierra Moreno

    [ QUOTE ] The large d-rings for the lanyard are excessive in this day and age. [/ QUOTE ] You were talkin about the Sierra Moreno UltraLight Why are the large D-rings excessive in this day and age? I like them better than those skinny wee things on the Butterfly. The Komet D rings just...
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    There is probably no God

    [ QUOTE ] 2: It is a leap of faith…… you said that you wanted someone to admit it…… but what are the alternatives? If my faith is right, and yours is wrong(no faith) then you have Hell to pay…… Rob [/ QUOTE ] You don't sound very convinced of your belief in God, "If my faith is right"...
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    New Arborist tool

    Why does that chipper not have a jockey wheel or stand? Mr Ed you have forgotten to cross the safety chains over to the alternate sides. If it comes off its gonna dig a trench in the road, if it doesn't flip up. Looks reasonably well made...is it U.S. Built? If it is watch out the wheels...
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    There is probably no God

    Re: Rapture Ready? Are You? I'm starting to dig a bunker in my backyard. When the Rapture starts I'm gonna be ready......sittin down in that bunker shaking like a little old leaf as the Forces of Good fight the Antichrist and his hordes. Maybe I'll pop up once in a while to see whose winning.
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    Tie in Twice Stupid

    I've had quite a few accidents. My worst was sticking a 2 inch gaff in my calf luckily it missed the bone. It went right in to the hilt. This happened during a small takedown. Had a bad kickout fell down the stem 6 ft, unfortunately my right spike headed for my left calf, I came to an abrupt...
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    Buck Trav V Sierra Moreno

    Anyone any experience of these two Sliding Ds work harnessess? Buckingham Traverse Double Sliding Ds(Batten Seat) and Don Blairs Sierra Moreno Backline Harness(LegLoop) I know I am comparing a batten seat harness with a legloop harness, but my questions are about overall comfort, ease of...
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    Tie in Twice Stupid

    [ QUOTE ] hanging by the thread, 50' up playing with a power cutting tool that could instantly cut the thread is freaking crazy. [/ QUOTE ] Totally agree spydey. Many treeclimbers are complacent about this fact.
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    Tie in Twice Stupid

    [ QUOTE ] Knowing I am suspended above my work I just can't imagine how I would cut my life line in those situations. [/ QUOTE ] Never heard of kickback? I've seen it happen to a climber in an adjacent tree. When he was tied in with just one anchor rope above him, he fortunately did not...
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    Up a stick without a crotch

    Rupe, how easy was it to pull the rope out of the tree after your descent? Do you reckon it could be done on say a Sitka Spruce at a height of 70ft? I would imagine that this is the technique's downfall, there would be too much friction on the cinched rope, kind like velcro. How could we get...
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    Tie in Twice Stupid

    [ QUOTE ] T.I.T.S. is the preferred, professional fail safe method. [/ QUOTE ] TheTreeSpyder, not the most subtle acronym I've ever heard, but effective nevertheless.
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    There is probably no God

    Rapture Ready? Are You? Here is a genuine website which tells you how close we are getting to the 'Rapture' or Armageddon. These guys actively look for signs that the end of the world is coming and log them and give them a number. You can see the 'rapture' index. I suppose if you ran at one...
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    There is probably no God

    There are people in America right now actually planning for the 'Rapture'. Builiding bunkers in the woods, stocking up on tins of meat, cleaning their M16s and Kalashnikovs. Probably the same people who shat themselves during the 'Red Scare' The End of Days. These idiots are willing it to...

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