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  1. caleb

    Ascender Selection

    I just skimmed over the whole "picking" conversation, but I will say that I've climbed miles and miles of rope with aggressively toothed ascenders, more in other venues as in tree climbing, but I think it applies. Downclimbed a fair bit as well, and I've never once damaged a rope with them...
  2. caleb

    The Zeppelin loop vs the F8 in pulls

    [ QUOTE ] Zeppelin in webbing - hadn't thought about that. Thanks for posting that! A water knot can be difficult to untie; have you tried to untie a Zeppelin after it has been loaded like that? [/ QUOTE ] Yep. I cut the last water knot I used in my slackline out because I didn't even want...
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    The Zeppelin loop vs the F8 in pulls

    This also may be unrelated but I've been using the zeppelin bend in webbing to make anchors around trees for the slack line in my yard. Pulled the line tight with an advantage and have proceeded to bounce the bejesus out of it with my body. It works in webbing with vitually no creep...
  4. caleb

    FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- UPDATE IN OP

    Re: FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- FINALLY!! [ QUOTE ] You could try a mini traxion as chest ascender so that the setup gets less bulky. For situations like this it is a great device. It works in both directions horizontal and vertically. [/ QUOTE ] I borrowed a friends mini trax for...
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    FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- UPDATE IN OP

    Re: FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- FINALLY!! Hey Ron, It really depends on the slope and length of the line, but the short answer is that on a truly horizontal traverse I'll forgo the croll alltogether. If the distance in short I have a locker on a short leash (sometimes I use a...
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    FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- UPDATE IN OP

    Re: FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- FINALLY!! Ron, I totally understand the aversion to tensioning lines in trees, especially with high TIPs. Backties would be ideal, but I don't think most people would take the time unless there were no other options, including accessing the tree some...
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    FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- UPDATE IN OP

    Re: FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- FINALLY!! I guess what I meant was less gear intensive. You're right, your way isn't really complicated, it just contains more hardware than is normally in my climbing bag. I've done plenty of traversing pitches on SRT, both nearly horizontal with...
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    FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- UPDATE IN OP

    Re: FINALLY!! My sloped rope entry video- FINALLY!! There seems to me much less complicated ways to get across a sloping line. Especially with 2 ascenders. And why not pretension your traverse line if you are going to do it with your body weight anyway when you get to the top of the traverse...
  9. caleb

    locking munter

    It seems to me that this knot suffers a similar problem to the garda though, a difficulty in releasing it if you have to. This would be the primary reason why it wouldn't be my "go to" solution for the purpose the video uses it for: bringing up a second in multi-pitch rock climbing. However...
  10. caleb

    Who's seen this?

    Re: Who\'s seen this? Assuming the silver ring in the middle doesn't move it would be great for setting up big hauls. Basically functioning as a pulley with a becket, only I imagine it's lighter? I'm sure there's another fancy trick you can do with it, but I can't imagine off the bat.
  11. caleb

    Sketchy Basswood Removal

    wow. a basswood like that makes me pucker....
  12. caleb

    F8 revolver

    I've played with this a little and I'm using a larger cambium saver ring instead of a figure eight. I only have one beef with it though...after tending the rope on the way back into the trunk from a limb walk when I weight the friction hitch the topmost coil often gets pinched by the cambium...
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