"Look with your eyes not your mouth." I was taught to try and look for answers myself before asking someone else. If I didn't know what a word meant, my grandma would tell me to look it up. My brother couldn't ask John Prine how to play guitar or write songs like him but he could listen and...
I'd say Im a young gun...so to all the other young guns out there...wise up. Listen to the OGs. Learn it all. Be humble. Be open minded. Mouth shut and nose to the ground. I appreciate all techniques and find pride in being able to use them when most appropriate. If I gotta ascend spikeless any...
Ya its a weird splice for that rope. Parallel core instead of a braided core. The cover ends up not being buried and just sticks out so they whip over it. They should state that its not a class 1 DB splice.
I always had trouble on the final bury. Really frustrating. Someone on the FB splice rack told me that at Yale they used a 2,2,2,2,2,2 cover taper. I tried it and my whole life changed hahaha. So much easier now.
Ditto to what Johnny said. I use a Pirate; one of my favorite biners. I tie a 4:1 michoacan or petroacan with a 28" e2e. Shorty @height tether. Clean setup, can't go wrong.
Beautiful lanyard, Delaney. You're not the first person Ive heard say that blue moon has been difficult but so far I haven't had that issue with it...it's actually been one of the nicer ropes to splice for me.
Hand file. Find some old chains to practice on. Get comfortable and keep the saw steady. I use a husqy raker plate, it measures per tooth instead of based off two. The muscle memory will come...