This is like old guys bickering over a game of checkers. The only thing that will stop it is a pee break.
Well cool, I’m heading out to climb, back to it.
-AJ
I was wondering when you were going to mention that.
The Building 7 question was resolved in November 2008. Tucker is a bit desperate for attention using the Hong Kong high-rise fire as 9/11 conspiracy “evidence”. It must have been a slow day...
I find this extreme conspiracy ecosystem interesting. The interviewer was clearly frustrated that he couldn't get the guy to directly answer questions like "Who is behind this", and "Well... could you tell me who's is doing this?", and same question rephrased different ways multiple times. In...
Ok, I gave in and watched a few minutes, oh shiite! This guy can spew, and his true skill is inserting occassional "resonant truths" to attempt legitimizing his concepts.
ANSI standards have nothing to with anything he talked about. ANSI standards for tech are very boring and they don't...
It's already over, AI has infiltrated everything. Any text content, photo or video now has to be ruled out as AI created. There is no grounding in "truth" in popular or "fringe" media. It's pretty funny though (laughing in the graveyard) because if a person is an expert in a particular topic...
The way I look at it is there are two basic modes for any life support attachments for tree climbers and it's the same for rigging wood of course.
Mode 1: Dynamic
The potential for dynamic loading (climber fall could happen). Climber is in motion on the anchor.
Mode 2: Static
Static loading...
Aha, I've been hearing various people mention the CT Cric, cool. Faster on/off then a hitch, no strain releasing like a hitch can give you. Excellent rescue functionality etc etc. Cam pull cord is good.
-AJ
That's good! Which rope clamp/pulley is that? Not a Roll n' Lock, Not a Camp Solo 2 as far as I can tell.
Key feature is it looks pretty easy off after the redirect is loaded. Some amount of unloading is required to release the cam, yes? It would be a magic trick otherwise ;-)
-AJ
Always be suspicious of anyone promoting their ideas with total and all encompassing confidence. Add some derision too... "fucking retarded" and it makes the viewer feel humiliated if they attempt to weigh any of it in their own mind.
Seriously, that is a terrible/condescending way to make an...
I put a new climber on rope and cooked Thanksgiving breakfast. Coffee and blueberry pancakes for the climbers up in a nice woods red oak, I was "climb ready/harness on" but stayed on the ground.
Everything fit on my 2-wheel cart, flipped the cart for a kitchen counter. Stove is perched up on a...
I'm not actively teaching new climbers as I used to. I used to climb rope wrench when I had them on a Blake's system. Some might say "eat your own dogfood", ie: if you're teaching Blake's, climb Blake's. Reason I haven't is I want quick mobility and full access across the entire crown especially...
Yes, getting the bag to drop is the first order of business. Can't always happen especially if I just threw into a big conifer and through a couple other trees, have to bring the bag back until it will drop. It's often a blind "by feel' operation. At first opportunity I'll put a 12 oz bag on the...
Sitting up in a tree with friends leads to great conversations. One thing leads to another, the experience is fully 3-dimensional in thought, time and space ;-)
-AJ