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  1. Willber

    Beal 11mm Access

    It runs very smoothly in the ZZ, because it has has a higher surface area cover than almost another rope, and obviously flattens less than any other rope. It could run even smoother in the ZZ, if the ZZ was designed with more of a tubular prussic design, and cause more even wear, of the...
  2. Willber

    Courant Squir

    What do you not like about Kalimba? I've been using it for a few days, it stays rounder than HyperClimb, though slightly more stretch. It's kinda a good thing, it didn't milk, eh.
  3. Willber

    Courant Squir

    @Shadowscape I noticed the weird tension of the Kalimba cover, when I took the 12cores out, of a short piece of the rope, the cover would bend and slightly twist when set on a flat surface. I just think it's that there are 18 purple and 6 yellow strand, the yellow are a more supple yet...
  4. Willber

    Courant Squir

    Before climbing on Voyager I was able to milk just over 5feet of cover. Removing that 5ft, did keep the rope noticeably more round, upto 30ft from spliced eye, but closer to the free end, it stayed oval, making it too touchy, in inducing bending, due to the oval profile, to easily self tend...
  5. Willber

    Famous tree destroyed by vandals

    Often morality has little bearing on legality. Many would say, if it was a male student and female teacher, it's the same, because both are illegal, therefore in their judgement, it's the same. No, nearly infinitely incomparable - reason would conclude. Yes, we cut down trees (not endangered...
  6. Willber

    Twisting ropes

    @evo I see what you mean the more "bumpy" the more grippy it should be. Though I haven't climbed in 16 or 3 strand ropes. I do see how 3strand ropes could be more grippy than 16braid ropes, because the strand are more perpendicular to the rope than in 24 or 16braid ropes. But, it seems 32braid...
  7. Willber

    Twisting ropes

    Interesting, could you explain in more detail, or post a video, how you milk your ropes so thoroughly. Well, I had Drenaline for 8mons. and I realized, it has ill characteristics, some here vaguely implied it. Because of it's only twisted cores that are not bound together, the core(s) is/are...
  8. Willber

    Oil type coating aiding reduction of rot during long duration heal time.

    @Tom Dunlap I searched online and couldn't find a similar instance where a cut like this was described, diagramed or pictured. I will monitor this cut, as I do the trees and other low cuts I've made. And, make future cuts according to how you have described. Does anyone on this forum, have...
  9. Willber

    Oil type coating aiding reduction of rot during long duration heal time.

    Would this cut stub have eventually healed over, even though no live cambium was exposed?
  10. Willber

    Oil type coating aiding reduction of rot during long duration heal time.

    I understand. I have seen first hand on an ornamental cherry that a closer to proper collar cut, healed over much sooner than the other closer to flush cut. But, yea, it probably might have natural variables, that a flush cut, can, in some cases heal over faster. This dead branch was more like...
  11. Willber

    Oil type coating aiding reduction of rot during long duration heal time.

    One plane would decrease surface area, and also, decrease water travel redirect to, reduce water ingress into the substrate. Yes, I thought it is ideal to cut just enough into live cambium, sufficiently, to have a live full perimeter, because then the bark regrowth will occur evenly, and...
  12. Willber

    Oil type coating aiding reduction of rot during long duration heal time.

    @southsoundtree I thought full was synonymous to complete. I cut the the large leader, then there was enough exposed live cambium on the bottom, and up to about 2 o'clock and 10 o'clock, but no visible cambium on 11 o'clock and 1 o'clock. So, I cut a bit more of the whole face of the cut, to...
  13. Willber

    Oil type coating aiding reduction of rot during long duration heal time.

    Is there a safe oil for coating branch cuts, that have a large cross section, where the cut surface area is large and will take a long time to heal over? The oil will not need to have a fungicide, just an inert safe oil for the tree, that will keep water off/out the of cut surface to reduce rot...
  14. Willber

    Bartlett Antidote rope

    Here we go again... not seeing the big picture, and/or being closed minded. If one is stump grinding, or air spading, or you guessed it, wearing gaffs/spikes, boots can be ideal/safer. Shoes can have just as much arch support, outsole strength, and guess what even steel toad. Meanwhile being...
  15. Willber

    Bartlett Antidote rope

    This Antidote may have a bulkier core or cover. Poison Moon is supposed to just be a different color scheme of Blue Moon, but when I got a sample of Poison Moon from Ropes.com it was slightly heavier and flattened less than BM. It think though, that Poison Moon only was made for one production...
  16. Willber

    Crushed hand

    Edit: My left ring finger was cut open between the 2 last joints, down to the tendon sheath. I was up in a spruce tree limbing up branches, the branches were close together so it was hard to see everything that was around my hands. It was cut with a Stihl 150 TC After a few weeks it started to...
  17. Willber

    Petzl ZigZag SOLD

    I shouldn't have posted that, I wasn't thinking. I deleted the comment right after realizing I shouldn't have posted it. I'm glad he sold it quickly. Sorry, Rico.
  18. Willber

    Redundant Bridge vs. Second Bridge

    @southsoundtree I have not on this Drenaline, but maybe I will. I just want to milk it one more time before washing.
  19. Willber

    Redundant Bridge vs. Second Bridge

    @Reach Yes, interesting, that the cover is expanding forcing the rope to increase it's size, giving the feel that the core has expanded. I didn't actually think of that, nor have I dissected an old rope that became less flattening as it was used more. I should do that. The only rope I had used...
  20. Willber

    Today....

    @Serf Life @southsoundtree Aesthetics, being a byproduct, the reason: safety for the tree. I thought it good, to properly cutting some of suckers, especially ones that are too close to the base of other main branches, and ones that ones that will grow into other foliage in short time, and more...

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