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    The Rope Runner sucks at sucking.

    Ha, right on swing, I was showing the bollards because I didn't like my runner's action as much until they wore in like that. I am very heavy for a climber (275ish), and I just swapped that stock plate for the baby bump, which has improved it even more. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    The Rope Runner sucks at sucking.

    That's an awesome idea, did you just use a countersink bit for that? Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    Climbing Harness / Saddles setups (PICS & Video)

    Can't say I've never done this, although it doesn't come up for rec climbers and many (including my current employer) would freak out about it. For the record, I don't use it at my day job :-) For the rec-only climbers, what @96coal449 is talking about is during a tree removal, once the tree is...
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    Climbing Harness / Saddles setups (PICS & Video)

    I don't know about @Jan_, but I have a F8 in my bag or on my harness because it's got some uses SRT/SRS as a redirect. You could also incorporate it into a lowerable basal anchor. Check out the Schultz Effect video series for a blown mind and tons of alternative SRT uses for gear you probably...
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    The Rope Runner sucks at sucking.

    Here is the wear on my runner. Both bollards have a millimeter or three of groove. The bump plate (the pink one) only has half a dozen climbs on it, but I think from the difference in the wear patterns, the rope is getting bent over the bump, which probably accounts for how it makes the bird...
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    Finishing cord/rope ends with electrical tape and butane torch?

    True blue and vortex will both melt easy, not sure about the RIT. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    Finishing cord/rope ends with electrical tape and butane torch?

    Yes. Especially with half inch rigging lines that get (ab)used a lot, sometimes it's not worth doing anything better and more permanent. Polyester and nylon are pretty easy to melt, you can use a regular lighter to fuse the end, but I'd tape it, cut it in the middle of the tape, and fuse the...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    If the bone isn't working for you w/half inch line, you may want to give the rope wrench a try. It's also a little tight w/ 1/2" rope, but the bottom is a hitch, so you can adjust your knot and hitch cord. I've found a 9mm cord like the blue epicord or RIT to work pretty well w/ 1/2". If you're...
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    This is the Akimbo

    The rule in the army was as long as you don't make eye contact. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    The End Game

    I think @yoyoman would have given credit if he'd seen this: , so I'm not posting it to take anything away from him, more to demonstrate that other people have been playing with it and not had any friction problems. I saw the Chris Coates video earlier in my SRT journey, and I didn't think much...
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    This is the Akimbo

    For the record, I am 265-275 with no gear (...at all ;-), and my one of my rope main ropes is tachyon. It is bouncier than I'd prefer, but it is the rope that was on hand when I needed a 150'. It works just fine in my gofundme Akimbo, my runner, and my wrench (hitch and zigzag). Everything I've...
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    Ascension Only?

    It sounds to me like he is using a frog walker with a knee ascender in place of the upper ascender. My first system, and still the fastest I have used, was a straight frog walker, and I started SRT single up/double down; it changed my life, and that was how I climbed for more than a year. You...
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    The Rope Runner sucks at sucking.

    Talltree kind of covered the difference that the bump made for me. For me, at 265-275 (+clothes and gear), the bird was pretty hard to break at first. I bombed out a bunch, and once the bollard started to wear a bit of a groove, everything came together. I stopped using the runner for a while...
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    The Rope Runner sucks at sucking.

    Ha, I just got the baby bump, and I'm so thicc that one climb rubbed the paint off at the top and bottom. Between the baby bump and cleaning & lubricating the pulley, I am back in love w/ my runner. I was going to get the bearing pulley, but it seems like it might not be available anymore. I am...
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    The Rope Runner sucks at sucking.

    True story, I don't necessarily climb every day, so I hang'em if I'm not going to, but like Swing said, after a spin cycle they're already pretty dry, plenty dry enough to use if I am climbing, and they pretty much always dry completely with one day of use. Again, like swing said, our ropes...
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    The Rope Runner sucks at sucking.

    I wash my ropes pretty frequently, once a quarter-ish to monthly, the hand so much better afterwards. Split tails and lanyards, too, snaps and all. I use compressed air or my girlfriend's hairdryer on cool to dry the snaps out. I use a cold/cold cycle, with Method, Seventh Generation, or Woolite...
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    Crosby knotless rigging

    What size Crosby hardware are you rocking w/ 1/2" line? Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    Overnight climb in the middle of nowhere...

    I'm sure he's too modest to post the link here, but @FluffyFish / Treefool is selling portaledges that look awesome, I plan on grabbing one for myself, and I already have a Newtribe treeboat. His look even better. https://treefool.com/shop/ Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    cut that cable!

    What model is the Baudet you use? I looked on their website and it wasn't very straight forward in terms of materials and diameters. Where did you get it? Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk
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    Stihl 036

    Lurking on this thread for sure, been hoping Frank would develop into a local saw mod guy.... Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk

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