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    Fellow climber falls 25 feet

    From what I know one of my fellow climbers was doing a side job removing a dead elm. Apparently he was tied in to small. His tie in blew out and he fell about 25 feet. He broke some ribs and a bone or two in his back. Needless to say watch your tie in!
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    bald face hornets

    Had a couple of those little buggers get in between my leg strap and leg after unknowingly cut the nest out of the tree. I sat back into my harness to rope out this limb and get out and they went to town. They got me seven or eight times. It sucked and my leg swelled up pretty nice.
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    Rope abuse and the process of natural selection.

    Re: Rope abuse and the process of natural selectio That is simply insane! I am sure most of us has taken a fall or two with a good swing at the end of it but holy %$#@! Out of control! Anyone know the maker of the rope?
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    drt off a srt

    How about this, SRT line with a 2 1/2" CMI pulley, work your ddrt off that, tie off the static line at the base of the tree with a munter, Climbing is super smooth and now if worse comes to worse you can be lowered down from the ground. This was shown to me by Raven and I really enjoy the...
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    ITCC Hawaii 2007

    Congrates to all. Mark, nice footlock, under 14 sec. is an awsome footlock!
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    harness - tree austria - Anyone using this

    My very dear friend Eric (Raven on the Buzz) swears(?) by his Tree Austria!
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    Thank God! (and Petzl) for a good helmet!

    Glad to hear that all is well. PPE is very important in our line of work and as all of us know head protection is just one of many safety practices that let us go home to our loved ones at the end of a hard day's work!
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    Positioning with a climbing saw...

    I agree with guymayor and treespotter. When I climb on side jobs my saw stays on the ground tied to my SRT line. When I need it I pull it up, make the cut, than tie it back on to my SRT line and lower it back to the ground.
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    Chainsaw missing in action

    So today I left one job for another in the forman's pickup. Almost to the next job and some old guy is honking his horn at us to tell us we are about to lose our water jug. We pulled over to inspect and relized that my saw was MIA. We backtracked but were unable to find my saw. Moral of the...
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    velocity lockstitch

    Velocity is the only rope that does not have to be lock stitched according to samson. My velocity passed rope inspection and the minnesota climbing championship without beening lockstitched. Maybe I will get around to doing that one of these days.
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    throw lines

    Fold n hold cubes are cheap and flimsy, they break really easy and then they are worthless. I personally use the original folding cube and love it! Sherill has the knock off version for half the price and it's well worth the money spent!
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    How long do 200s last???

    I've got guys that I work with that have had their 2oos' for 5 plus years and they look like crap but they still run and cut just fine. With a little tlc they should go along way.
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    BFII Issues

    Try using the suspenders like familytree said. They really do make the saddle better!
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    stihl 341 mod

    Anyone know where to get a new/slightly used 34 in the states?
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    tree truck?

    We just bought a new International rear mounted 60 foot bucket. Wicked little bucket but with a price tag on it (as far as I know). We got it for Arial Lifts of Conn. and there are no complains.
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    Minnesota TCC

    As far as I know Raven is in as well as David (the guy who took a close third) and four more of us Rainbow Boys!
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    bosses dog

    The roommate tried to beat my dog for crappin' in the house, funny thing though my dog is a 50 lb. blue nose pit and he stopped real quick!
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    crocs

    I have what doctors call flat feet (no arch). After a day in work boots with Plastic arch supports the only thing I can think about is my crocs! I also run a pizza joint at night and to be on my feet for 15 hours a day sucks but without my crocs it would be hell!
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    Chainsaw Pants

    I climb everyday in SIP comfort range pants (the red ones) and love'em. In cold weather a pair of longjohns and your good to go! Really cozy to climb in as well.
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    ALUMINUM RING FAILURE

    I have also come to relize that the gold alum. ring that i use on the bridge of my butterfly 2 has really chewed the crap out of my bridge. Three of the guys I climb with use the same set up and have all experienced the same problem. For the guys that climb on the same setup watch your bridge!

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