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  1. MikoDel

    Knots for joining two ropes for life support

    Kind of off-topic I know, but the surgeon's bend, as a rigging bend the way I learned it (pic called SurgeonsBend) is excellent for being breakable after heavy loading. I learned it as right over left, twist both ends in opposite directions 360* until 4 intersections are formed. Then switch...
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    Leftover tubing from a residential reverse-osmosis water unit and some of my fave kernmantle accessory cord. White loops look like hell (BLEH) but they're pretty rigid for clipping to. Went up yesterday and brought my reach tool along. Happy to find that the little dog snap that comes w/the...
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    Knots for joining two ropes for life support

    Had to look up the Zeppelin bend. Thought it was the same as the Hunter's but the copy specifically says it is not. I'm a big fan of the Hunter's and would use it for life support without any worry. Learned the Yosemite bowline from Jepson, always breakable even when loaded heavy, fantastic for...
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    New DMM 'Director' Carabiners

    RANT!!!!! Did you say RANT? Get in line.
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    I added a brass snap for my Silky saw, a DMM roller 'biner for my running end and I'm trying out a double attachment pulley on the bridge. The pulley worked brilliantly during descent yesterday with a rope snap and Fig 8. A carabiner for the running end is something I use during ascent only...
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    okay real quik, i apologize for my use of CAPS and shouting at Teufel and all, they know more about this stuff than i ever will, granted. But in my defense, the terminology is confusing. A double overhand and a DFL as I learned them (from various sources, Morrow, web, etc.) are tied differently...
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    Hello again. I finally read thru all the posts in this thread and I learned a lot. Took a look at that Rock Exotica Hydra, that's a sharp piece. I think I might opt to keep a ring on both bridges, but sub in something like a CMI double tie-in micro pulley if I want. I'd rather have the CMI piece...
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    New DMM 'Director' Carabiners

    thx for this, always love to see what the lads and lassies at Denny M. are up to. Their website is really ultimately cool - provides hours of engagement. It's important to try out options like these because getting the dimensions of your climbing system "just right" really takes a lot of the...
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    What additional pieces NOT SUPPLIED by TreeMOTION might you deem as neccessities for this EVO piece? I expect my new EVO harness to arrive sometime next week. As far as the attachment point(s) goes, the ring supplied on the rope bridge doesn't look as large as the floating ring on my Skylotec...
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    Stihl MS310 stops cutting for "no reason"

    These replies are appreciated. I did file. There were 2 burs on each side of the tip, presumably from kick. I also checked chain wiggle. It rocks back and forth. (side to side, whatever makes sense.) Because that movement might be on the sloppy side, I'm gonna go w/a new bar and new chain. As...
  11. MikoDel

    Stihl MS310 stops cutting for "no reason"

    I have a Stihl MS310 with a 20" bar. The bar is newer than the saw, replaced with an Oregon bar around 2011. I swapped in a new bar precisely because I am having this problem. My chains are SHARP, they throw spaghetti and huge chunks at the beginning of the cut. Just the other day I was bucking...
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    Tales of the Tail - eye-to-eye prusiks - Careful!

    i appreciate all the education insofar as mechanical ascenders. I'm still a tie-on fric hitch, doubled-rope person but i am very interested in new technology, always. not being able to remove or re-attach a friction device aloft would, for me, take some getting used to. plus i work for myself...
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    Tales of the Tail - eye-to-eye prusiks - Careful!

    As a sometime tree worker and avid rec climber, I've had unexpected results with certain types and sizes of I-2-I prusiks. Unexpected literally meaning, HOLY JESUS MY SCHWABISCH WAS HOLDING FAST THE FIRST 30' UP, WHY'S IT SLIPPING NOW?!?!?!?!? Ya know, no big deal when you've been climbing a...
  14. MikoDel

    New Gear Coming From DMM

    DMM Wales, such great stuff. Being a gear slut is costly, but because I purchased "more than I needed" of those single action carabiners they made back in the day (gold gate and red gate, single twist to open) I am still able to innovate new gear configurations with them. And they're SO THICK...
  15. MikoDel

    Long duration in spikes

    I just did a comparo between the price of Buck Super Wraps ($180) and Opsal "Caddy" pads ($75) on WesSpur. Should have gone for the Caddy pads back when... ! Big Buck Velcro Super Wraps are more than double the cost and, as I can attest, no miracle cure.I guess next purchase related to making my...
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    Exercises to supplement strength

    Exercises and stretches to supplement strength I will be 55 this year. Just thought I'd pass this along - I haven't really been doing anything over the past year or so to supplement the workout I get in trees. I moved out of my house, so no more woodstove, which means no more swinging a maul...
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    Long duration in spikes

    Hey hey Monk. Sure, always up for making new friends. I'll look for a private msg - we'll make a meet.
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    Long duration in spikes

    Oh well... that's the job sometimes, isn't it?
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