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  1. chris_girard

    Making rope-historical

    I have been to Yale Cordage and seen how modern rope is made, but to see the ingenuity of our historical rope making pioneers is really something to see!
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    Rope art

    This is something that my wife Heide could do. She has done similar things with wire.
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    Making rope-historical

    What an awesome video Tom, thanks for sharing! Boy ropemaking has come a long way.
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    The Bry-Dan Saddle

    I was thinking the same thing, Tom. I spoke with Don Blair yesterday and I am about to call Robert Phillips here in a few minutes. Both of them are a wealth of knowledge.
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    Ever hear of Rigging 1.0 software?

    Yup, I got it when it first came out. Still have it somewhere if I can locate it? Mostly used to calculated peak forces on "snubbed pieces."
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    The Bry-Dan Saddle

    The TreeFlex and the Bry-Dan are my all-time favorite saddles.
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    The Bry-Dan Saddle

    Still one of the best saddles out there, that not a lot of people know about. Here is me in my Bry-Dan 2 from this past summer.
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    GIF of rigging tackle—-very cool

    Yup, I have seen it too Muggs and it's REALLY bad
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    GIF of rigging tackle—-very cool

    I am hoping that when we rewrite the TCIA BMP Rigging Manual, things like renaming well established rigging terms will be addressed. It will be my intent to clarify the terms better than what we have done so far and go back to their original names. Changing a term for the sake of change is...
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    GIF of rigging tackle—-very cool

    Don Blair was talking to Jason Blake about his knot, back when Jason was making and selling his knot video and told him that he might as well get famous naming the knot after himself, because he sure as heck wasn't going to get rich selling a video.
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    GIF of rigging tackle—-very cool

    Thanks for the info Tom!
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    No More TreeFlex Saddle?

    Tom, you already know that I would love to buy your TF too.
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    Happy New Year

    Yup, after just finishing climbing today for 8 hrs, I will be lucky to make 8:00 pm tonight, but here's a Happy New Years to all the Buzzers out there!
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    LEGENDS

    Some of you may have missed the November TCI Magazine Legends issue, or maybe there's a thread someplace on the Buzz? Our very own Mark Chisholm was one of the people featured in the mag. Now Mark is much too humble to make a big deal out mentioning it here, but to me it is a big deal. He has...
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    Ultra sling vs deadeye: double the strength?

    That is what I understand as well and I was told this by the late, great Norm Hall. Nick we should do some break tests?
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    New Ascender from Reg Coates

    Mark my words, this will be a great Multicender device.
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    No More TreeFlex Saddle?

    Agreed. There seems to be more "technical" (aka - gear junkie) climbers these days.
  18. chris_girard

    Shark Gill Felling Cut

    It's nice, but I won't ever trust it by itself next to a structure or powerlines. Give me a side-holding tension line that I can control every time.
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    What slings do you recommend?

    Just saw this thread. If you're a tree climber and you get a call to do industrial construction work like lifting things on a roof or working off the side of a building with a crane, you are not going to be using arborist rope slings. Especially if you plan on renting the crane, you are going...
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    No More TreeFlex Saddle?

    I am by far Paolo's biggest supporter of the TreeFlex saddle (except for maybe Tom D.) I have owned 5 of them over the years, since Paolo debuted them at the TCI Expo years ago. I have had to retire 4 of them but still climb in my 5th one, and actually just finished climbing yesterday afternoon...

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