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  1. Mike Islander

    Songs of Perfection

  2. Mike Islander

    Songs of Perfection

    I love this song. I'm not religious, or even spiritual, in any way whatsoever. I do go to church. Love the people there. Watching these people (the people enjoying the experience), they are all expressing pure joy.
  3. Mike Islander

    Difficulty splicing Sterling Atlas 1/2 inch

    Samson recommends soaking used rope several minutes before splicing. Maybe this helps with some new rope types? I spliced that damn MFP dock line for my first splice. Unbelievably sticky under pressure. Going to try it again wet.
  4. Mike Islander

    Tree oddities

    Funky American Holly.
  5. Mike Islander

    Show off them splices

    Whipping line size and material: Reading the Samson whipping instructions, this jumped out at me: "The twine used should be approximately twice the diameter of the strands in the rope." I see that we don't do that here. It looks like we use much smaller diameter twine. At least that's what my...
  6. Mike Islander

    Show off them splices

    That's a cool splice. On a double eye, how much strength do you need between the two eyes? I'm thinking the sewing could fail between eyes but not drop you to the ground, just rattle your two carabiners, or whatever, together before you recover.
  7. Mike Islander

    Getting a cat out of a skinny black cherry

    Moss, is that some sort of double eye on that anchor? I can't quit visualize where the shackle is inserted. It looks like the carabiner is in the eye, and the quickie is through the rope! :-) 2nd question, did you drill the shackle for the slic pin? Is that an aluminum or steel slic pin?
  8. Mike Islander

    Show off them splices

    Yes, that is probably my original eye mark. :) This is just a practice splice, the first I was ever able to get to actually work. Thank goodness this is harder to splice than polyester. I almost gave up after several tries and two different very sticky cheap boat ropes.
  9. Mike Islander

    Show off them splices

    Thanks for the heads up. The body is smooth, but you are right; the very tip is a triangular wedge (chisel point?). Is even that too much? I have some large needles somewhere. I can easily smooth the current needle on my belt sharpener and polish it up like glass (with a rounded point).
  10. Mike Islander

    Show off them splices

    My first successful splice. This one is just some dock line for the boat. I seriously doubted the part where the sheath goes into the core would ever bury into the line, but after cranking on it and pulling my table across the warehouse, damn if it didn't seat! Have to say it is a really...
  11. Mike Islander

    Why no hitch for SRT?

    In DRT with a theoretically frictionless pulley (I. E. worse case), half the climber's weight is on the hitch side and half on the other side, less on the hitch side when moving. In SRT all of the weight is on the hitch side, less when moving but much more than DRT, so tons more friction...
  12. Mike Islander

    Pine Removal

    Great video.. Crazy tree!
  13. Mike Islander

    Covid Close To You

    Several friends contracted Omicron over the past couple weeks. All symptoms mild. One (verified) said it was less than a bad cold. All now likely have 10x more powerful and 50x longer lasting antibodies than their vaccinations gave them. Yes, all were vaccinated.
  14. Mike Islander

    Trees from a distance

    In the swamps of the South Carolina Lowcountry. I think I know it. Definitely know it if it belongs to the leaf shown, but not sure it does. There were some leaves below it that looked similar to gum trees.
  15. Mike Islander

    Rope Wrench - Hitch/Rope compendium.

    When it's that short, what length hitch cord do you use? I've had hitch cords too long and the wrench would prevent the hitch from locking up.
  16. Mike Islander

    Why, oh why…

    Well, Shrek, not everyone has gigantic monster hands. :nocausagracia:
  17. Mike Islander

    Ted Green talks about Ancient Trees

    Thanks for the link. We've got a decent old tree right down the road. Still, not as old as I thought it would be. Another lesser known but still grand oak near our house.
  18. Mike Islander

    How big were ancient trees?

    Linking it provides income to the dipshit creator. My vote is to remove that shit as a link. But that's just me.
  19. Mike Islander

    How big were ancient trees?

    It's more of a joke than serious. To me, we're at the point where often it's hard to tell the difference between a troll, a BOT, or a serious forum member. (Poe's Law)
  20. Mike Islander

    How big were ancient trees?

    OFR has probably earned $0.16 for generating three pages of posts. Maybe even just a BOT. :-)
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