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  1. Dan Cobb

    treebuzz and srt history

    Downclimb a little or change over to rappel. Or switch from rapppel to ascend. Or (rarely) free climb a little with a safety attachment. No, it wasn't particularly fun or efficient, but vertical caving techniques were what I knew. I have seen the light and I am basking in it's warmth.
  2. Dan Cobb

    treebuzz and srt history

    I briefly used prusiks and a fig-8 until I could afford jumars and a rack. Climbed with a Mitchell system for several years before changing to a ropewalker with Gibbs.
  3. Dan Cobb

    COLD!

    We were having lows of 10 with highs below freezing. Forecast now shows highs of 62 to 72 for the next week.
  4. Dan Cobb

    treebuzz and srt history

    I started climbing SRT in 1984. Never heard of double rope technique until a few years ago when I started getting more into arborist work.
  5. Dan Cobb

    Make Us Laugh :)

    Someone is a genius.
  6. Dan Cobb

    Make Us Laugh :)

    Looked up a minute ago and saw this: I guess the airlines are literally racing each other to catch up from the weather delays. [Best horse racing announcer voice ON] ...and we've got Delta 1262 leading American 533 by 20 fuselage lengths, but American is gaining. United 1740 has just gotten...
  7. Dan Cobb

    Cats of Treebuzz…prrrrr

    Your story sounds very familiar. Our neighbors would keep their orange tabby indoors overnight, but as soon as she was let out, a beeline to our porch, then hanging around all day, until her owner called her in for dinner. Over time, she got reluctant to go home in the evenings. I'd have to...
  8. Dan Cobb

    Pets of Treebuzz…any critters that Ellie May would have around

    They do carry leprosy. Up to 20% of armadillos are infected. It's fairly rare to contract leprosy from armadillos in the U.S. (no more than 30-50 cases/year), but it does happen. IIRC, leprosy likes cooler body temperatures, thus tending to affect fingers, noses, ears, etc. as well as...
  9. Dan Cobb

    Arts and Crafts

    Thanks. I don't know the total hours I spent on rock work in my backyard, but I'm sure it's over 1000. Took quite some time to locate rocks in the woods and move them up to 1/3 mile back to my house in a wheelbarrow, hand dig dirt for backfill and transport it, etc. It's really hard to get...
  10. Dan Cobb

    Arts and Crafts

    I built nearly 700 lin ft of dry stacked terraces in my backyard from rock I hauled out of the woods (which don't have a lot of rock.) If the rocks aren't already showing green, it doesn't take long though. Definitely gets that been-here-forever look in a hurry.
  11. Dan Cobb

    Arts and Crafts

    Nice work. To me, it looks like a big paw.
  12. Dan Cobb

    Pets of Treebuzz…any critters that Ellie May would have around

    We USED to be completely overrun with armadillos around my house. Everyone loves to joke about armadillos with me. I've been "gifted" armadillo figurines, armadillo cookbook, and, for my wife, a purse made from a real armadillo. When my office attire was suit and tie, mother in-law even found...
  13. Dan Cobb

    Saddle setup (picture thread)

    (Quick derail) Is the birdhouse sized for a particular species you're trying to attract?
  14. Dan Cobb

    Arts and Crafts

    Thanks @GregManning. The sides are 3/4" cherry on 3/4" birch plywood to hide the ugly backside of the flooring. The bottom and center partition are birch plywood. Everything has a face frame sort of thing on the front. To get a nice finish without brush strokes on the satin black interior, I...
  15. Dan Cobb

    Arts and Crafts

    I couldn't find a low boy entertainment center that would hold all my stuff that was compact enough for where I needed to put it. So I made one from some leftover cherry flooring I had (which unfortunately was prefinished, with slightly chamfered corners; ended up buying an inexpensive planer to...
  16. Dan Cobb

    Ring on bridge?

    I tried Ring on a bridge. Just didn't work out.
  17. Dan Cobb

    Arts and Crafts

    I like to design and build things, but usually more project type things (structures, furniture, etc.) than crafts. I do sometimes get a little crafty, though.
  18. Dan Cobb

    The tree work

    Well that's just a dumb saying. What kind of brother wants to hurt you during any moment of inattention? How about "Gravity is my wife, friction is my mistress"? Wife brings you down to earth, mistress is what you really like.
  19. Dan Cobb

    Cats of Treebuzz…prrrrr

    For our newest cat, Ponzi, no place is off limits.
  20. Dan Cobb

    swivel loading

    I started with pencil and paper, but thought actual testing might be faster, so... to the garage. My testing showed you should be in good shape until the free orientation of the loads is restricted. If the carabiner in the "bottom" half of the swivel can't freely orient itself (for example...

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