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    Is Blue Moon a realistic expectation as a beginner-splicer?

    A length of wire bent in half can be fashioned into a pulling fid. Coat hangers can work, or piano wire I heard? You just want it pretty straight and stiff except for the tight 180 degree bend that catches the rope for a bury. I tuck the core first. It doesn't really matter either way, but I...
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    I'm hitting the road

    Oh yea! You can test your mettle in some fat ass willow oaks down there. I work in the Asheville branch.
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    I'm hitting the road

    If u are ever in/around Charlotte NC, Heartwood hires contract guys a lot and is a stellar company to work for.
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    Meanwhile... tree school launched

    Congradualtions! Now let's get the goods, AJ. I'm eager to learn the process as a bystander harboring an instructor fantasy. What was the set up like for this "launch?" Do you have a curriculum in mind? Do you plan on sharing details, sweet camera angles and pro tips? Love rpdp
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    Throwline or hook?

    I have done maybe a 30 foot traverse on a dmm captain hook. It was to another tree from a taller one up a hill. Would a hook failure have sucked? Yes, but not catastrophic. Doing a flat open air traverse is probably going to be a properly anchored maneuver for most climbers. The hook just needs...
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    Belay devices: Are they well suited for Tree Climbers?

    The joke about minimalist gear, is that the REAL minimum is a plain climbing rope. Which can absolutely pass whistle test when used properly, by itself in a rope on rope fiction hitch arrangement. The urge to use belayer/descender devices comes from other motivation besides weight saving or...
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    VT Hitch transforming

    The VT is not a good hitch. You might get a good climb on it. The next day it will misbehave. Is it the weather? What other piece of gear do you allow to perform as expected only a fraction of the time? Tie something else.
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    Tips for walking back to the cutting point?

    Yes, we typically will ride the ball anytime we can, including out over the limbs to be rigged. This will usually get you as far out on those limbs as you want for tying slings. We use a bunch of rope "spider legs" for anything brushy or limb like, even leaning wood chucks. Multiple rope slings...
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    Belay devices: Are they well suited for Tree Climbers?

    Tom with the sick burn! TTSSSSSSS
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    Using used-climbing-ropes as bull lines? And Q on force in a controlled-speedline setup :)

    The massive run on sentences are turning me off! The controlled speed line is loading two ropes. How much is dependent on your choices, but usually the speedline is seeing most of the weight. It might not. Where are the ropes? What are the angles? You can catch a piece with a bull line (also...
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    Tips for walking back to the cutting point?

    One time I rode the hook with my lanyard out to tie slings to the next limb, so I could keep a good TIP up high. Boom was short and the white oak was spread out. Didn't have a second rope and the other climber wasn't ready to help yet. It worked fine, just not best practice to be riding around...
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    Tips for walking back to the cutting point?

    Longer rope slings will keep the ball higher up and allow you to balance the load. We use a second climber in this situation just to tie slings on, then bomb out so you can stay comfy on the trunck and make the cut as soon as they pull their rope.
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    Notch Radius Ring

    Cali is bigger than rook, no need to imagine, search both items on Treestuff. MBS is 9800! Why? I guess they didn't feel like getting it closer to normal climbing gear cuz tree climbers be like, "I don't care about carrying too much stuff into the air."
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    What types of ropes are easiest to splice? (looking at beefier rigging-anchor cordage)

    The obsession with really strong rigging (~20k MBS, basket config) gets you nothing if it is not secured to the tree. A knobby, leaning live oak might have some places where an unconventional anchor might be secure enough to use. Dropping a log on an open set of rings is going to yank it down...
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    Spiral pruning?

    Southsound was contesting the "not possible" and "no safe tie ins" point. I think he means, if the tree is safe enough to support a climber, a throw line can be used to set access. Even with little brittle branches.
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    Notch Radius Ring

    Yea it came into work with him and I couldn't believe how chunky it was! So I can live with the hydra, it works pretty damn good. I can balance and have learned my nipple lesson.
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    Notch Radius Ring

    The cali swivel is another size bigger than the hydra pulley. At almost half a pound, and rated at 9800 lbs, it is too big for me. Rook says 5.6 oz. And 28kN. My coworker likes it, the holes can pass a crab gate and it doesn't roll you to the side if you are a tippy canoe.
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    What types of ropes are easiest to splice? (looking at beefier rigging-anchor cordage)

    Tenex is as easy as it gets. You might want to get some extra in case the splice eats up more rope than you are expecting. A splice around a safebloc could take a couple feet. Plus another splice on the other end? 10' might end up pretty short with what you are planning...heavy duty rigging is...
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    Notch Radius Ring

    The crotch mounted handsaw scabbard... Neck wrapped ascender leash... One handed chainsaws... Brain stem microwave comms... I've got it all rico! I can practically climb to the moon and shoot branches clean off the cheese trees with my wiener.
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    Notch Radius Ring

    I have a hydra pulley on the bridge. I wish I didn't but now I'm kinda stuck. I cant give up the 3 hole swivel, but wish the pulley wasn't so clunky. And a pinch machine. I have had it run over my nipple leaning into my gear and tipping. :crying: I'm not upgrading to the cali swivel. It's too...

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