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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    Interesting...I am just the opposite. I like the swivel on the bone, as sometimes I like the plan ol' ring on my treemotion for example when using the RW.
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    Major Decision

    I don't know shit about shit most times, but every time I see a large expensive piece of equipment not moving, I wonder how the owner can afford it. Seems odd to me to let the 350K investment sit idle while you run a stump grinder. I mean that would be gravy with two operators, but with one...
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    Beal Escaper: Interesting retrieval mechanism

    The statement "keep under tension" during the repel is crucial. So using it as top anchor for working the tree doesn't seem like a good ideas as you load and unload your line throughout working the tree. Otherwise the loading and unloading seem like the same process as unleashing/releasing...
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    Big boy climbing gear

    I think we could debate forever, what are the basics?...so I don't want to go there. But I am very comfortable saying that a blake's hitch is not on the path to flying srt or worse, something you must earn so you can fly w/a better method. We all got where we got standing on the shoulders of...
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    Big boy climbing gear

    Ooh and I should add try to find a saddle that is easy to adjust. I have a TM and a sequoia. The sequoia is my go to saddle for newbies that want to take their first ride because it is so easy to adjust. There is no way I want to mess with my TM saddle just for a new rider now and then.
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    Big boy climbing gear

    Please don't make him "learn the basics aka the blake's hitch" unless you don't want him to climb. I started SRT and am so glad I did especially when I goof around with things like the blake's and isolating the tip BS now. Double rope techniques have there place and I do use them on occasion...
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    Dr. Cornwallis's Work Thread And Stuff

    While this is looking to be a fun thread. Thanks for taking us along on your journey.
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    TRT

    Me too. I just don't see the value, BUT when I see smart climbers say how great it is, I know it is I DON'T GET IT versus it has no/little value. ;) Willing to learn...
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    Eagles

    Also good to know. That would suck.
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    What method to sharpen the saw are you using

    I have hand filed for awhile. Ok results and then every so often I send them in for a pro sharpen. It worked well enough. I was rethinking about getting a pro sharpener and picked up the 2 in 1's for my saws. My sharpening results are much better. I love them. I use these...
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    Eagles

    Again Steve, thanks for sharing. This is awesome. I have an eagle's nest on some land I just bought and have been sooo tempted to go take a look, but was nervous about the whole thing...now my wheels are spinning again.
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    Eagles

    That is cool. So the birds seem mellow. Are they? Do you bag them up and send them down? What's the process once you get to the nest if you don't mind sharing?
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    SAKA update and answers to issues for fast climbers.

    Nice job. Quite the effort building your own ascender too. One thing you mentioned in the video is that folks that climb fast (very fast?) can cause slippage due to the rope tension from the foot ascender. Speed and the magnitude of the tension don't seem closely related as I would think...
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    DRT

    I used the EDK forever even before I knew the name. Once I heard the name, I thought, that makes sense because it is the death of me to untie it. What am I missing?
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    When you mentioned awhile back that you didn't think you needed the adj BDB, I kinda thought this would happen. I have adjusted my more than once even on the same rope as I learn what each adjustment does and it makes a big difference. I don't offer this to poke at Moss, at all. I just offer...
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    Gear Obsession

    I don't know. Sometimes there feels like there is way too much drama around gear vs. "know the basics" etc. I bet there would also be a long debate on what are the basics too, but this thread is about gear. I look at it not as gear but as tools. And like all tools, some you use all the time...
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    Top n' Flop: Removing a tall, skinny, dead Ash

    I really like your casual teaching style. Just a handful of "reasons why" vs. a lecture. Very nice. Nice video too. Thanks for sharing.
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    Simple but effective.

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    Simple but effective.

    Please don't take this as rude, but most of these don't look simple. And there is a lot of pieces and parts to keep track of as inventory and deployment. For a lower-able basil I use this... I use two or three wraps around the tree, tie an alpine butterfly and capture the climbing line with a...
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    This is the Akimbo

    Well guys...it is better to have loved and lost than not love at all...like the rest of us poor schmucks. :-)

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