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    Splicing rope and X Ring slings (I figure it's the male version of knitting), cleaning/ washing stuff, adjusting valves on chipper . . . . Oh and Captain Morgan and I parle some . . . . .
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    Today....

    And if a gentleman was suddenly all richly cashed up, one could even go for a scarab in titanium for weight savings (at an admittedly somewhat more gastly price . . . . ). I actually sprang for a scarab in lowly SS from Wesspur cuz I got tired of twisting ropes so much. And it's midline...
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    Today....

    Or a Munter (wears the rope a bit) or a ring with 1X or 2X biners (depending on ring size and rope size) or a scarab (works like a brake bar kinda). I don't care for an F8 for lowering cuz I tend to get crazy amount of rope twisting/ kinks. Some of the other friction gear is getting up there in...
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    Finish / texture on Apex wrench's cam

    The used one is still burnished browny but only two climbs on it. Must be other folks on Buzz that have more miles on theirs? I'd just keep an eye on it but considering what arb work usually does to ropes (esp toothed ascenders) and thrashing around in trees, sap etc. they have lots of safety...
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    Finish / texture on Apex wrench's cam

    Just a thought really, the Apex isn't really life support but if it's wearing more than you like, how's your rope? I had used a couple ropes in a yard working on a birch tree last fall where the HO had put sand on the lawns a couple of weeks before. It was dry since they applied it (no rain) and...
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    Arbsession Caralink v2 Tether SRT Setup

    With shoe goo the Caralink is now pretty much as stiff as a single piece, more akin to an older style rope wrench single stiff tether - from biner to Apex connection point. Wasn't much slop really just a point where flex could/ did occur, I suppose depending on the brand/ type of biner used...
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    Arbsession Caralink v2 Tether SRT Setup

    I clip in a DMM accesory biner into chest piece on a MB suspender set - kinda sags down a bit cuz I keep the thing on the loose side. Had a 4SRT chest rig few years ago with a Sequoia w/o suspenders but it just felt too tight across my chest. Guess it's preference really. Tending this way keeps...
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    Arbsession Caralink v2 Tether SRT Setup

    I got a couple Arbsession breakers with order(s) for other bits and pieces - tried one run putting it on after reaching high TIP (this one is midline attachable unlike many round wooden jobbies I've seen) and on another sojourn amongst nature had it on all the time. At first I wasn't sure if it...
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    Arbsession Caralink v2 Tether SRT Setup

    The Arbsession hitchbreaker is a nifty 3D printed midline attachable thingy - they had a great idea. Never had used a hitchbreaker before either, but I used it last week with the Ver 1.0 Caralink rig of mine when (quelle surprise) the rope got all sapped up. The breaker made it way easier to...
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    Arbsession Caralink v2 Tether SRT Setup

    Rather than derail the RR Vertec thread some more with a discussion of the Caralink tether I decided to start a new thread on this (link to older content). After tinkering the last couple of months, below is my newest Arbsession Hitch Rig with their 8 1/2" Caralink Tether v2 and another new Apex...
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    DMM Harness

    This video came out a couple days ago on the KInisi Adjustable Bridge testing. This would probably argue, based on the cam clearances depicted, for using only DMM bridge cord for the adjustable bridge in case of replacement, which would of course argue for having these widely available from...
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    Blue 32!

    I guess I still look at it kinda like we had in process engineering - corrosion allowance in piping = abrasion allowance in the tat we climb on . . . anyway . . . Cheers
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    Love the speedlining

    Love the music guy - reminds me of some of the stuff we heard in Swiss huts on the Haute Route years ago. And great laugh/ chuckle you have too! Stay safe out there and have a good time . . .
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    Blue 32!

    Some of this discussion of rope sizes for me at least also gets back to a question of durability. E.g. 8.5 mm (or less these days) dynamic may be peachy in a gym for top rope or even for the crag but do you really want something that size for a work situation or for draggin' around a glacier...
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    Greece has goats in trees, AJ has cats in trees and we have . . .

    Glad our neighbour's Huskies favourite job is just to pull, not to climb . . . . .
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    Greece has goats in trees, AJ has cats in trees and we have . . .

    New one on me . . . now it's dogs in trees?
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    ISC Nessie

    Cross Post for an experimental homemade "mounting plate" Demo video (link is on ISC's webpage for the Nessie)
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    DMM Harness

    So while in recovery from this year's food coma today (Boxing Day) I decided to play around with mounting an ISC Nessie on my DMM Harness. I've tried Teuf's K1Keeper and while it's nifty for the lanyard, I found it took up a bit too much real estate for me (but was very handy) - recognizing at...
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    Cold weather gloves

    Have a look at local H&S agency websites - below about -20 or -25degC a lot of them have recommendations/ regulations even for work/ rest-warm up periods when working in extreme cold (thinking linemen here). Large companies often also have OH&S standards around this/ safe travel policy/...
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    Redwood Issues

    Had a case like this some number of years ago now with a big black spruce right on the brick house and the west side wide open to prevailing winds/ storms. It's co-dom was splitsville after a big wet snow storm and high wind. A doosey storm. Just put two rods across the split - one low down and...

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