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  1. Riggs

    bowline not as life support

    Yo Yo , you posted junk . I think you learned from your post , you avoid the main problem with your post . Tying a knot loose and back feeding it will come untied on any situation . I'm, gonna call your card here , because I think you are full of it . What is your friends name that had a...
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    bowline not as life support

    "I could be wrong, but I don't think YoYo ever claimed that it was not to be used as life support." help me out ?,Riggs please .Okay... what is the title of this thread ? hint (thread title) and who started it ? (hint -Yo Yo ,) sup? kidding I'll be in line outside for the long bus . Short...
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    bowline not as life support

    say to hail marys , one our father . Apologize to the bowline . Now we are at two .
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    Confidence vs. over confidence.

    Experienced vs. experienced ? taught right vs. not taught right . . Listened to John Ball twice , thought he was gonna sell me girl scout cookies . I know many old tree guys . They died of cancer , heart disease. You'll be okay . Confidence is good , trust is the word your looking for . A lot...
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    bowline not as life support

    "Riggs, Im concerned for your safety and your reckless attitude now. Just trying to tell you something for your own benefit." oh my , from this bowline thread , I am reckless ? cmon now , lets define "reckless" before you "define " reckless , you should first define " bullsh*T" and that my new...
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    bowline not as life support

    Norm that is vague info there , just like yo yo , two guys ( I'm not counting Daniels story , you can ) Did they fail the bowline ? Short tail ? loose tie ? high ? BOWLINE IS NOT COMING UNDONE . Tied properly . Don't blame the knot blame the can not .
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    bowline not as life support

    any kmot you tie loose will come undone . Any . I tied a bowline on the rigging bone today and lowered a Oak tree out over a Green on a golf course in Ambler Pa. Big Oak , heavy wind . Never got loose or came close to coming undone . I have spliced lines for the rigging bone , but just to see if...
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    north american TCC

    does the Pen- del have a rep ? If not , why ?
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    bowline not as life support

    Oh tom , you just can't get enough huh ? admit it ! Let's all get together , make coffee and start a camp fire and sing koombyya and tie bowlines that come undone . Daniels the best , he videos a bowline coming untied ( HE PROBALLY TIED IT ), put it on the big screen ( big is better ). Break...
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    bowline not as life support

    yo Murph , the video doesn't exist , just admit . Don't get on board whan your bored . Stick to making mistakes , lying about them . Cool ?
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    bowline not as life support

    Straight up ! I tie a bowline , it's not coming undone . Smoke your weed , drink your drink , limp wrist all you want while tying and trying , don't blame the knot for a limp wristed tier . Everybody here who said a bowline came undone , F*d up tying it , somehow . Grow up. No way . Daniel has...
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    Why?

    "You quit and trust that God will provide for you.... He will. You are worth it!" that's awesome , great advice , whats next? , snake biting? , trust ? don't prune dead trees . Only the one one asked why , can answer this . Gods busy , he 's looking for a plane .
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    bowline not as life support

    really ? I can't remember the last New England rope I bought . all that aside , I'll buy it , give it a shake . Somebody have twenty feet to send me ? Sounds like you got a story to tell or a friend to defend . Wait ... I smell it . A roma !
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    bowline not as life support

    " I'm sorry I wasn't addressing you specifically Riggs." you did , it's okay . and now your buddy is owning up . Listen , say what you want about me , but TREEBUZZ has been online for a long time and this is not amateur hour , want to teach ... dot your I's and cross your T's . Your not the...
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    bowline not as life support

    "We all should keep in mind the need to keep ourselves safe up there in the canopy, and keep everyone on the ground safe as well. Maybe you think you are bomb proof, but for everyone else's safety keep in mind that knots do have their weaknesses." - You got it , everybody goes home ...
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    bowline not as life support

    "could loosen up in some circumstances?" "could a climber fall if safe in some circumstances ? "could a knot break before it fails in some circumstances?" " could a post be so riggsdiculous that you have to defend a poor example of a bowline ? Loosen up John , the yo yo did a no no , as far...
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    bowline not as life support

    “Guys this is not about me or how I tie dress and set knots, everybody has their own personal preferences, use them, I know and use what is best for me. I'm trying to point out a potential issue or failure with this knot. I stood at the base of a tree, after an experienced climber and friend...
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    bowline not as life support

    any knot you tie loose has the potential to come undone . So loose knots are not as life support or any other support . Next ....
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    SLAM

    what are the boundaries'? lot of sensitive people in this world . " slam " better cut out Jersey ,new York and Philly , slam I am . Really ? Lot of sissy states . let me know I have a rhyme .
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    Negative blocking: can we find better words?

    positive rigging

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