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    Comparing Rock Climbing and Tree Climbing as it relates to rope handling best practices.

    That's really sad, plenty of deaths from rock fall/failures every year.
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    Comparing Rock Climbing and Tree Climbing as it relates to rope handling best practices.

    How do you use a long rope to get to the ground when your tree fails at the roots/base? Mountains don't fall over but they do experience gigantic rock failures pretty frequently and small rock failures much more frequently. Especially if you add in events such as earthquakes and avalanches. One...
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    Comparing Rock Climbing and Tree Climbing as it relates to rope handling best practices.

    I guess one could argue that rock climbing can be a profession aside from elite athlete/influencers... There's a whole guiding industry that promotes certifications and follows international standards. Idk UIAA and AMGA come to mind. Also professionals rock climber rescue teams like YOSAR or...
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    Hey, I found my 10mm!

    That's funny. Thermostat?
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    Throw line splice

    Usually a locking DMM xsre carabiner, sometimes a girth hitch if manipulating something midline.
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    To drain or not to drain

    Leave cavities alone, I think Dr. Linda Chalker Scott has talked about this one.
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    Throw line splice

    I've always just left the tail loose without tucking it in. One less thing to snag.
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    Throw line splice

    As in no half hitches to help secure the girth hitch (like on a cow hitch). They might keep it from slipping. Clove takes more time to tie and doesn't slip as well, under enough load I'm sure it would slip but overall not as good as the girth on a bite imo.
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    Throw line splice

    Yep, most dyneema lines will slip under a certain load with the girth (no half hitches). This slipping is beneficial imo which is why it's my preferred method.
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    Throw line splice

    I think I got it from Richard Mumford. It's a little stiff/slippery at first but great once the throwline softens/fuzzes up a little.
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    Throw line splice

    You can girth them on without a splice, just leave a couple inches of tail for any slippage. If the weight gets stuck you can give it some solid tugs to slip it all the way off the weight. Some times the weight and the throw line come down and you save a minor headache. Idk, that's what I do and...
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    Reduction Pruning on Large Trees

    Was googling Brudi and came across a study that says: "The amount of branch reduction necessary is relatively small. The results of the test of branch reduction under snow loading indicate that a reduction of 15% will reduce load- induced stress in the Critical Fracture Zone by approximately...
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    Reduction Pruning on Large Trees

    Interesting, thanks Tom!
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    Reduction Pruning on Large Trees

    All good thanks, I wonder where Muggs heard it. Here's where I saw it, thought it was a strange coincidence as was wondering if there was something to it or if a rumor just got started somewhere. I get that it doesn't mean much in the real world up in the tree pruning but it doesn't hurt to have...
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    Reduction Pruning on Large Trees

    @Daniel Hey Daniel, just curious where you got that 15% to 50% from? It makes sense to me and is sort of in line with some of Frank Rinn's work regarding canopy reductions and wind but have yet to find any research that states that in regard to individual limbs. I know one guy that made the same...
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    ID apps

    Usually just Google lens
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    Rec climbing outside of work?

    The worst I've had was some rangers tell me I wasn't allowed to climb trees.. I only went after their shift ended after that.. I've also had rangers drive under me without noticing. For slacking tree to tree, I used to be banned from all of the coastal parks for a while due to their liability...
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    Rec climbing outside of work?

    I usually go to canyons or open spaces adjacent to parks. Far enough that 99.9% of people never know I'm there but close enough I can yell for help if need be and will most likely be heard. If further out in nature, I at least make sure I have cell signal but I usually don't have that much time...
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    productivity incentives

    I don't like the idea of incentivising speed for any high risk labor work. Perhaps a % of any up selling on the job if time allows. Idk, I've been trying to get commission for sales on PHC work at the company I work for for a while now though. I don't really have incentive to create proposals...
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    Rec climbing outside of work?

    When I was production climbing I only did a few rec climbs for fun. One of them was also taking the now wife up a magnolia. I kinda treated low pressure jobs as rec climbs. Was generally pretty tired/beat on my days off lol. Now days, most of my work is on the ground/office so I get to rec climb...

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