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    What do you think of this adjustable false crotch?

    I'm not crazy about the hitch bearing against the tree, which I'd think would threaten its grip. For the ring end, why not make a friction hitch THERE (too), and this one can be *backed up* by incorporating a pass of material through the webbing ring-eye, but it wouldn't be taking so much load...
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    Clove hitch

    [ QUOTE ] Now i kinda think and perform that 2 half hitches are kinda sufficient stopper and beyond; with having less creep to said stopper. Also, most definitely; placing any tail under the maximum pinch point and force is pretty dang good, and added halfases can due that... [/ QUOTE ] Two...
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    Clove hitch

    [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] ... a clove hitch backed with two half-hitches is appropriate because the splitting branch cannot open it up. [/ QUOTE ] You might try this, in this case: make a Mistaken Constrictor w/Slip-knot. [/ QUOTE ] Do you have a picture? [/ QUOTE ] No, but shouldn't...
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    Clove hitch

    [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] That "better half" can be improved to the Best half by its nipping one side of the Cow, btw. [/ QUOTE ] Nipping???? [/ QUOTE ] Yep. In this so-called "Cow w/Better Half", the end is brought out of the collar and immediately turned to run along it around the SPart to...
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    Clove hitch

    [ QUOTE ] His instructor told him that they are not allowed to use the clove hitch for rigging. This was 1 of the first knots I learnt and am very comfortable using it, and use it often. I was shocked to hear this, I think this is complete rubbish. Is there any truth to this? [/ QUOTE ] I...
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    good load bearing knot for joining two lines???

    Re: good load bearing knot for joining two lines?? [ QUOTE ] There's some tests done by Tom Moyers that ... [/ QUOTE ] ... show that the *offset* (THAT's the term, prefer it to "flat"**) forms of the Fig.8 & Overhand have some vulnerability to flyping, esp. if not well tied (dressed &amp...
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    Friction hitch poll

    [ QUOTE ] andthe trees would be better off. [/ QUOTE ] But the poor knots would suffer.
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    good load bearing knot for joining two lines???

    Re: good load bearing knot for joining two lines?? [ QUOTE ] Anybody know of an efficiency chart? [/ QUOTE ] Beware such things! They typically apply to some exact knot that is NOT revealed (how oriented, dressed, & set), and in materials different from what you're using. There remains a...
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    good load bearing knot for joining two lines???

    Re: good load bearing knot for joining two lines?? > It's actually fast and fiddle-free. Well, if you're good with it, great. It just seems to me that it entails more careful positioning etc. compared with first making one Overhand and then knowing how to reeve the other rope through that...
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    good load bearing knot for joining two lines???

    It can depend on the nature of the two lines to be joined: are they similar in diameter, cross-sectional firmness, surface slickness, flexibility? The Twin Bowline bend should work well with a knot that you're familiar with extended to meet your goal of strength and ease of untying: make the...
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    Puzzled about back ups

    [ QUOTE ] It would seem the greater safety issue is the security of the tree and the TIP rather than the rope or the gear. Of all the rock climbers out there, and cavers, it is extremely rare for a rope to fail unless it is cut or 'cut' by abrasion, neither of which is likely in a tree. Cavers...
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    Puzzled about back ups

    [ QUOTE ] Here are four examples of trades [that] DONT use the two rope back up system: High rise window washing, the window washers use only one rope to rappel down the side of a building. [/ QUOTE ] Not so in some parts (at least) in the States: I've seen a solid-braid nylon rope used...
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    snaped eye sling

    HMPE or other hi-mods will get you great strength per diameter/pound, but great impact force as well. *kN*
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    favorite rigging video/book?

    [ QUOTE ] <u>Moving Heavy Things</u>, by Jan Adkins anyone read it? i haven't looked for it yet. // Thanks Tom; i got that lil'book off of ebay and it is great! It is very basic; but shows the many forms of how these lessons are around us everyday. So, still; you have to make the connections...
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    NER V12 vectran single braid

    [ QUOTE ] I got it free when I bought a $289 . kitchen knife [/ QUOTE ] Wow, I think you should get part of the kitchen and stuff to go into it for THAT price !! [ QUOTE ] I've been very happy with the ceramic. I'll have to send it in to have it sharpened eventually, but so far it still...
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    bad Chinese rope

    I wonder what a burn test would show of this fraudulent rope? --that it was (mostly) multi-filament PP (which pretty much has the look &amp; feel of nylon/polyester)? The tendency to generalize, be it by nationality, race, or party affiliation (these days i.p.), is best resisted. Esp. for...
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    Rope retiring

    [ QUOTE ] I'm aware of the many different views on the subject of retiring climbing rope but is there a single piece of health and safety legislation in the uk or US that gives a specific life span for climbing rope? Do manufacturers give a life span? I would think that a maximum life span...
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    rock hard rope?

    [ QUOTE ] So as i was coiling up our 1/2" 16 strand rigging rope i noticed that a 4-5" section of it was rock hard and unable to be bent easily. I was wondering if anyone else has had this happen and what causes it. Does it reduce stregnth in the rope? I thought it might be from pine sap but...
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    Clock Knot = Junk

    [ QUOTE ] I suppose the biggest problem I have with the Clock knot, is that it doesn't have a cinching/choking action. The more you load a Timber/Cow Hitch and Whoopee sling the tighter the hold on the stem they have. The Clock knot works in the opposite way which leads to the slippage of the...
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    Bees!

    Here's a pretty good site w/pics (yellowjackets, bald-faced &amp; Euro hornets): www.ridacritter.com/stinging.html I find it interesting how at least some yellowjacket nests are, well, yellow! --might be from getting wood pulp from more rotting than dried sources? They have a separate page of...

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