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    New Climber Advice

    Id also like to suggest going to Sherrilltree.com and ordering one of their free catalogs. Yes, it's full of pretty much ANY of the gear you will ever use, along with tons of close up, color pictures of them and pricing, but it also has a bunch of useful informational like charts, and sketches...
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    IMac video editing program

    I really like iMovie that's on my iPad, but it was pretty limited. I was told that the iMovie on iMacs was much better so I'd think you'll be very happy with it. It seemed VERY easy to use!
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    Methods of ascending?

    I've been recreational climbing using the RADS method of ascending and I'd like to move on to something else. What are some other methods of ascending? (Let's say without touching the tree) I'm ranking them in order of what I consider difficulty, and complexity. Please correct me if I'm...
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    So I climbed in an ice storm...

    I see some Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota members here... I'm in Western Wisconsin myself so sign me up if you do!
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    Went for a brisk swing in the snow today

    Nice video, thanks for sharing it. I've watched a lot of your videos but didn't make the connection here until you did. I like your videos, coming from one corny dad to another.
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    What does "Rated" mean?

    Yes, I am a recreational climber, Im just trying to find out the standards for pro climbers as I would rather adhere to those standards. Plus since I'm new to this, I want to know the correct terminology so I don't sound as stupid. (...more stupid)
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    What does "Rated" mean?

    Thanks, that was more along the line of what I was thinking. I know everything is "rated" to some specification, I was just wondering what that spec is generally considered for tree climbing. I recently read, or watched a video or something (I can't remember) where they were talking about a...
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    What does "Rated" mean?

    I hear this term a lot in tree climbing but not so much in rock climbing and am somewhat confused by it. Stuff like "This lanyard has a rated end" or "Use a rated piece of equipment here". Isn't all climbing equipment "rated" to a certain spec? I know I'd never use a WalMart keychain...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    Another quick question... Is DRT the same as DdRT? One is just a more technically correct term.... Like if you say "double rope technique" that could imply the use of two separate rope, so to be more clear, the technique should be called "doubled" rope technique to imply one rope, double over...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    I guess I meant by using the friction of a tree like in DRT or splitting your weight with a lanyard, or doubling your rope like in DRT, Maybe I'm not using the right terminology... I've now re tied my 8mm cord into a Distel, around my 1/2" lanyard, and it does release easily with two fingers...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    I "think" things are starting to click a little bit. Correct me if I'm wrong... The friction hitch I see people using, let's say the Distel for example. I see people using two fingers to release it and they gently slide down a tree on a single line, but I must be seeing that with something...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    So maybe I'm asking too much of it then or am thinking of the wrong way to correctly use it? I only had it setup SRT to test it out. I'll be using strictly as a lanyard adjuster but thought for testing, I'd hang a secure single line, then tie the hitch, and hang from it then try adjusting it...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    I'll be, and was... Using it in SRT mode. I'm going to try some cord around the 9mm size and see how that works. I'm not sure if the rope I have is all nylon construction or not. I'll try the Michoacan, Knut, and VT if for nothing else to get familiar with them. Thanks all.
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    Let's talk lanyards

    since I don't have anything around 9mm right now, but have plenty of time, I'll try shortening up my distel hitch and see if that helps. I did try shortening it with the 8mm and it seemed to be a more compact, cleaner hitch, but it still didn't release. I was thinking about trying another...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    I did, post #22 above.
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    Let's talk lanyards

    The tag says 10.5mm, when I measure it, it seems closer to 11mm, it's all I had. The black rope measures out to about 12mm. My next size down I have is 8mm. Looks like I might have to find some 9-ish and try that.
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    Let's talk lanyards

    Today I tried some 10.5mm climbing line and tried it out with a distel hitch and pulley. I had to go with 5 wraps to get it to hold. It releases easily with full weight using two fingers, but when I do put full weight on it, and bounce, it will slip about half an inch each bounce. Is that...
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    Static vs dynamic rope

    So last night I was playing around with a RADS setup and tried it out on both static and dynamic ropes. I found the dynamic rope to be, as expected, VERY inefficient. I can only imagine that climbing DRT would be extremely inefficient. I know that there are static ropes that are more durable...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    I'm definitely not going to sew my own eyes. If I don't like my knots, I'll just buy a manufactured eye to eye. I just tried a distel hitch. It wouldn't hold with 4 wraps but did with 5. It was still super hard to get it to release though? Here's a pic of it with my full weight on it. This is my...
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    Let's talk lanyards

    Thanks, I'll try a Distel hitch next. Do you have a suggestion to replace the fishermans knots?

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