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  1. DanHouse

    Inventors, Innovators - improvements for Arborist

    And now for the rest of the story: My first rope sleeve was made using flexible electrical conduit covered with a heavy gray plastic jacket in 1997. I found the sleeve greatly reduced friction and the gray plastic jacket gripped the bark well. I gave a few to friends and they quickly replaced...
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    Wooden Couch

    Caleb- thanks for your post- I wonder the backstory on that.
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    Simple setup for kids?

    I placed a 2" round wooden ball with a 5/8" hole on the rope just above the friction hitch that the climbers hand can grasp. Pulling down on the ball releases the hitch but we always belay them. We conducted a climbing event with a group of girls that had severe arthritis, their hands were rigid...
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    Wooden Couch

    In my twisted mind I always wondered why doesn't someone hoist a whole VW RV van aloft for an instant big boy tree house.
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    2014 ZigZag improvements

    Captured this image from a New Zealand message board: I would still insist on a corner trap around the biner hole to reduce the chance of cross-loading. The rivets around the swivel ball still make me uneasy. Read the whole story here...
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    Wooden Couch

    When you say wooden couch I thought of a couch in the wood. But one picture is worth a thousand words.
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    New recreational climber in Houston, TX

    Welcome aloft and wish you well on your vertical journeys. Anything I can find the time to promote the annual Rendezvous I do. Check out Tree Climber's International's website and consider a long weekend in October as a good place to learn and network. See you at the top! Dan
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    Charts and Acronyms

    http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a9126dda23d980e648824c313&id=ec37a263da&e=a24d718323 Just got word that the HAAS system has been refined once again and he titled it: Hauling A$$ Ascent System. Kinda depends on the size of the A$$ doesn't it?
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    Wheelchair Lift-Off

    YO- Since you are in ATL you should join the 30th anniversary Rendezvous at SimpsonWood Oct 10th hosted by Tree Climbers Intl. I bet you can get rigged up in any number of ways. http://www.treeclimbing.com/index.php/climbing/the-2013-rendezvous
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    Professional Liability Insurance! Are you covered?

    This is what Wiki says: Professional liability insurance (PLI), also called professional indemnity insurance (PII) but more commonly known as errors & omissions (E&O) in the US, is a form of liability insurance that helps protect professional advice- and service-providing individuals...
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    Wheelchair Lift-Off

    http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingt...430eb3e6a451be5 http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2013/06/06/baker_tree_climbing_01_t180.jpg?370a03faaa4bde2115f371a02430eb3e6a451be5 I have to admit that we jumped at the chance to train these students to climb trees in...
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    Caterpillar Friction on a CE Lanyard by TEUFELBERG

    You all are so kind and this is exactly the driving factor in ALL of our lifes that makes the most out of life. I long for the day where somewhere sometime we all can cross ropes for but awhile. October 2013 at SimpsonWood, Atlanta GA would be nice. All you ARBO's really need to hang around...
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    Caterpillar Friction on a CE Lanyard by TEUFELBERG

    I think that you should be able to pull an eye splice thru one of my 3/4" size rope sleeve. Not sure but I think Caterpillar uses inferior imported light-weight conduit that are 1/2" ID. (Yes I am biased and I wonder why they have dropped them out their latest catalogue?) Un-wrap the end...
  14. DanHouse

    Why do you love tree climbing?

    Quote:: treethumper says: Why not try cimbing a canopy, moving from one end of a grove or forest stand to the other without landing on the ground. Now that would be a challenge. TREE VERSE I visited the farm where this video was made. It is also the place Tim Kovar conducts classes...
  15. DanHouse

    The art of the throw ball

    Hey Moss if you want to pass along that giant wrist rocket that I sent you to YoYoMan I bet I can send him so new launch tubes. Let me know. Dan
  16. DanHouse

    FREE Brad English now!

    FREE Brad English NOW LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Clifton man was arrested early Thursday morning after police found him in a tree on Pope Street. According to an arrest report, officers were called to Pope Street, near Embry Avenue, on a report of a man in a tree talking to himself. The witness...
  17. DanHouse

    2014 Recreational Tree Climbing Rendezvous Announc

    2014 Recreational Tree Climbing Rendezvous Announcement Each fall, someone from the recreational tree climbing community hosts a get together to celebrate our love of trees. This year it is hosted by Sam "Oak" Johnson of Out on a Limb Tree Climbing. In October of 2013, Peter and Patty...
  18. DanHouse

    Canopy Camping - Minnesota

    Fluffy Fish> you made my day. The camp cot rigging is brilliant. Keep up the good work. Dan
  19. DanHouse

    Rope Wrench alternate?

    I have to think that there is a Buzzer out there that has a device like one of these to test out. Can it be used like the Rope Wrench??? These can be attached mid-rope; has no pins and costs $53 to $90. Let me know your thoughts>>&gt...
  20. DanHouse

    Safety Knot Modification

    WOW to the point correct! Thanks Tom, methinks we share the same mind in some small cotangential convervance.

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