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  1. SomethingWitty

    The latest Matt Cornell harness

    Dunno. I don't do a lot of spar work compared to this guy, but he swears it's nice on 3-4' diameter wood.
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    The latest Matt Cornell harness

    I just got to see a cool setup on a valiant. He runs a hitchhiker lanyard adjuster so the aluminum paws wouldn't last very long with the steel biner. Seems functional. Clipping above the bridge on the large hole gives more of an upper d feel to the lanyard.
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    Would you climb this horror movie backdrop?

    If it handles a smooth 2 to 1 side pull without signs of failure (listen!) you're fine up to that point. If it really feels gross, anchor three lines where your cut has to be. Put a small amount of tension into the lines and have them set at approximately 120 degrees to each other to reasonably...
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    HH 2

    I've hung the 660 on it many times. My S.Light was run with shembiners outside the webbing for about 4 years before it times out of use. I also clipped the tail of my lanyard to the little hole in front of the caritool slot and dropped top handles onto it more than a few times. If you're...
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    Covid Close To You

    Maybe I jumped track a little, but that was the higher end of the global estimate for the first year. 80 percent of those deaths were people under 60. It seems to me that it will be a while before we reach that number of people with things left to do in their life from Covid.
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    Climbing with chaps

    I'd argue that I'm compliant but not thrilled about it. I have never needed them and I am not going to. The zeros do really highlight my butt and I often find myself being the most flamboyantly dressed person in the hardware store (with a bright comp shirt and equally bright buff around my...
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    Is there a "Main"/generic Ropewalker configuration, or are there myriad?

    Only choking. The concern with neck tenders in general is something being knocked loose while it is connected and rendering you unconscious or unable to move and suffocating you as you limply hang. I guess if it was there when you took a big swing and it snagged on something, you could have a...
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    Is there a "Main"/generic Ropewalker configuration, or are there myriad?

    Huh. Don't die. I don't think you will, but it's strange.
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    Is there a "Main"/generic Ropewalker configuration, or are there myriad?

    Do you really wrap a loop around your neck? I used to get a lot of shit at comps for clipping an e2e around my neck and tending from my necklace. I still think it was fine. Being wrapped sounds horrible, though.
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    Is there a "Main"/generic Ropewalker configuration, or are there myriad?

    If you are fairly normal sized, @swingdude makes chesties that are the greatest tender ever. The lanyard is beyond irritating for several reasons. You can buy that style at Wesspur now, too. If you're bigger, the 4SRT chest harness should suit you. It's loose on me. Let go of the big steps. I...
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    Looking for advice on becoming an arborist

    I've been fighting the GRCS for years! How it never occurred to me to just hang it from a rope is beyond me. I got a chuckle out of @Lampyrid being excited about the power pruner. That is one of the only tools we use that really requires serious exertion and upper body strength. Every other...
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    Covid Close To You

    Okay. Everything was shut down. We procrastinated. Now it's taking hold well enough that nothing is going to stop it. Has everyone who will die now had a good year? Lived like it was their last? Many have not. They've been bullied or scared into isolation and some bizarro world where the only...
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    Fu*%face Von Clownstick

    I love Rush. The Trees is so relevant. Hell, all of it is relevant. Everyone needs more rush in their lives. I wouldn't have to worry about us becoming The People's Republic of America if people really listened to them.
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    Fu*%face Von Clownstick

    Joe Biden is the most ridiculous candidate that has had a real chance at being president since I have been alive. He's also more of an open racist than anyone I personally know, and I live in the south. Trump is an asshole. I need a drink. Half of the people in the tree world hate me because...
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    Zigzag questions

    Yes. It works.
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    Telescopic hook

    Right there on the handsaw scabbard is about the best place I can imagine having one. I love it.
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    Lanyard adjuster

    Wait, but do hunters give the flexing that destroys technora? I don't picture it being as big of an ordeal. I bet a month of hunting doesn't have as much pivoting as a few days of production climbing.
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    Lanyard adjuster

    I'd rock a 6mm nylon bridge for a two month season and change it every year.
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    Friction saver from strap 3k lb breaking strength. Is this good to go with some positioning / alignment electric tape?

    So do a plethora of chinese rings.
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    Friction saver from strap 3k lb breaking strength. Is this good to go with some positioning / alignment electric tape?

    Not really, no. There was a ring fiasco some years ago and guys were getting dropped because of a manufacturing error. I don't use any aluminum gear from companies that I don't trust. I've been known to do some slightly more questionable things with soft components (using no-name atv winch line...

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