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  1. SoftBankHawks

    Digging into the past

    Thank you.
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    Digging into the past

    I know his page and thank you for talking about it so long ago, Tom.
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    Digging into the past

    Hello all, I have begun a series of Rope workshops and am interested in acquiring historically relevant climbing gear that can be used for talking points. Anything pre Frog Walker is missing from my collection. I'd love to have a set of Mar Bar's....Chest Roller....Sticht Plates.....any open...
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    Air Powered Tree Access vs Sling Shot

    Hand throwing is cheap, fast to 're-load' and a culture unto itself. We routinely set anchors above 20M. Hand throwing is an art that cannot be achieved through any type of bazooka. That said, I'd swing for the Big Shot.
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    Japan autumn workshop

    Hello, Though this is too far for most I thought I would share it as the contents are unique and the location beautiful. Two years ago I promised to organise another week long Arborist workshop in Mie (Japan) and I am happy to introduce the contents to you now. The idea of this workshop is to...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    Some arms come with screw heads perfect for a chainsaw wrench, others do not. Gordon, it is super helpful to have the screw head fit tools we carry on site. Chainsaw wrench compatible please !
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    TreeStuff online srt seminar

    I watched the seminar last night. For those of you newer to SRT it will be worth re-visiting this video as you progress. There was a lot of sensitive information, beyond what SRT is sold as off the bat (from retailers and the lesser experienced). Follow the arrows. Beware cambium damage...
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    Compact Bulldog Bone

    The adjustable bollard is really useful, I can work it on a 10.6mm access rope. I worked a dead wooding job, I climbed, another person set anchors and I went from the 10.6, to an 11.7, then in to a 11, db, parallel core, nothing stood in the way ! It made for smooth work.
  9. SoftBankHawks

    TRT

    D x D et al, Oceans gave a great description a few posts back describing the values of TRT, that of it being stationary and the ability to retrieve the system from wherever the climber is and by themselves. A dead-wooding job in 2015 made me wow at the system. Cryptomeria are not easy to...
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    SRT Canopy Anchor Tutorial

    I think that more people than I would like to see the passing on of technique backed up by testing and hopefully equipment designed specifically for it. I understand that equipment design and manufacture is far from nearly everyones remit so configuration of existing tools must carefully...
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    TRT

    Eric and Landon, looks like your TRT workshop is setting itself up !
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    SRT Canopy Anchor Tutorial

    Hi, I wanted to ask where you heard it was OK to knot block onto a Pinto pulley? The Pinto's side plates flex and are brittle (aluminium). I wouldn't put that combination into an anchor. As far as I know there has been no testing done on this and I advise you not to do it. Though if you wanted...
  13. SoftBankHawks

    TRT

    It is a curiously expansive platform for technique. I'm actually bang into ART's new tools so have been on DdRT for a few months ( another curious thing after so many years with stationary systems). But before the TRT workshop last November I started playing with hanging tools via prussik loop...
  14. SoftBankHawks

    TRT

    This may help a little: http://thewoodenhand.com/trt_anchors.html
  15. SoftBankHawks

    TRT

    That is incredible to hear, Landon.
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    Holy cow

    As I understand it, it was between the Treemagineers gang and DMM. Obscene expensive makes one wonder if it'll ever see the light of day for us normal folks. Bummer...
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    Holy cow

    The trolley looks mouth wateringly...desireable. Not knocking anyone here but why 3-d? Apart from taking the 2:1 and attaching it with a pendulum to the trolley.... I always assumed that 3-d meant either slinging in 3-d or moving the piece in 3-d, ie 3 anchors. Pendulums don't count, too easy !!
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    Beddes Masters challenge in Hawaii

    Totally amazing !!
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    SRT on a Hair-Trigger. (Can an old dog learn a new trick?)

    When a lanyard becomes a Primary it rarely has to deal with vertical descents/ascents and the complex loading of a bonafide climbing belay. The function of the Rope Wrench means that a grey zone exists between engaged and disengaged. If you slipped off a branch it would be the Positioner...
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    SRT on a Hair-Trigger. (Can an old dog learn a new trick?)

    That should never be used as a main system, the tolerances of the Positioner will not handle it. Seeing the CE lanyard Sirius it looks like you are setting this up as a sub system, is that correct?

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