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    New multicender? AC SULU GO

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    New multicender? AC SULU GO

    @southsoundtree Taz Lov3 also, according to the site, but it has a lesser rope range, greater weight, and higher price than this new SULU. More information here. https://shop.alternativecurrent.it/shop/sulu-go/
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    New multicender? AC SULU GO

    That and the ability to ascend and descend a taut rope are quite unusual.
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    New multicender? AC SULU GO

    https://alternativecurrent.it/en/sulu/
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    I am going to have to give this careful consideration. I carry a knife but taking it out while aloft is a last resort. I don't want to be paralyzed because I flinched when a wasp landed on me or something else equally ignominious. I am not sure I read your tone right. Are you suggesting it...
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    New to the forum, new to trees

    Yes. I knew it would suck for hanging around a lot but it was worse than expected as I was comically slow attempting alternating lanyards. I decided I should wait until I had something more appropriate so that I did not come to hate the process. I would like to find something relatively...
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    New to the forum, new to trees

    Why especially if alone? I want to do this but I need a saddle and I cannot afford one yet. I chose the Big Shot as a less expensive stopgap.
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    New to the forum, new to trees

    @moss What knot do you use?
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    New to the forum, new to trees

    You wrote that your slingshot configuration can reach 130 feet. Don't you need a line approaching 300 feet for that? Are you joining lines?
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    Lots of other posts worth responding to but I'll answer this quick one tonight. East of Portland.
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    @Merle Nelson If using a base tie I should probably make it a habit to put in an extra attachment above easy reach once aloft. I've thought about that rappelling too, but I haven't done it as the extra knot passing on ascent has seemed like a greater risk. Getting shot at isn't something I...
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    If this represents a real hazard to ropes that is just what I need to learn from this. I am well aware of the damage that rock can do to rope, up to full cutting in a single loaded slip of a few feet (or less) across an edge. I simply haven't given wood the same respect. I see none of the...
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    @Bart_ Thanks for the correction. Sorry for citing incorrectly. Safety factor in the simplistic form I see most often does not seem adequate here, e.g. the Pur Line I regretfully used as an example provides a 15:1 safety factor for a single person load. Are you operating with a more complex...
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    I acknowledge that. I do not understand where the stated abrasion and/or cutting hazard to the back strand is coming from and I wish I did. No one has actually articulated that yet.
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    That's right there with Edelrid Hard Line as the strongest sheathed 6mm I've seen, though it is slightly heavier. Are you "just putting this out there" or implying something more?
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    I do not take it harshly. I appreciate that you care enough to say something. People far more capable than I am end up dead from a variety of mishaps in the wild so I would be a fool not to think about it. I am pretty cautious in general but I may take greater risks than I realize where my...
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    No..... I suppose the base pole could be used that way given the rubber cap, but doing that with the extension's open ends sounds like trouble.
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    Should I be seeing something embedded below or is that colon just a typo?
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    It is a lifelong problem but I have better and worse days. I really noticed the additional weight of the Big Shot and two four foot poles walking a mere quarter mile carrying all my gear, and that was with only a 90 foot 7/16" rope. I don't think I can add another 100+ feet of the same rope to...
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    Skinny rope on base anchor leg?

    @DSMc How do you feel about 9mm life rated rope in this application, following Tuebor's comment?

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