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  1. Jan_

    Rec climbing thowbag launcher

    I built myself a pvc air cannon that fires tennis balls. Works pretty well, hits up to 90ft or so depending of the weight of the tennis balls (and those of the user at higher pressure, lol). I built it way larger than it had to be so I get away with under 60psi, the thing should be capable of...
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    Two seperate lanyards

    Thanks for all you input, I think I am now just going to buy myself a 30ft long piece of rope and then I'll see how much use I get out of it, in both a double adjuster configuration and combined with my other lanyard. My main rope is currently only 100ft which makes using the tail impractical...
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    Piped bringeruppers

    What about some 1/4" metal pipe with rounded off ends?
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    Two seperate lanyards

    I currently have a 15ft lanyard which I often find to short because I have to use it in a SRS configuration if I want to ascend any helpful distance on it. It works in most cases, but If I have my main TIP on a low limb I usually try to ascend past that limb with my lanyard so I have something...
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    Two seperate lanyards

    Do you guys ever use 2 seperate lanyards instead of one single or double lanyard? I'm currently thinking about whether I should get a long 30-50" lanyard or a second 20-30" one. I think two seperate lanyards could be less cluttered and easier to use, but I'd like to hear some opinions from you guys.
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    Redirecting Rope to Limb Walk

    Anything that locks is fine. I prefer triple locking carabiners though, they are the safest option.
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    branch to the face - tough to watch

    Follow up can be found on liveleak...
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    Piped bringeruppers

    Maybe some fabric on the ends would work to dampen the sounds, depending on the texture of the bungee metal could also reduce friction and therefore the noise
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    Load sharing SRT TIP for double stem

    I dont belive this can be compared to a hammock since you are cinching the rope with your weight, not tensioning it in the middle. This would only be the case if your biner was in the middle between the two stems, avoid that and you should be fine.
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    I love being “A Well Known Member”

    Maybe, watch out...
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    Load sharing SRT TIP for double stem

    Just wanted to say that the maximum theoretical force pulling the stems together is 4x your weight, but only if you ignore the substantial friction and assume you are climbing at the worst angle to the TIP and create a 2:1 MA. All of this wont happen though, so there should really not be much...
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    Sam ascending 45' up mahogany in Barbados. 7 years old.

    Thats awesome, I wish my dad could have taught me climbing at such a young age!
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    Descending 3/8" kern SRT?

    The TAZ LOV2 works on up to 10mm rope and would be ideal if you can fit 10mm into the rollgliss.
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    I'm not very good at tree ID and need help.

    That looks a lot like Acer platanoides, I dont know the english name but google throws norway maple at me. We have a lot of those in Germany. edit: Silver maple seems to be closer, but we dont have those in Germany. Maple anyways
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    What Size Climbing Rope Do You Prefer

    I'm a purely rec climber and on 10mm main rope right now, nice and lightweight, but most mechanical devices and hitches dont work very well on that, so I'm currently using a RADS. My lanyard with a hitch is 11mm, and I'm going to buy myself an 11mm main rope in the near future so I can...
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    Is this safe?

    A girth hitch seems like an unsafe way to do it, it might slip if only one side is loaded. The only way to stop the legs (both rope and human in this case) from seperating I can think of would be by putting a base tie on both ends and tensioning the rope, this would also eliminate the need for a...
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    Is this safe?

    It's awesome that you're teaching your kids how to climb, wish my dad could do that (It's actually the other way around). I think what you came up with is safe, but may be hard to use for you kids too because the ropes would move away from each other if you try to load them. Have you thought...
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    First time using the GoPro, and a fail: TIP over dead Limb...

    I load tested by bouncing, noticed a bit more stretch than usual when I Initially loaded the rope but after that it was ok, so I thought nothing of it. TIP was an alpine with a steel trilock, didn't want to thread the end of my rope through the screwlink. The TIP caught me after the rope cinched...
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    First time using the GoPro, and a fail: TIP over dead Limb...

    beech, but It's worth noting that this wasn't a base tie, but a canopy anchor and I accidentally looped in a dead branch that was over my main Branch. Not sure if I made that clear before.
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    First time using the GoPro, and a fail: TIP over dead Limb...

    Yeah, I was wearing it, thats where the GoPro sits.The limb came down about 20 feet away from me, but this again shows why you should really always wear a helmet while climbing.

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