Search results

  1. T

    Indentify this tree

    Re: Beauty. Tree #34 looks like a contorted filbert/hazelnut or Harry Lauder's walking-stick… Corylus avellana. That looks like a really big one. The property that I worked on today had one that was about 5' tall by 5" wide. Nice choice Mark, this is one of my favorite small trees.
  2. T

    New Tree ID

    Is tree #1 a Serbian Spruce?
  3. T

    Learning to splice

    I've done eye splices in True Blue in a few different ways but the only documented splice for a fairly solid 12-strand like True Blue, that I've seen, is New England's "12-Strand Single Braid Eye Splice (Tuck)" for MegaBraid. It is mainly a tucked splice, like 3-strand, but also has a bury at...
  4. T

    prusik knots: traditional, french, etc.

    "To sum up the original question, is it Okay to place your hands above a V.T. french prusik?" Check out my post on June 18th, it got blown off but I think that it addresses the question. The type of climbing hitch is irrelevant, the climbing system makes all the difference. I worked with a...
  5. T

    easy to use GRCS

    If it is Stable Braid the Av. strength is 16,300 and the minimum is 13,900. I would agree with tod_k that whoopies are not ideal for in tree use. My vote is for loopies and and eye slings.
  6. T

    prusik knots: traditional, french, etc.

    I think that the thing that was missed from the original posting is that the "rules of the prusik" have nothing to do with the climbing hitch (blake's, tautline, prusik (french, swaebisch, etc) klemheist, etc) and everything to do with the system. The system that okietreedude1 asked about is...

New threads New posts

Back
Top Bottom