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Two Rope Climbing
- SingleJack
- Post #94
- Forum: Climber's Talk
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Cold weather gloves
To help keep hands warm, carry an extra pair of gloves inside your coat and swap them every time your hands get too cold.- SingleJack
- Post #28
- Forum: Climber's Talk
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Request: end line knot for heavy loading
Double Sheet bend & "Stick-Trick" — except with a pintle-pin- SingleJack
- Post #46
- Forum: Rigging and Roping
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Wedges or Rope?
FWIW: I often use both rope & wedges. As others have posted; they both have their place. In fact, the only time I don't use a rope is when the tree has a favorable lean and there is zero chance the tree will get hung-up in another tree. I've found, the hard way, that setting a line in...- SingleJack
- Post #21
- Forum: General Discussion
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How do you know you're getting old?
… *80* in 3 months … … still climbing, though … … 5/5 (in the link) … … maybe I'm older than I thought … https://www.facebook.com/reel/940711153646221- SingleJack
- Post #78
- Forum: Training and Health
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How do you know you're getting old?
- SingleJack
- Post #65
- Forum: Training and Health
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How do you know you're getting old?
- SingleJack
- Post #28
- Forum: Training and Health
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How do you know you're getting old?
That meme just showed up on my feed …- SingleJack
- Post #27
- Forum: Training and Health
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How do you know you're getting old?
- SingleJack
- Post #25
- Forum: Training and Health
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Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT
I am devoted to SRT. But, there is a caution with SRT that is not an issue with DdRT and not often discussed. I've posted it before and, FWIW, deserves to be mentioned again: Since SRT rope does not move up & down during work like DdRT, the SRT rope can be damaged if the same spot on the rope...- SingleJack
- Post #32
- Forum: Climber's Talk
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Hitch hiker/2/x thread
Me2 (sorry Richard)! However, Richard has a new one (HHXF?) coming out … … so, be patient!- SingleJack
- Post #416
- Forum: Stationary Rope Technique-Half the rope, twice the
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Tips and Tricks
The BEST: Fids & Fibers - Arborist rope splicing workshop Fids And Fibers- SingleJack
- Post #515
- Forum: Climber's Talk
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Tips and Tricks
To follow the lead of @DSMc and @Tom Dunlap — For years, I've struggled with how to explain why the same system can be called a 3:1, while some call it a 2:1. So, I made a little diagram that might help. It all depends, like most things, on your frame of reference. The exact same system feels...- SingleJack
- Post #483
- Forum: Climber's Talk
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Tips and Tricks
ANOTHER OPTION: Ever drop your saw? Me, too -- sometimes on purpose. But, I always get it back … The KEY-BAK has a 48" kevlar tether. I can reach full extension with either hand. It has saved me several times over the years without injury or DQ...- SingleJack
- Post #481
- Forum: Climber's Talk
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Tips and Tricks
Transport Hitch (aka "Voodoo Hitch) Also, as a safety, it should be 'locked-off' with the tail run back around the anchor and secured to the carabiner nearest the anchor … IMO- SingleJack
- Post #459
- Forum: Climber's Talk
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Ropejack Handle
When there's a vaccine that don't kill oldoakmen.- SingleJack
- Post #19
- Forum: General Discussion
