That was an Asplundh form. Ive got some paper copies. I have a few others that are similar. Send me a message with an email and I’d be happy to send a pdf. or a word document you can print.
I’ve got one, I like it quite a bit.
Doubled up the bridge immediately, and added some rings and snaps with accessory cord.
I don’t use the red looped ends on the bridge terminations, ever.
They did provide a lot of gear loops, but they all feel like they're on my back, not really on the sides...
Yeah, don’t misinterpret what I’m saying, though.
Look, everyone should know how to make a makeshift saddle with a bowline on a bight and how to tie a friction hitch. The gadgets are not to replace ability and knowledge.
And I also understand (maybe better than most) that learning is a...
Oh, I didn’t base my impressions on internet forums. I realize now, I’ve been very lucky to have always had peers and mentors that were open to innovation.
And it’s odd... lumping and splitting people into categories, (or generalizing, to use an emotionally loaded word), I find that the great...
Because I had assumed, incorrectly, that the average practitioner was benefiting from changes in tools and techniques that were well known in the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
In the last couple years, having gone to work as a full-time traveling “trainer”, I have met thousands (literally) of...
Yeah, but that encompasses zigzags, hitch climbers, etc.
Im talking about just a good old-fashioned knot on a snap, or maybe a carabiner, with a long tail that’s used to tie a Blake’s, taughtline, or some vague “customization” or approximation of a taughtline.