climb scared

[islandarb]

Never liked quickies. As for using one on the runner so not necessary. The original tending spot is just lovely. But whatever floats one's boat. I still buy from Treestuff and Sherrill. I have no one arb supplier that meets all my needs. None.

 

[Steve Connally]

The cast versions are made in china? I think I'm gona write sherrill bc I never would have bought anything from china

Don't bother. They could give a crap about your opinion. Don't buy any notch products then....... China including their Biners

 

[Steve Connally]

Never liked quickies. As for using one on the runner so not necessary. The original tending spot is just lovely. But whatever floats one's boat. I still buy from Treestuff and Sherrill. I have no one arb supplier that meets all my needs. None.

I have better tending on the quickie than anything else i've used stock or manufactured on the runner.. The stock tending point seems to pull on one side and throws a tilt on the device. I can feel the grab compared to the quickie. I buy from WesSpur. If they don't have it I don't need it. I would consider shelter but last time I checked they didn't have what I was looking for.

 

[Steve Connally]

Sorry for the derail. I'm sure people want the original post instead of hearing me bitch.

 

[Mowerr]

Don't bother. They could give a crap about your opinion. Don't buy any notch products then....... China including their Biners

Its by singing tree which I thought was Detroit or uk

 

[Mowerr]

Didn't know singing tree is sourcing from China....

 

[Steve Connally]

Didn't know singing tree is sourcing from China....

Treestuff entered into an egreent with Kevin. He doesn’t produce the products. They sort of bought it from him. Don’t know the details but is singing tree’s product produced by treestuff via Asia

 

[treehumper]

To the OP, my high school electricity teacher taught me never to fear, it leads to rash responses. Respect the dangers and you’ll anticipate hazards and respond better. I keep a constant inner dialogue going walking thru each step citing potential hazards and steps taken to mitigate. When that becomes a burden I know I’m not mentally able to continue. Time to end the job and pick it up the next day.

 

[islandarb]

To the OP, my high school electricity teacher taught me never to fear, it leads to rash responses. Respect the dangers and you’ll anticipate hazards and respond better. I keep a constant inner dialogue going walking thru each step citing potential hazards and steps taken to mitigate. When that becomes a burden I know I’m not mentally able to continue. Time to end the job and pick it up the next day.

Great stuff Rob....

 

[CanadianStan]

Treestuff entered into an egreent with Kevin. He doesn’t produce the products. They sort of bought it from him. Don’t know the details but is singing tree’s product produced by treestuff via Asia

I'm afraid to say I've heard the same rumours from my local Notch distributor ... Chinese Roperunner is around the corner

 

[islandarb]

Gotta love China. thank the heavens I have 2 OG runners made by kevin himself in Detroit. First 2 batches ever sold.

 

[Mowerr]

He ain't a crook son...he just a shook one.

 

[TimBr]

Sorry for the derail. I'm sure people want the original post instead of hearing me bitch.

For the record, I think I'm the one who did the derail, and I for one always want to hear your thoughts on anything you have in mind.

Tim

 

[TimBr]

I tried this yesterday; my quickie slic pin would not fit in the Roperunner body. I would have to widen the Roperunner holes a smidge and I'm not sure I'm comfortable doing that.

What Slic pin are people using to combine their Quickies and Roperunners?

Thanks for trying that out for us, Stan. That is a bit of a bummer.

http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=2062&item=15165

Hey, Bango! Thanks for posting this link. Are you saying that you have actually tried to use that specific SLIC pin as a replacement for the SLIC pin that comes with the milled Quickie, and that it will work with the Rope Runner? Thanks in advance for any answer you can give.

Worst case scenario, I just bought a Quickie that will get used as an SRT choke. Thanks, everyone, for putting up with the derail. This has been very helpful.

Tim

 

[Dave tettleton]

Hello my name is skew and I am a scared climber. I started my first job climbing at 14 years old in 1979. I used a double d ring harness with no side dees. If I wanted side dees I had to use also a line man's belt and buck strap. Manilla rope with steel non locking snap. Fanno saw about four feet long and twenty pounds-used more like a machete usually. Flash forward almost 40 years(yikes!)- I've climbed thousands of trees and safely returned to the earth.
As I read posts about accidents I shudder thinking about the realities of my chosen profession. We used to be cowboys- reveling in our bravado and close calls. What I observe these days in accident reports; it's usually a newbie or some one like me that has been doing it for years. About 7 years ago I lost my best friend to a chainsaw cut. A fucking chainsaw cut! I always thought if I cut myself it would be messy and inconvenient- not fatal.
These days I do more bucket work than climb but I still am able to accomplish anything thrown my way. But I worry. I started a family at the ripe old age of 49 years and 359 days. That has now grown to two boys. I am an old man with a baby(x2!).
I worry that I will make a mental mistake or that a mechanical failure will happen and I won't make it home to see my wife and boys. I didn't used to think about it so much.
Every day I see other crews out doing stuff that is unsafe and shudder to think what could happen. I've thought about switching careers before or just hiring a climber but it doesn't really fit my business model.
I do ,however, now have an awesome sub climber that I am comfortable working with. He is a guy that understands the consequences of a lapse.
I don't know how long I'll be able to climb. Are there any 65 year olds out there? Our cousin in Hawaii still climbs at 65 - his methods are a bit scary to me.
So anyway as I read through different threads and perceive different attitudes and try to evaluate my own this is what I have determined- that I am a scared climber. My brother claims that I am addicted to the adrenalin- maybe he's right. There is surely a feeling of accomplishment that comes along with conquering your fears and getting through a dicey job safely. Back in the eighties my buddy Otis and I laughingly came up with the motto "climb scared". Kind of funny but honestly maybe if more people did climb scared they would stand a better chance of making it home at the end of the day. And by climb scared I don't mean don't do it correctly. There was a point in my career after I had been climbing for about years and the trees kept getting bigger and more difficult. I was kind of freaking out and thinking about going to lawn care. Instead I ended up breaking it down into what is was that i was scared could happen. And then taking into account each of these things that I could either control or could not. Most things I was scared of were within my control. So there for I could mitigate these factors by making whatever contingency I needed to . Then there is the scary shit like tree failure which although many times can be detected before a climb there have many times when after I got a tree on the ground and looked at it I was like"dang".
So anyhow how ho- I suppose the one wisdom I would impart to anyone bored enough to read this through- Listen to the little voice in your head. Because usually when I have had a close call it was preceded by a little input from my sub conscience. Happy New Years boys and girls- Climb Scared!

Great post!! Thanks for cautionary tale and something to think about for the future. If it helps any I know a 69 yr old climber. I'm 64 but turn down sketchy jobs alot. Lots of work it seems with trees dying so much in cali..

 

[southsoundtree]

Welcome, Dave!