Compact Bulldog Bone

monkeylove said:
I'm really hoping to get to the State College Training in June to learn some stuff. Also hoping to maybe find some local guys I can watch or work with on some weekends to learn from some other pros. Them not me, lol.
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There are quite a few great outfits in that area, or at least close enough to be worth your travel time. I bet there are tons of opportunities for you out there.
 
oceans said:
Here's a peek at the winter we've been having up here in New England. The weather has made for some difficulties, but also some fun. I hope you enjoy this vid featuring the Mini Bone Lanyard Adjuster in action. It performs quite well with 10mm lines in DdRT mode and SRT mode.

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Dang E, I don't envy you snow climbers. I was imagining those limbs were as hard as a rock and would dull the chain. Awesome vid though. Love the way you're using the thimble prusik. Were you using your foot ascender on your lanyard - did I see that right?

So you digging the mini BDB? Do I need to purchase? Sorry for all the questions, you got me excited. :)

Cool snow covered lichen BTW.
 
Brought the Bone back to origional today after feeling like I was creating a "weak link" with the swivel. The swivel worked awesome but didn't feel it was necessary. Climbed with it for a little and feel it works best the way it comes.

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I definitely like mine better with the swivel on my bridge but...to each their own sir. :) Main reason is I feel I can get a better angle on the grip which for me, seems to provide a smoother descent.
 
TreeLogic said:
Dang E, I don't envy you snow climbers. I was imagining those limbs were as hard as a rock and would dull the chain. Awesome vid though. Love the way you're using the thimble prusik. Were you using your foot ascender on your lanyard - did I see that right?

So you digging the mini BDB? Do I need to purchase? Sorry for all the questions, you got me excited. :)

Cool snow covered lichen BTW.
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Yeah, he was crossing all sorts of lines in this video! Using a footie on a lanyard, and using a lanyard as a climbing line, and using a climbing line on an abominable snowman tree, and using an abominable snowman tree as a...

It was just awesome!

I am going to go watch it again...
 
TreeLogic said:
Dang E, I don't envy you snow climbers. I was imagining those limbs were as hard as a rock and would dull the chain. Awesome vid though. Love the way you're using the thimble prusik. Were you using your foot ascender on your lanyard - did I see that right?

So you digging the mini BDB? Do I need to purchase? Sorry for all the questions, you got me excited. :)

Cool snow covered lichen BTW.
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Thanks, Will. Luckily, Oak acts pretty reliably throughout the year up here in New England. Love hinging that wood any old time. I can always use that Thimble Prusik in a pinch. It's good to carry a couple...that second redirect could have been a bit slicker with that instead of the Alpine Butterfly.

I do dig the Mini Bone, and yes, I put the Pantin right on that puppy. :) It needs to be made a bit more comfortable to operate, but that's just a simple part of construction. The 'Safety Mod' on the upper arms of this unit has bolt heads that protrude beyond the shims enough to make some pressure points without gloved hands. I have been meaning to machine them down and smooth them over to a nice contour. That will help a great deal. The Mini Bone tails slack wonderfully. Very smooth and consistent.

There's also a technique to putting slack into the working end that needs to become second nature for the user. Say you need to lengthen your lanyard before setting it on a branch...one hand has to pull the working end out, and the other has to hold the arms of the Mini Bone just right for it to be smooth, otherwise it feels like a fight. The technique is to collapse the top arms a bit, but also hold the bottom arms open as well...sort of pulling on both the upper and lower arms equally without any climber weight on it. Once you load up and position, your weight in the system allows for operation with the upper arms only.

I am realizing now that perhaps I shouldn't have snubbed off the lower arms on my Bone. When collapsing the uppers, they used to push down on the lowers to help it all release. Now they don't touch the same, and it makes for trickier movement of the Bone along the line when relocating to another union, especially when advancing to a higher union. Say you pass your rope over the higher union, and it's within reach to slide the Bone up and over and reconnect to your bridge...that sliding process is much more finicky now. I think I want to go back to the original spec. Anyone with a double snub want to chime in on that?...Mike, Tyler?
 
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TylerHoffman said:
Brought the Bone back to origional today after feeling like I was creating a "weak link" with the swivel. The swivel worked awesome but didn't feel it was necessary. Climbed with it for a little and feel it works best the way it comes.

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Someone has a Splicing Table!!!
 
Tuebor said:
Would the mini-BDB work with 9 mm? And on the other end, what's the thickest it could handle?
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10mm is the upper limit. I will have to try it on 9mm. That might be great, depending on the rope's construction. I'll give it a shot as soon as I can and let you know. What cordage were you thinking of using?
 
I've got many things to learn from that vid. Thanks for sharing!

Also, I am now convinced more than ever that I ought to make up some thimble loops.....and consider another bone purchase...
 
Yeah? Honestly I haven't looked in to it at all, but I had always assumed that there was an end for end splice instruction for this. Thanks for the heads up. I'll post in the rack to take advantage of the collective knowledge.
 
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