I'm joining the 21st century! No shit.

I’ve wanted to try out the Powerscender since Mike came up with the idea, but can’t get over the vision of sticking myself and seems like I remember they’re only for steel units not the aluminum geckos I got

The rain was coming in sheets today
 
Ran a skidder for one summer. No one told me I should try and keep it to as few paths as possible. When the forester came, I got bumped to choker settter. I liked it better at times. Running a machine in the rain and fog made me tired
 
Thought of you today, Rico. My left thumb tendon in my wrist was a bit swollen, don't know why. If I worked today climbing trees, I would have definitely been Wraptoring to let the little pain and swelling heal, rather than inflame.

I'm pretty sure the ascender to accompany your spurs is a Wraptor. Of course, I'd never work off the wraptor and have my spurs and flipline almost just for positioning. That would be against the manufacturer's statement of intended use. Every once in a while one comes up used. Posting a WTBuy would facilitate it.

I don't know the longevity on the Rollglis modified power-ascenders, but that's a 'poor man's wraptor'. Have you read that thread?
 
I bought 2 rollglis and have wraptor if you are interested in trying them out. I would sell a rollglis not the wraptor.

Never crossed my simple mind to cover my spur... if only I was as sharp as my spurs
 
Flex Abednego said:
Dan, how’s it going? Do you cover your Powerspur as well?
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Hey Nic, going good. You? I don’t cover the spurs, I use them for balance. I’ve never had a problem, never stabbed myself. I usually go straight to my tie in and reset with a canopy anchor but I’ll clip in and out of the ascenders several times on the way , sometimes it’s easier to cut a limb that’s in your way if you have a little slack in your rope and it just takes a second to unclip. a lot of times I’ll switch to a shorter rope when I get to the top if I don’t want a bunch of rope on the ground. When I first got the powerscender I thought it would get in the way because it sticks out a bit but it really doesn’t. I’m convinced it’s one of the greatest climbing aids out there, thanks @MikePowers321. Along with the inline mechanicals.
 
Z'sTrees said:
The powerscender works well for me. I have the other side attachment for my saka as well. Honestly I hardly ever hike up alot of my removals anymore.
For conifers, shoot a line, base tie, fly up and set a choked anchor with just enough rope to reach the ground (coil the rest at the TIP), descend and work the tree back up.
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Hey, Z's Trees! I hope you don't mind a newbie-like question. What is your reason for going up, down, and up again, in order to utilize a canopy tie in your climbing? Is it to eliminate the hidden "down-leg" of the base-tied setup because it might be too easy to accidently cut it when reaching around the tree with a chainsaw? Or maybe to put it out of reach of people on the ground who might attempt to try to kill you by cutting your rope, either out of ignorance or on purpose? I'm just trying to understand the mindset of an experienced climber like yourself who chooses to do that extra work to set up a canopy tie. My last guess would be to possibly eliminate the doubling of forces on the primary suspension point, but I'd be thinking that would be a smaller consideration than the first two possibilities I mentioned. Thanks for your help.

Tim
 
There are still other options too. I think that kiwiklimbers makes one for buckingham (I think bartlettman still sells them), as well as david coker, like @swingdude mentioned.

Depending on what knee ascender you get, you can purchase the additional clip in point as well (or put a loop of thin cordage between your gaff screws if you want to save some money). Some kind of gaff protection will give you peace of mind when using them in a rope walking system (especially if your just learning this kind of SRT ascent)

And I know you have some long ascents ahead of you Rico ;) Beautiful out there.
 
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