brydan
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It seems like there would be a decent market for Arborist style multicenders in other disciplines that use smaller rope diameters. I'd be all over a 9mm compatible device.
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brydan
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moss
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Cool stuff, pricey!
Cereal_Killer
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Take saddle hunters retailers ideas with a grain of salt man. I have a buddy who's super into it and was showing me his gear he purchased from a saddle hunting specific vendor. So unsafe it made me cringe and I immediately took it apart and retied: a double fisherman's loop with absolutely ZERO tail coming out of either end of the double fisherman's! The ends were hot knifed / burned even with the knot, almost down inside the knot as they do with their bow release D loops.
I could not believe it came from a reputable (in that field) vendor. I asked him to send me pics of all new gear he gets before using it from now on...
Tl;Dr saddle hunting vendors may not be a good place to get ideas from if they can't handle basics like making a safe double fisherman's loop.
I’ve recently have been viewing a saddlehunters forum, and you’re right a lot of dangerous ideas floating around. Someone was wondering about using 6mm accessory as a bridge! They have also made up a lot of different names for gear and rope work, which gets confusing.
How they didn’t use the more alliteratively alluring term of harness hunters is also perplexing!
How they didn’t use the more alliteratively alluring term of harness hunters is also perplexing!
Cereal_Killer
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These are the same people that use toothed ascenders as primary fall arrest with a 6' loop of slack in their system...
moss
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- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
Ha! There is this idea that when people are focused on a particular “activity”, aerial deer hunting for example, that they really don’t want to invest much time, money or energy into what’s keeping them in the tree. That’s a much lower priority than the objective at hand, getting a deer.
Reminds me of the many homeowners I see running saws on their property, no lid, no eye/ear protection, no chaps. It’s because “I’m not a professional so I don’t need all that expensive crap”. Likewise the deer hunter on a 6mm harness bridge. It’s a classic human failure of logic and prioritization.
-AJ
How about Hovering Harness Harvester?
Not treating trees ethically is also widespread, spurs, screw in steps, clear cutting up to hunting spot, etc.
brydan
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Believe it or not it's better now than it was ~8 yrs ago when I first started using my work kit to hunt. The stuff guys were doing would make your hair curl. Try to help keep them from killing themselves and get shouted at by a mob climbimg on wire gate carabiners.
I walked away from those forums when some self proclaimed rescue expert was advocating DdRT on 5mm cord!!
I walked away from those forums when some self proclaimed rescue expert was advocating DdRT on 5mm cord!!
SomethingWitty
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I'd rock a 6mm nylon bridge for a two month season and change it every year.
moss
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- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
So easy to double say 6mm New England Ropes tech cord for a hunting harness bridge. Bomber is always nice where life support is concerned.
-AJ
Cereal_Killer
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My hipster just got here. It's smooth, both as intended on a lanyard and SRT on an HH2!
SomethingWitty
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Wait, but do hunters give the flexing that destroys technora? I don't picture it being as big of an ordeal. I bet a month of hunting doesn't have as much pivoting as a few days of production climbing.
moss
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- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
Oh damn! I’m cut-off, double triple probation, no more advice given for two weeks, plus must perform 6 hours of remedial reading and will write 100x on the chalkboard: “I will not recommend subjecting certain high modulus fibers to repeat flexing under load for life support applications!” Wow!
-AJ
I've been working with a petzl micrograb all summer which doesn't release under load. It was manageable to release 1-2ft at a time in conjunction with a foot ascender but it was tedious and if you released too much at once your foot could get tangled up pretty awkwardly.
My hipster just arrived and it seems like a fantastic option. I've only tried it out in the garage but it's soo small and light.
The hipster feels a lot like the unicender but releases much smoother, maybe they tweaked the geometry? It makes the rope pretty stiff and wiry just like the unicender. It feels very sturdy holding my 200lbs.
I'm not following why you need an extra prussic or HH below it @Brocky does that affect the way it functions?
My hipster just arrived and it seems like a fantastic option. I've only tried it out in the garage but it's soo small and light.
The hipster feels a lot like the unicender but releases much smoother, maybe they tweaked the geometry? It makes the rope pretty stiff and wiry just like the unicender. It feels very sturdy holding my 200lbs.
I'm not following why you need an extra prussic or HH below it @Brocky does that affect the way it functions?
