Matt Cornell Rope Saddle

The leg pads for me didn't move at all with the size one pads on the size 1 harness I tried for a few days. I had bought a size 2 and the size 2 leg beads pads and we're all over the place on every climb. I have since gotten the size one pads for my size two saddle. Easy switch. Feels more comfortable but I'll be climbing in the updated saddle for the first time tomorrow. It was also nearly impossible to get my boots through the leg loops with the larger pads. Now with the smaller pads it's easy easy. Tree stuff listens. I think the new size option came from JB's post on Facebook. Nick listened to a few of us talking about the issues and immediately took steps to make it rite. Good job treestuff.
 
IDK....size 1 saddle, size 1 pads and they migrate for me without knots (and I'm not a small guy...second to last grommet on the belt). Maybe I've got the leg loops looser than some, maybe I'm not as smooth with my rope walking system. Who knows.

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I'm in the process of dropping pounds and inches off my waist, so I'm not. I'll be down from a 36" waist to a 32" waist by the end of August.

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Good for you. I'm at my weight I'm supposed to be at. Have only fluctuated about 5 pounds in 10 years. Now that doesn't count the 25 I lost when my wife and son died but that's only cause I didn't eat for a long time. Funny how stress is the ultimate weight loss trick. I weigh myself about 2 times a month and it's always within 5 pounds. I was kind of counting on blue bell ice cream coming back but that didn't work out. Lol. Really I was just worried about adjusting for winter bulk clothing.
 
I hear you. Personally, my weight is so far from static. I drop 20 pounds each summer and gain it back every winter. I guess it's the heat. I used to fight it....now I just don't care.

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Oh man. Several people died from listeria. We just had a new plant built in my town and now its closed. They thought they could come back from it but it turns out there may have been a cover up about work place practices and other possible deaths. Bad stuff. It was by far the best ice cream out there. Thanks for diging up an old wound Levi, excuse me while I go weep! I love my ice cream.
 
It has been a rough blue bell less summer so far. If they don't come back, half gallons of ice cream may never be seen again.

Bee having to eat a lot more schwanns ice cream sandwiches.
 
Steve Connally said:
Oh man. Several people died from listeria. We just had a new plant built in my town and now its closed. They thought they could come back from it but it turns out there may have been a cover up about work place practices and other possible deaths. Bad stuff. It was by far the best ice cream out there. Thanks for diging up an old wound Levi, excuse me while I go weep! I love my ice cream.
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Penn State Creamery ice cream. Best in the world and still in real half gallon containers. Shipped anywhere for a price. Ben and Jerry learned to make ice cream at Penn State. My daughter shipped me 3 half gallons of my favorite last Christmas. It was heaven.
 
I was thinking about whipping the ends of the rope on the saddle. It doesn't look too hard to do I guess you just need the whipping twine and a sailmakers needle? Treestuff has some cool colored whipping twine. I could do it green like the load bearing rings. Wish they had purple. That's the color of all my gear marking because nobody wants purple lol. Is the number 4 twine the rite size and the small needle ok for this?
 
Whipping the ends would obviously not be for life support.
(i.e. it's not for monitoring & keeping a splice in place.)

It's just to keep the rope from fraying & dress.
Therefore, it doesn't need to be splicing quality, polyester whipping twine.

Several suggestions:
Contact "JoAnn Fabrics", & other sewing stores, etc.
Upholstery repair shop (they would need to frequently color match)

http://www.packandseal.com/c-378-color-poly-twine.aspx
(looks like purple to me ............... ;-)

If you want it to be tacky (like normal whipping twine), draw it thru a small chuck of bee's wax.

per Knot & Rope Supply:

http://www.knotandrope.com/Store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=732#.VZJorvlViko

"This is a product called whipping twine and it is used to wrap the ends of rope to keep them from becoming unraveled. The whipping twine is unique because it is waxed and comes in some real nice standout colors. The wax on the twine provides two big benefits. First, it allows the twine to pass through the rope nice and smooth, and secondly, the wax on the twine allows the final whipped assembly to sort of "weld" together and hold tight when you are done.
This is some real nice stuff, the best we have seen. "

  • 6 color choices - Red - Blue - Green - Gold - Black - White
  • 134 feet on a spool
  • This size is best for ropes in the 3/8 to 3/4 range. Anything bigger would need either a #8 or #16 twine.
If you are going to be whipping arborist ropes (like the 16 or 24 strand rope) then this is the whipping twine to use.

Whipping Twine Sizes:

http://www.marlowropes.com/industrial-products/whipping-twine-ind.html
 
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Steve Connally said:
The leg pads for me didn't move at all with the size one pads on the size 1 harness I tried for a few days. I had bought a size 2 and the size 2 leg beads pads and we're all over the place on every climb. I have since gotten the size one pads for my size two saddle. Easy switch. Feels more comfortable but I'll be climbing in the updated saddle for the first time tomorrow. It was also nearly impossible to get my boots through the leg loops with the larger pads. Now with the smaller pads it's easy easy. Tree stuff listens. I think the new size option came from JB's post on Facebook. Nick listened to a few of us talking about the issues and immediately took steps to make it rite. Good job treestuff.
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Good job, Nick.
 
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