guymayor
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Sui-Slide harnesses are allowed but I hope that will be changed by the Z committee.
[/ QUOTE ]I don't like you slanderin' my gear like that buddy. I don't call your harness The Herniator, do I?
"Throwlines stay...no discussion. In the long run they increase effeciency and safety."
A thread in itself--what about the accounts of guys falling after looping around the wrong branch? And what about the collateral damage on say 1" branches on an old elm like I saw in MN once and have seen worse? Manually advancing does minor interior wounding--lesser infection courts. If it's hot, and in the long run, you have a point tho.
"'Obsessing'...not the word that fits. Being particular and balancing the energy and time spent setting a TIP high from the start of the climb against setting low and advancing does pay off."
Many times yes, sometimes no. "Obsessing" fits when the climber is so overly particular about using a particular optional gizmo that efficiency goes out the window. Doesn't happen often maybe, but it does happen.
"How much energy is spent advancing a line? How overheated does the climber become? A simple test and race could be made."
I'll take you on any day, whippersnapper. But I pick the tree and the day! I'll meet you at the brushy maple at sunrise.
"there are more, and louder, fans of the Silky than all others. Are we all fooled?"
maybe. maybe you all just get loud because you are little high on the buzz and the hype. I'm glad you all like em, but easy on the evangelizing, ok?
I also think you have a skewed dataset. Internet posters is not a representative sample.
"Either way, a handsaw is a must...no discussion."
I agree! For pruning I think the scabbard should have a pouch with lightweight ratcheting hand pruners, like Florian's. Considering the reduction in wounding by using those babies, they'd be a must on many trees. Even the vaunted silkless saws cannot cleanly cut small shoots.
"Split tails will increase efficiency...but let's start a new thread to continue that discussion."
O NO not again.
Is tying into the D-rings with only a rope ANSI compliant? I got used to doing it that way from using my tail so much.
OK back to hanging stockings on the chimney with care,
while the dependents snooze. sshhhh
Undergeared by choice, but Still Somewhat Skilled
Sui-Slide harnesses are allowed but I hope that will be changed by the Z committee.
[/ QUOTE ]I don't like you slanderin' my gear like that buddy. I don't call your harness The Herniator, do I?
"Throwlines stay...no discussion. In the long run they increase effeciency and safety."
A thread in itself--what about the accounts of guys falling after looping around the wrong branch? And what about the collateral damage on say 1" branches on an old elm like I saw in MN once and have seen worse? Manually advancing does minor interior wounding--lesser infection courts. If it's hot, and in the long run, you have a point tho.
"'Obsessing'...not the word that fits. Being particular and balancing the energy and time spent setting a TIP high from the start of the climb against setting low and advancing does pay off."
Many times yes, sometimes no. "Obsessing" fits when the climber is so overly particular about using a particular optional gizmo that efficiency goes out the window. Doesn't happen often maybe, but it does happen.
"How much energy is spent advancing a line? How overheated does the climber become? A simple test and race could be made."
I'll take you on any day, whippersnapper. But I pick the tree and the day! I'll meet you at the brushy maple at sunrise.
"there are more, and louder, fans of the Silky than all others. Are we all fooled?"
maybe. maybe you all just get loud because you are little high on the buzz and the hype. I'm glad you all like em, but easy on the evangelizing, ok?
I also think you have a skewed dataset. Internet posters is not a representative sample.
"Either way, a handsaw is a must...no discussion."
I agree! For pruning I think the scabbard should have a pouch with lightweight ratcheting hand pruners, like Florian's. Considering the reduction in wounding by using those babies, they'd be a must on many trees. Even the vaunted silkless saws cannot cleanly cut small shoots.
"Split tails will increase efficiency...but let's start a new thread to continue that discussion."
O NO not again.
Is tying into the D-rings with only a rope ANSI compliant? I got used to doing it that way from using my tail so much.
OK back to hanging stockings on the chimney with care,
while the dependents snooze. sshhhh
Undergeared by choice, but Still Somewhat Skilled
