so no more marbars

[Jeff_Cochran]

i'm putting down the marbars and any other mechanical ascenders that i have for two years. it is going to be painful but i'm going to be a footlocking king before long.

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

for what reason? just curious

 

[cashmoneytreeboy]

good luck

 

[familytree]

Have fun with that.

I put away my foot locking prussik awhile ago and opted for a pantin in it's place. Yea, I might suck at footlocking for competitions but competitions don't pay my bills every month.

 

[flyingsquirrel25]

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Have fun with that.

competitions don't pay my bills every month.

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Or the Bill for the Advil

 

[rfwoodvt]

Are your MarBars for sale?

 

[GibsonTreeCare]

giver 'er man, give 'er hard!!!!!!!!

 

[banjo]

Footlock.

 

[blakeaferd]

Yessss!!! I love footlocking, im not a fan of ascenders...except the odd all day climb, then i might use a pantin.

 

[dandandatreeman]

I liked to footlock too, but I am with familytree. I was doing it at work before I got my frog walker set up.....My boss don't care for that either, so we just oldschool it. He said it took me twice as long to trim, but he was full of it. I had a timer going that said other wise. Kudos to you though!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The little time that might be lost early in a climbing career is more than made up later on when there aren't injuries to nurse. Invest in yourself now and reap the rewards later. This is a simple concept that escapes a lot of people.

 

[Jeff_Cochran]

in two years i'm going srt, ie some sort of rope walker set up. i'm going to old school it for awhile right now though. taken it back to the old school, cause i'm a new fool and its too cool......... sometimes it's best to go back to the basics and practice the fundamentals. set a line fl up, climb tree, set climbing system do work, come down, remove system, and repeat. this all stems from my crappy performance in the master at tntcc. if i would have stuck to the basics and just climbed the tree the way i would have at work, i would have finished all the stations and pulled my gear. instead i finished two stations and pulled my gear. in retrospect it was because: i over thought the tree. so i'm taking it back to the old school for a minute even going to ride a suislide on a short tie off dry crotched just to retrain myself on the fundamentals of rope management and get that back to the old school mentality. i seriously would have eaten this tree on a regular basis, but nerves, over thinking, and lack of trust in my fundamentals caused me not to perform to my potential. for far to long i have relied upon some sort of ascender system be it rope walker, frog walker, mar bars, pantins, or doubled petzels. as wes hopper would say "take a few steps back and think about it, then you'll end up better off than you were before". i'm applying this strategy to alot of different areas off my life right now and it seems to be working well.

 

[TreeCo]

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in two years i'm going srt, ie some sort of rope walker set up. i'm going to old school it for awhile right now though. taken it back to the old school, cause i'm a new fool and its too cool......... sometimes it's best to go back to the basics and practice the fundamentals. set a line fl up, climb tree, set climbing system do work, come down, remove system, and repeat. this all stems from my crappy performance in the master at tntcc. if i would have stuck to the basics and just climbed the tree the way i would have at work, i would have finished all the stations and pulled my gear. instead i finished two stations and pulled my gear. in retrospect it was because: i over thought the tree. so i'm taking it back to the old school for a minute even going to ride a suislide on a short tie off dry crotched just to retrain myself on the fundamentals of rope management and get that back to the old school mentality. i seriously would have eaten this tree on a regular basis, but nerves, over thinking, and lack of trust in my fundamentals caused me not to perform to my potential. for far to long i have relied upon some sort of ascender system be it rope walker, frog walker, mar bars, pantins, or doubled petzels. as wes hopper would say "take a few steps back and think about it, then you'll end up better off than you were before". i'm applying this strategy to alot of different areas off my life right now and it seems to be working well.

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Good God man.....you are getting some of the best advice possible .........listen up!

 

[Jeff_Cochran]

nah rick i'm still going to use them when i train new climbers or take people who don't climb into the tree. they are great for beginners.

 

[Jeff_Cochran]

yeah tree co..... i'm listening for once and listening good.

 

[Jeff_Cochran]

ohhh yeah for got to mention that i'm putting the big shot away too.

 

[niceviews]

more props to ya

 

[dandandatreeman]

Just got my Big Shot and I love it. Just started SRT(Frog style system, and F8 variation) and I love it too! I don't do comps so all the best to you! I think that you will find your path. It sounds like you might have syched yourself out IMO. Also sounds like you know your stuff. How many times have you competed? If you have done good in the past that was the past....Just climb man the rest will come with it. You over thought the tree....so No Brain just do it. Hope you kick some butt the next time around!

 

[Jeff_Cochran]

thanks dan thats what i plan on doing. just want to be consistent and well versed in my fundamentals. than i'm going to start reapplying the right gear in the right spots.

 

[treewhitelock]

I will spank your footlock time, so you better practice up.