Tips and Tricks

[Burrapeg]

A number of people recommended a Shakespeare 1837 to me for this. They look a bit thicker and maybe heavier than the one above but might hold a bit more line. There were a number of them on eBay when I looked last, for around $20. I have a couple and I got about 60 feet of relatively heavy line onto each of them. They come apart rather easy too, to clean or load line, just one big screw on the back that a Yank dime fits.

 

[Burrapeg]

Eine Kleine Nacht Traverse

Has anyone mentioned Moss's gear buggy in this tips thread? He sent a link to some photos of several variations of it over in the Eine Kleine Nacht Traverse thread under Rec Tree Climbing. It is a very clever solution for any of us who can't hike very far with the weight of the gear on our backs. I have some intermittent sciatica acting up now in my sixties and it really hurts if I hike any distance with a backpack or any significant weight in hand. Moss's buggy uses small enough wheels that it even breaks down and fits into luggage. It will hold an astonishing amount of weight, like the total gear for a group climb. The pairs of wheels can be sourced for next to nothing at recycle yards and boot/yard sales, from things like the three-wheel baby buggies one sees now. I have a pair here somewhere off a big golf caddy (if I can find them) and I should have a Moss Buggy finished in time for the first decent Spring weather!

 

[Santiago Casanova]

Cut up bicycle tire tubes make great corner traps for Carabiners.

This thread is as good as gold. So many great ideas.

I know some of my favorites include magnets for holding down a tarp, laundry basket for throw line, hard drive magnets wrapped in leather, tires to protect concrete or pavers, gatoraid nipple on the oil jug, soldering iron for rope repair, ethanol free gas locator (a must in order to get any longevity out of small engines), speedy stitcher (the real one is made in the US, hazard frought's version is chinese) and cabling with a laser for measurements.

I could keep going but I think everybody else gets it too.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

Nick via Jerry Beranek

Hell, much of what we do (and claim to have invented) is via Jerry.

 

[FreeFallin]

Cut up bicycle tire tubes make great corner traps for Carabiners.

Pardon my ignorance, but for me and others sharing my lack of experience - what is a corner trap and when would you deploy it?

 

[Santiago Casanova]

Pardon my ignorance, but for me and others sharing my lack of experience - what is a corner trap and when would you deploy it?

It is standard equipment for a corner hunter.

Actually, it goes on a carabiner to keep the rope in the corner.

 

[FreeFallin]

It is standard equipment for a corner hunter.

Actually, it goes on a carabiner to keep the rope in the corner.

Ah, I get it, so using the bike tube to make something like this

As an on demand version of something like this


As opposed to other forms of corner traps, like this

 

[Santiago Casanova]

Hell, much of what we do (and claim to have invented) is via Jerry.

OK, you convinced me. I just bought the pdf of the fundamentals.

 

[jmaher]

Hell, much of what we do (and claim to have invented) is via Jerry.

Love this comment. This is why we buy YOUR stuff, richard. Classy move with the whole self awareness thing; seems lacking nowadays.

 

[theatertech87]

A couple quick tips I've been hoarding. Well not really, just never thought to share them.

A quick piece of stiff wire (in this case cut off primary) bent and attached to the top of tool box doors makes a great place to hang slings and other things that are compact and you want easy access to. In this case a riggin wrench, some redirects and speedline slings, a throw hook etc.

Secondly is the newer altec trucks come with a drawer that is more or less useless in the tool box. That is, until you add a plywood top to it so it becomes a work bench! It's at the perfect height for cleaning saws and bars on site (unfortunately it's awkward sharpening a saw) or any other stuff you want to do. A small magnetic parts holder keeps things from getting dropped, and the top of the box is a handy place to set larger items when you're not using them.

 

[Matthew D Posey]

For perfectly cut rope tails every time, electrical tape and an angle grinder. Cuts and cauterizes all in one step!

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[Tom Dunlap]

The last chapter in Brion Toss's knot book is about the end of the rope ...at the end of the book. He calls a melted end termination a Butane Backsplice Kind of like what you have

When I use electrical tape to secure the end but don't melt it I call it a 3M Back Splice...being from minnesota and all

 

[Burrapeg]

For perfectly cut rope tails every time, electrical tape and an angle grinder. Cuts and cauterizes all in one step!

Clever!!!! Hey, welcome to the Buzz, Matthew. Great bunch of chaps here, loads of experience and knowledge to share.

 

[Matthew D Posey]

Clever!!!! Hey, welcome to the Buzz, Matthew. Great bunch of chaps here, loads of experience and knowledge to share.

Thanks! I'm only a few years into the game, stoked to learn from y'all!

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[Burrapeg]

Thanks! I'm only a few years into the game, stoked to learn from y'all!

I am sort of a newbie myself. I started climbing back in the Seventies, cranes, drilling rigs, ships rigging work, etc. but not trees. And, OMG, it was really Old School. I am talking prickly manila rope, clunky galvanized hardware, horrible leather harness that left you hardly able to walk afterwards. So now, semi-retired, what a pleasure to see all this fantastic new gear! And I can climb for fun, no pressure from a boss yelling at me to hurry up. It looks like a real explosion of innovation with climbing on rope happening right now and a lot of that innovation is with some of the guys right here on this forum. Look for their youTube videos. It is the next best thing to being there with them in person.

 

[Matthew D Posey]

I am sort of a newbie myself. I started climbing back in the Seventies, cranes, drilling rigs, ships rigging work, etc. but not trees. And, OMG, it was really Old School. I am talking prickly manila rope, clunky galvanized hardware, horrible leather harness that left you hardly able to walk afterwards. So now, semi-retired, what a pleasure to see all this fantastic new gear! And I can climb for fun, no pressure from a boss yelling at me to hurry up. It looks like a real explosion of innovation with climbing on rope happening right now and a lot of that innovation is with some of the guys right here on this forum. Look for their youTube videos. It is the next best thing to being there with them in person.

That's awesome! Some experience with three

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[Crimsonking]

Just messing around at the house to make a clip-in knee ascender, and accidentally came up with my own little infinity loop with just a rope jacket tied in a loop with a grapevine (double overhand) knot. It worked fairly easily once I figured out the sequence of tighten this, loosen that. Plus, it won’t be coming off by accident or catching any branches.



What better way to recycle some old rope?

 

[Brocky]

Great idea! Plus it has the chicken loop around your ankle to help hold it in place.

 

[CanadianStan]

Just messing around at the house to make a clip-in knee ascender, and accidentally came up with my own little infinity loop with just a rope jacket tied in a loop with a grapevine (double overhand) knot. It worked fairly easily once I figured out the sequence of tighten this, loosen that. Plus, it won’t be coming off by accident or catching any branches.

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What better way to recycle some old rope?

Genius!

 

[JMerritt]

How did you get it to fit so snug on the boot? Did you tie it in place or just worked it on?