One thing I've found very interesting over the last couple of months after the initial buzz of playing around with the treeMOTION is the possibility of really customizing the gear rack to suit my personal needs. Also seeing how other people store their gear. Or what people take with them, come to that.
At the Arb Association show a couple of months back in Cirencester Chris, Richard Almond and Paul Howard did a really interesting talk about the rationale of what you carry with you on your harness. There's actually loads you can talk about... when I'm not butting in, that is
I was thinking today about how one of the first things I used to do upon getting a new harness was stitching on loads of webbing, nylon D-rings and what-have-you. Obviously treeMOTION offers options here... not meaing to sound like I'm plugging here - which, mind you, I suppose I am.
I think one of my main criteria for what goes on the harness is multi-functionality. Also I carry with me the wherewithall for a basic rescue. I don't really subscribe to the as-light-as-possible school of thought. One the one hand due to personal preference, on the other hand because I found that often I' be missing a necessary piece of kit once in the tree. I draw the line a duck tape though. When I first met Knut Foppe, whom many of you probably know, who has been doing training and workshops for ages and is rather a lovely person, one of the things on
his harness was a roll of duck tape. I was young and impressionabel, well... actually make that young-er and more impressionable, and I didn't want to make a fool of myself asking him why.
So I still wonder today what it was for. Ho-hum.
Anyway, I digress, attached a pic of the basic kit on my harness...
