Sawpod Press Release - Announcing the new Throwpod

[TonyDarbyshire]

The Throwpod being used for real! Marcus at the German ISA comp at the weekend!

[Adam Bourne]

The Throwpod being used for real! Marcus at the German ISA comp at the weekend!

 

How did they do in the comp mate? Marcus and the throwpod I mean? Was Marcus the only user?

 

 

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[TonyDarbyshire]

How did they do in the comp mate? Marcus and the throwpod I mean? Was Marcus the only user?

 

 

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Both boys did very well, it being their first international climbing comp. You'll have to ask them their positioning! They are both in action again at Highclere at the UK comp. Marcus used his Throwpod in the rescue part of the comp!

[BenR]

Hi Tony, Just wondering what sort of height you can get with 8oz and a bigshot with a trigger. A couple of friends and I are off to Indonesia climbing trees in the rainforest. We are not allowed a crossbow apparently so its the bigshot and a trigger. We were hoping for 50m shots.

[Tree Machine]

I didn't buy myself one because I thought the lack of a nose loop would cost me too much time whilst setting pull lines in forest trees, but I think I've come up with a solution since!

 

This is an issue I need solving. Long ago I went to eye terminations in my ropes. The picture shows a 10 oz Harrison Rocket snuggled up to a mini spring gate biner.

 

I have lived so long with offing the bag, and onning the rope in one single, one-second motion with climbing gloves on, then projectile off and bag back on in one second. I miss this swiftness, and though I have found new advantages in the throwpod, having to take my gloves off to tie hitches or knots in small stuff is not where I want to be spending any time, but like Bolam, I am looking for a solution.

 

[Tree Machine]

But that is my only complaint, and that is really rather small.

 

Here's a sweet advantage, and this goes along with the other guys who are finding phenomenal control with the Throwpod in working the device through the crown, whether pulling a fouled shot or tracing your line back down.

 

Here is something entertaining to try and make work for yourself. I find this to be a MAJOR advantage over any other bag or weight. I think I can describe why this works so well. This will take a few pictures:

 

 

We've all had the situation where we need to just crawl the weight over top of whatever its draped over so it will just drop over, not be flung back and over too far. These were really challenging pictures holding the shotline with one hand and the camera with the other, but I think these pictures really show what is happening.

 

 

Here is what I think is going on. As the Throwpod is gently crested over the limb the Thropod's elongated eye is pulled over top, just below the eye becomes a fulcrum point. Pull a little more and the stiff, smooth, tapered form tilts, slides, inverts and drops over, like in as slow-a-motion as you like. Like buttah. This is really quite difficult to do with a bag over a small-diameter limb because a floppy, contour-changing surface does not give a point of pivot. I love this new element of control. Like going from an acoustic guitar to an electric guitar, or from rack and pinion steering to power steering. Different in an overall easier way while still achieving essentially the same goal. I'll take easier any day.

 

[Tree Machine]

Answering this question:

Great photo by the way TreeMachine...the bar hoder in the old workbench. excellent picture! is your line wound around an old wheeltrim?

 

It is a shotline winder designed specifically for managing and stowing throwing line, available at Treestuff.com

 

Look how the Throwpod lays in there with the reel upside down. I have found this combo to be very practical together.

 

 

That is nice, as I store the reel upside down, on the underside of a shelf so it is always within reach and never in the way of anything.

 

I use the reel because you can fire 80 foot shots directly off the reel*, rarely if ever a tangle and line is retrieved at 10 feet per second. Cubes justr don't do that. This is part of the reason I enjoy linesetting so much, not just the accuracy, but the streamlined management of the line itself, tangles and line stuffing is pretty much a thing of the past. I still keep a cube on board, though.

 

 

P.S. Not an old workbench. This is my mobile unit. It's what I roll with.

 

 

* using 1.75 mm Dyneema

[Adam Bourne]

I had a dream last night that I made a coat/jacket for the throwpod!!!

 

It went over snug and tight with a ring in the end and sipped and velcro'd up!!!! Or was that something else????

 

Anyway it was really cool

 

 

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[silky fox]

Treemachine...fantastic pictures!...and a great explanation...Adam...

[TonyDarbyshire]

Hi Tony, Just wondering what sort of height you can get with 8oz and a bigshot with a trigger. A couple of friends and I are off to Indonesia climbing trees in the rainforest. We are not allowed a crossbow apparently so its the bigshot and a trigger. We were hoping for 50m shots.

Ben - if you use fishing line you'll get it a lot higher!! Or just a really light line like the Petzl airline or Stein Hot Pink! (but that is only 50m) Where are you off to in Indonesia, not anywhere near the Orangutans are you? Our links are with the guys in Borneo. Let us know how you get on!