DrewB
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hey bro-why does the gopro distort the image so much??
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if you use what you need then it doesnt matter how much you carry. one footlocking strop can do a lot of things to aid you in the tree. As mark said i dont do conny hedges here in NZ, if i did i'd have a lanyard and thats it. different trees demand diff gear but its good to have the "staples" on that you can depend on.
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imagine falling on a short bit of rope-it will hurt as no stretch. imagine falling on a 100m rope, more stretch equals less pain.
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Get cannings to get you some glued get shrink bro.. I'm probably going to have to buy some cougar as 10% of the price goes into the Scott Forrest legends foundation.
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Not sure about dynaglide but stable braid is super ez. On that 24mm I've done massive long burys as I know it's going to be tested to the hilt with that setup. Bit of a change from 6mmOV that's for sure. The cougar blue is a real nice tight splice aye, bomber.
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24mm stable braid for the large DMM block and some others from the arvo...
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im pretty sure that redirected pulleys help spread the load..................
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just buy a rw instead bro
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watched HANNA the other night, thought it was really good.
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I like the way they make you stay upright on the rope rather than hang off it like a petzl ascension. the lack of knuckle guard can also be a pain. awesomly tiny. the futura chest ascender is tiny but i think its too small and not as efficent as the croll, the foot futura-i wore mine out in about 2 weeks!
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This help?
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there great but if youve got big hands your thumb can open the cam as you cant lock it in place. I really rate mine though.
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Near the redwoods??
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wow. the bar just got raised a tad..
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hey mark, the poly AP feels exactly the same just a different colour and of course core. sorts out the confusion on what splice to use-100% a class1 db splice. for me it doesnt quite have the feel of OP but it does seem to last a bit longer.
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yep the whole head was dead above the epiphyte bundle hence why we didnt climb above it, it had a real horrible wobble that was not good. we considered it but didnt want to cause anymore damage up there. it had derfinetly lost a couple of meters but it didnt look like it would of lost 10m. would be a very hard tree to measure from the ground due tothe creek...
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Thatll be waipoua forest then David. Really gutted we didn't get chance to catch up but I was away installing lights. Next time though aye:)
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Nah double braid bro.
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Pirongia Ian. It was only 55.62 m so not as big as we were told. Hey Adam, music by the XX.
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Yep that's inferno if memory serves correct.
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climber was tumai leybourn, a top bloke:)
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a small video of climbing nzs tallest (supposedly) kahikatea.. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqbWLtX8MCw]CLIMB EVERYTHING - YouTube[/ame]
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I hear what your saying Pete and actually tried climbing with 2 ropes Ala irata to see if it worked. It was stupid hard to climb!!! The 3d environment means its twisting and tangling etc. in my mind I see no difference between srt and dbrt- it's still only one rope after all. I see no difference between a climbing line and a long lanyard, they both stop me falling if I cut one whilst using both. Whilst I'm 100% behind being as safe as possible and having high quality safe gear, I'd hate rules and regs to stifle innovation from smaller parties who don't have massive funds backing them.
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A lanyard works without a wr..
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Crazy. Oh and a revolver redirect.
