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curious to know if Baobabs have a strong smell?

I reckon those protectors would trap debris. For the price of a couple metres of tenex jst go bareback Paul!

I've been using a throwpod for 4 months. It's cool. Never got it stuck. Honest. It can bounce on the ground uncontrollably when pulling out a missed throw. I use my harrison close to cars but go for the throwpod anywhere else. It's good for boomeranging (sp) It bounces around limbs nicely. The rubber seems to be holding up.

Dave, your explanations are clear and precise and I see now what Old Mill wanted to say. I dont see it as a problem ergonomically, I find the 1-2 pull and slack tend motion as giving something to balance, but that's me, we all climb differently. I do agree that being able to pull oneself while our tool of choice follows us along the rope is ideal, and it's a tricky one to achieve on a single lined system I also agree tht the HH slack-tends as well as or even better than the Uni. Perhaps better because the Uni goes from tight to loose as it wears, I always liked mine as it wore away a little, I anticipate the HH performing more consistantly. Ive taken a different path and have designed a climbing system based on a friction saver that allows me to fluidly change between 1:1, 2:1 or a re-directed 2:1 (three legs) so if I need assistance from a 'flowing' climbing device I can have it. I'm a little tired of the SRT converts rabbiting on about how bloody great and ergonomic it all is. It's not. Our physical relationship to whatever we do can be ergonomic if we choose it to be....potentially physically detrimental if we do not. I've started footlocking!

Adam said it, the differences are negligable, those that know me on here can vouch that I've climbed with everything, the differences are negligable and my point was that 'slack tending'....movement...has more to do with a body to tree connection than finding the 'sweetest' technical 'bridge' between our body and the tree. Your sentence....ergonomic slack tending sounded so funny, it made me realise how we as climbers miss the bigger point and stare at our navels through gear chat and minor hardware developments. Sorry dude, fire one back at me.....x

This describes vertical or near vertical movement? With the hitch hiker in ddrt set-up? I dont see a difference in the hitch climber or HH. You can do the same thing with both?? A tight or loose hitch means the same thing on either?

Continuing from the Hitch Hiker thread....I asked Old Mill to write more about 'slack tending'....he wrote this: The typical method for HC Pulley climbers on DdRT is to pull down on the rope above the pulley with one hand whilst the other hand simultaneously pulls the slack through the pulley. But if one pulls down towards the feet, the Pulley is drawn down and slack remains in the system creating an amount of sit back. If one pulls the rope upwards and away from the body, the pulley is held up whilst slack is tended through hitch and pulley allowing very little or no sit back. It is this action of pulling the rope upwards that I refer to. The bicep muscle amongst others are used and while it does work, the tighter ones hitch the greater the effort and ones fatigue level. The exact same technique is used for the RW HC combo on SRWP. To tend the Hitch Hiker, one hand pulls down on the rope below the HH whilst the other hand slides the HH up the rope. The effort required to slide the HH up the rope ranges from minimal if you prefer a tighter hitch, to zero if you prefer a loose hitch. The sliding is done close to the body rather than at arms length therefore ergonomically better due to less effort involved. Also, if you happen to be on the Pantin, sliding the HH up is a one handed job.

I'll start a new thread.....

Please elaborate on the ergonomics of slack tending?

Ben, there is a simple re-direct trick to get around this problem. Think of it as a Bracing re-direct. Can you work out how to do it?! It's relavent to bring up single line ideas as the concept of tie-in-point is changing. Primary Suspension Point brings new ideas, a climber can easily learn to use a trees strengths (plural). Sometimes I feel exposed on a single tie in point so I re - think and act accordingly. Bolt, industry legislation gave me a safety net that I try not to fall below but all the improvements and developments came from conversations, forum study and of course my own practice. Ive found myself breaking rules often. New England's The Fly needs an 8:1 bend radius! Climving loads are so low that bend radius really applies to heavy dismantling scenarios, as someone else pointed out.

I like ART products. I wish they would come out with a single line climbing device. Shock absorbancy and slack swallowing are the most important design aspects and ART has it in spades.

What am I missing?? The snakeanchor seems to have no shock absorbancy in its design? I like cougar blue, a splicable and while not static in the sense of kernmantle based strength construction is actually Static with a capital S.

Some clever dude said that stitch/whip should add to the integrity of the splice. So what need we add? Some double braids are soft and there is a high chance of the whole kit and kaboodle sliding out at low loads...Stitch. If a cover can milk up to the neck of a splice then perhaps a crossover may start to fall apart.....Stitch. My double braid splices are soft necked and I always stitch next to the eye, I learnt with Brion Toss's one strand removal, maybe a touch of habit too. I blind stitch and add four stitch's to the outside. I think that eye's should be as clutter free as possible, ID tags and 'pretty' whipping annoy me, it gets in the way with hardware. That's only for db class1.

I finally watched it, nice one Dan and Ian. Arbmansam, I would guess that it can take many more kn than your body could. Im more interested in designing a climbing system that fits our bodies constraints, super high breaking loads steer us off course to a system designed with shock absorbing qualities. I wonder why the lj didnt grab on the longest drop? How high was the person that pushed the load off? Id also like to see the performance with a stiff tether. great stuff!

Is there something on your mind that a drop test would prove or disprove?

Oh...it must not play on the ipad...boo

Where is the video??

It's a huge pity that it didn't stem from years of single rope tree work. The new generation will take a decade to produce someone who can bring single rope work positioning into line with current practice, it's all so reactionary at the moment. I'm positive POSITIVE that we have to develop these ideas away from industrial access, that is the hard pill to swallow. Every climbing tool in my kit bag has been developed for tree work, how about yours?

Teufelberger Platinum's cover is woven into the core every 60 cm. handy for ripping cam's. It displays a similar static for ascent but dynamic for a fall like Yale's kernmaster. ::Teufelberger:news detail view I've been on Donaghys Cougar Blue for a few weeks. Boy, that is one STATIC double braid. I like it alot!

Good to hear, nice one Ben.

Thank you my friend and for the link to neopro too.

Yes, it's a 12mm, unusual for a 16 strand. I like 16 strand rope. It's not a rope for srt certainly but is easy to monitor wear and takes a good bashing with rope on rope systems. I cant bring myself to weigh my ropes but spark and cb seem very light, does anybody have weight specs?

Crap compared to other 16 strand lines or do you mean you prefer double braid as a climb line?

Well my good man you need some Cougar Blue!

Hi Paul, you can find pictures easy and I guess it's not available in the UK although that doesn't stop ya from buying abroad. It's down as an 11.7 i think but feels like velocity...11mm....probably similar to your marlow but smoother jacket and splicable.