kevin bingham

seems like the whole thing falls apart at requiring one to throw the throw ball twice to get into the tree. thats just never going to happen. I consider myself lucky when I can get one shot. but two????

this is a good example of the the way we roll with the rig n wrench. double whip set up

for me, the main advantage of the rig n wrench is the ability to lift loads and lower them with control. I am unconcerned with the loads at the rigging point or on the tree as a benefit of Ariel rigging. I mean it could be a benefit but one that has never crossed my mind. my rigging points and equipment should be strong enough that 2x or even 3x should not matter. I personally like more rope in the system than anything. especially for negative rigging. however, the ability to tip tie pieces and raise them has been an absolute game changer to my rigging.. as for adjustability of the wrench the best method I've found is change ropes. if your doing a pruning go with a 11 mm double braid, it will give you moderate friction but don't expect to take big peices. if your going for a larger removal go for a fat 16 stand. why would you be taking small chunks anyway? for going bigger I change it into a double whip set up that also doubles the pulling ability. being able to tip tie prices in tight quarters with wires and rooves around is awesome. if your doing a huge removal, bring out the grcs.

so then don't complain about the spread of extremist saudi funded extremist Islam! Your right that our lifestyle has been made quite good by this arrangement with the extremists. Quadafi and Hussein were a lot of things but extremist islamists they were not. The Saudis are. Imagine that in the 60s mini skirts were worn in Jeddah! We are complicit in the repression of these people. but it has worked out well for us for the most part, aside from a few terrorist attacks here and there.

and your post sums up my point precisesly. of course there are brutal bits of history everywhere. but the whole line of this thread is that muslims are somehow by nature worse humans than others. and should be weeded out. I live in a community in the states with a large population of people from the middle east. I am glad they are here. they are customers, friends, and they make this place better. My perspective only but I do feel obligated to say something when I hear things that would marginalize my neighbors. There is a lot of this conversation here as well. Our president was elected in large part by citing fear against my neighbors.

lol. thanks! for what its worth, I dont think we can as a society (im american and so the perspective is a bit different) prop up a wahibist extremist cult in saudi arabia to protect our oil supply, fund the taliban and give them a **** ton of weapons to fight the communists and then complain about the very extremists we have helped cultivate. keep your hands out of other peoples pockets or dont be suprised when they turn around and punch you in the mouth.

100 years of consciously planned division in the Middle East | MO* you reap what you sow. you make your own bed. We have been propping up an extremist cult regime in saudi in order to have energy security. This article is a good read. Its about the middle east but also applies to pakistan. The brits used caste and religious divisions to their advantage to rule the sub continent. Pakistan was dreamed up over a lunch break and millions died in the ensuing chaos. never has recovered. Like, what do you think would happen if someone were to arbitrarily draw up a new country in the north of ireland based on religion? people would get pissed and start throwing bombs right?

nice!

Hmm all those places have in common a long history of the british and others (russians, americans...) wandering around over there ******* around drawing borders and ripping off all the valuables? maybe that has something to do with a bit of anger? Maybe not.

i have simarghu tethers on my wrenches. for what its worth...

i love this idea. there has got to be a way yo set that up. i wonder how it would chanve things. it might throw off the whole balance of things.

ah, sadly your probably right. it was the winning formula in our election over here and may well be in france as well today. mainly because of voters well below the 100 IQ mark however.

Ha! you pie eaters should have thought of that before spending the last four centuries colonizing and exporting your oh so refined culture over 3/4 of the globe.... what goes around comes around... or you reap what you sow... or something like that. anglosphere my ass. get a life bro.

the wrench would have to weigh several pounds for that to be an issue I beleive.

One of the side effects of this may be a reevaluation of the figure eight for use in tree climbing systems. Currently eights, if they are certified are certified under ce 795 for anchors, or 12278 for pulleys. There is no specific CE for friction brakes as far as I have found. I am curious to see how the industry reacts to not being able to descend from a standard footlock.