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  1. kevin bingham
    This is good for lighter heavier rigging
  2. kevin bingham
    This can be a usefull application of the wrench for smaller in tree rigging applications where you need friction for lowering but no friction for lifting or getting your rope back.
  3. kevin bingham
    I have come to think of what we do less as climbing and more of work positioning. That's the way all of the standards are written. That breaks us from the fascination form ascending and descending to an emphasis on how we achieve body position to do work in a 3d environment. .
  4. kevin bingham
    I like using two static lines all the time. If your using frictionless systems you don't really have to tend either. I'm still amazed at the places I can go and the positioning I can achieve. With the lanyard you can get suspended in air, solid positioning which is too much fun.
  5. kevin bingham
    It takes very small adjustments to stop the creep. You want to get it so it doesn't slide but barely. If you make it too tight, it will be hard to descend
  6. kevin bingham
    on worn in kern master I have the bollard wide open. it that where you have it?
  7. kevin bingham
    Have you tried epi cord yet? I've been hearing people rave about it.
  8. kevin bingham
    Maybe try the zk2!
  9. kevin bingham
    One of the mistakes begginer runner users do is use only the beak of the bird for descent. This will cause the runner to seem jumpy and "all or nothing." The trick is to apply very slight pressure to the beak of the bird to start moving and control speed using the rear of the bird, pressing down on the tether to control the second bollard. You want to control both friction points together and you can get superb control.
  10. kevin bingham
    These are now available for everyone from treestuff.com
  11. kevin bingham
    Available now from treestuff.com Buy now will be delivered in march.
  12. kevin bingham
    I completely lost track, I wrote in my sprat book like three times. But I pretty much use two ropes most of the time. Is my habit now and the times that I have brown up one rope I have missed having my second. I ditch it in the tree sometimes but for the most part I am tied in twice.
  13. kevin bingham
    Was doing a big removal yesterday and I found that I really appreciated not being tied into the lead I was cutting on. Was cutting large weighted limbs and the chance of barber chairs and funky twists and the unpredictable made it nice to have good work positioning suspended near my cutting but not a part of it. I hate being lanyarded in and feeling like my avenues of escape are limited
  14. kevin bingham
    TreeStuff.com Jambo: Following Kevin Bingham: The footage of my climbing style is limited. Some shots of my ascent. A bit of alternating redirects as well. I ended up with third in this comp which was 4 trees with a bunch of bells to ring
  15. kevin bingham
    Yes for sure! I have always been very poorly disciplined when it comes to lanyard use though. Never gotten me into trouble but I have developed poor habits. I would prefer just to get cutting. I usually set my base ties so they are apart from one another. If my lines are parallel, I will put a little slack in one before cutting. I think it much harder to cut a slack line than a taught one. My conclusion has been it is easier to be disciplined with two lines than just one line. If I were to race myself with one line and a lanyard and making sure I used it for every cut, climbing with two lines is way way faster. I used to just go to town and use my lanyard just for when needed for work positioning. That is poor practice but very fast, especially dangerous when working with a base tie. This has been my way of becoming a more disciplined safer climber
  16. kevin bingham
    I do normally set both lines through one crotch that I am 100% sure about. I often end up redirecting one of my lines through a higher crotch that I am 90% sure about. This is true for all my redirects as I go through the tree. As for taking a fall, we don't wear full body harnesses bur we could easily if you chose to. I rock climbed for many years and took all kinds of long falls in a harness much smaller and less comfortable than my current harness. I would wear my tree harness in a fall any day although I don't plan on it!
  17. kevin bingham
    Yes, I approach every tree with this in mind. Although I have found that backup devices just get in the way. It is better to use two working devices so that both ropes can be used to work the tree. This makes the second rope not just a burden but absolutely functional and helpful. I recently competed in or chapter competition staying tied in to two different lines for the areal rescue, the work climb, and the master's challenge and won. It did not slow me down but helped me maintain great work angles as well as having an extra margin of safety at all times.
  18. kevin bingham
    I think in the future the emphasis will be on climbing on devices that don't crash your body and the rope can be as static as you want. A device that starts to slide at around 400 lbs feels like a pillow regardless of how static the rope is
  19. kevin bingham
    I find that with base anchors you have twice as much rope in the system so twice as much stretch as well as flex from the tree coming into play. I like my ropes as static as possible without losing suppleness. I like being able to tie a knot in my rope.
  20. kevin bingham
    Adam do you find the HH and rw to run about the same on kern?
  21. kevin bingham
    Intrresting!
  22. kevin bingham
    The ring off a busted up throwbag!
  23. kevin bingham
    0 ropes = free climbing 1 rope = single rope technique 2 rope = double rope technique 1 rope doubled = doubled rope technique ddrt. (A specific style of SRtechnique among many). The whole WP is Wierd to me because climbing is climbing. Work positioning is being stationary and working
  24. kevin bingham
    DRT: I have since found two swivels is critical. This was a Siberian Elm between the primarys, over two garages and four service drops and other cable lines and phone lines.
  25. kevin bingham
    What's your favorite?

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