BenR
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Nice climb and photos! good on ya.
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Something as a spacer between the pulley cheeks, and position the double fishermans at the prussic knot so there is no chance of the knot getting stuck when retrieving through the large maillon.
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What they said!! Took a while to get used to.. Was a bit clunky at first. By the time I get back up a tree I will probably have to get used to it all over again..
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Even with a pulley at the PSP/TIP to reduce the friction when removing a redirect, I will still only leave one redirect in when leaving the tree. There are times when Ive left 2 or 3 in and ive had to footlock on the pulldown line to get the rope moving. I reckon the best option is to just plan your climb so that you only leave one or no redirects in..
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I use a ring anchor with a pulley to help minimise the friction when pulling out with a natural redirect in place.. The problem with the blocked cambium saver is installing from the ground and the potential for it to get stuck during retrieval. I usually send up a running bowline, ascend and then re anchor at the top with the ring. No drama..
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If you ever make it back to the uk can you bring that bad boy with you?! Would be really interested to have a run on one! Enjoying the thread, thanks guys:001_smile:
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Nice video old mill.. Slack tending looks a little tough right after its been loaded. Im surprised youve not found something to tend the HH. Seems a lot of hassle advancing by hand. At 4.30 it would have been much easier with both hands free surely?
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Looked like a great day out! Nice one guys!! That cherry was a whoppa. I will have to get up to whippendell when I get back to the UK. Would love to get out and measure some gems with you blokes! Rob, We had the same dilemma last week working our way down from a beasty. We had base anchored half way and I went up and set choked SRT lines. When it was time to head down one goes down to base anchored access line and changes over, leaving a line in. Then the other climber ties one of the ropes as a pull down line for his rope. Simples. If both lines a long enough you can get to the deck but we've been in the situation where we were adding ascenders and pole belts to the end of the pull down to make it long enough!!
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Who cares what other people think.. If you are worried about choking the sling on the small diameter carabiner hole on the LJ why not girth the sling to your bridge ring and have the biner on the LJ and the other end of the sling.. Seems like the most simple way to run it. I guess the only advantage the o rig has is that you can adjust underload and you dont have to unhook from the system.
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Cougar blue is the winner with the wrench for me!! By a country mile.
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Good luck with it anyway, I guess the sling is the most simple and least kit intensive. Hope you find something good.
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I tend to anchor into something slightly larger than I normally would when Im climbing SRT. Usually because if im going to work on the other side of the tree later, I often redirect at a similar height to my main anchor point. This often results in the anchor being loaded sideways, pulling two stems together. If i've anchored on something too skinny to be loaded sideways I will move over to the redirect, tie an alpine and re-choke my line so the re direct takes all the load. Probably irrelevant to most people but Ive seen you climb on the wrench a bit harrison so I thought I'd chirp up.
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I personally would not be using a ropeman type device to adjust with.. One you can't adjust it under load. Two if you take a fall onto it, it can cut your rope (not sure about the newer ones with a less aggressive cam) and three when that little release wire/string gets caught on something I would cack my pants. Just an opinion..
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Tuttle... LOL WHAT A>>(insert ***** word)
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Everything about Australia is bigger and harder! But its all good stuff
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Why not set up a o rig system like you can for the hitchclimber..?
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Davidia involucrata?
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Don't set it too tight. Ive got mine stuck like that before. Pain in the butt having to go back up and get it. There are some cool tricks to retrieving them from the ground without smashing them into the deck too. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2wF6dzS-0]RopeGuide retrieval - YouTube[/ame] That is the ART one but its pretty much the same as yours. Quite a few methods. I like just chucking the tail of rope over a fork on the way down.
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I like the look of the 3.1 with the replaceable bridge..
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Airstreams are the mutts nuts for chainsaw boots. Bloody hot though even with the tongue insert removed..
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help 1st harness. skylotec kilobri click v treemotion harness??
BenR replied to dazbotee's topic in General chat
Lol, Geezers got gout now aswell... I think he needs to hang up his harness haha -
help 1st harness. skylotec kilobri click v treemotion harness??
BenR replied to dazbotee's topic in General chat
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If it aint broke dont fix it ay. Good thing Im a whippet cos I love a light harness!
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If its as bouncy as the old fly rope then Im not interested! That stuff is like a rubber band..
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I picked one of the treemotions up after everyone saying how good they were. It genuinely is the most comfortable harness ive tried but like everyone says they wear out quick. Dont fancy another dragonfly cole?
