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I dont even use hot water.. just bang it on rinse for an hour, then rope brush it, then another rinse. Lazy man style

I just use a rope brush in warm water to get most of the dirt off, then stick my ropes in to rinse in the machine:thumbup:

Its probably because the older rope has fluffed up and expanded with dirt getting into the core.. I tend to find my newer cougar is a bit faster on the bulldog bone compared to the dirtier older stuff.

That new bulldog lanyard adjuster looks awesome Gordon. Could it be made to work that well on 10mm rope rather than the 11mm km3? I tend to use the 10mm sirius reepschnur by teufelberger for a lanyard. Cheap as chips and easy to splice I cant imagine ever wearing out my bulldog bones with my featherweight status but if I do I will be sure to replace them. 2SRT on 2 bulldogs is heaven

It all depends on how good you are and the sort of companies you work for If you are after good money, I would agree with the stay in Aus idea

but this bitching is all I have.. Im just a sad lonely man:sneaky2:

Me too mate, but I wouldn't entertain doing a whole tree on it.. I feel naughty enough just doing it for a quick advance up a skanky little conifer:blushing:

Nice work and good use of the grcs for that situation but what/s with your anchor system? I'm not a fan of a cross loaded carabiner for my anchor and it's certainly not best practice. It's not that much more effort to use a running bowline or put a ring/maillon in the anchor instead of the biner.. sorry to sound like the arb police but why would you risk it for a choccy biscuit?

What Marc said.. Im using 4mm cord to make a small friction hitch off the d plate on the treemotion. Easier, lighter, cheaper and more gangsta Will try to get a picture if i remember.

Hey Marc, after our discussion on that weekend a while back I thought I would let you know how im getting on.. Im currently using two anchors.. Knot blocking a cambium saver for trees where I think I may want to come down with a redirect or two left in.. Ive been using an access line and then setting the cambium saver anchor above with a short tail.. the short tail then ties into the access line on the side you come up on. This way when I get down I can tie the access line tails together to make a loop, retrieve the cambium saver and in a worst case scenario if the CS gets stuck the access line is still in place and i dont have to mess about re throwing. Ive not got it stuck yet which is handy. The other benefit is there is always a rescue line in place and you dont have to faff about feeding miles of rope through the cambium saver. If its just a small climb for a few bits and pieces ive been using the singing tree quickie that ewan mentioned.. I know some of them have been recalled due to the pin issue. I have played with mine however and I cant get it to fail or pop the pin out at all. Its awesome because like the pinto you can go up on a base anchor and convert immediately to a top tie without end untieing the base anchor if you choose too. The only downside is its not quite as smooth as the pinto at retrieving a redirect so i just tend to plan my climb so i finish in line with the retrieval leg.. I have been thinking you could fit two small pinto spacers on the pin to aid retrieval. but im worried about dropping the little buggers.. Safe climbing for the new year gents

interesting thread and a contentious issue for sure.. for the record when I was learning everyone one handed, it was just how you did it. I knew how to one hand but didn't know when and where it was safer or more dangerous to do so really. Around about the time I was most confident (cocky) and just getting pretty decent at tree work I cut my arm with the chain on rundown after a kickback whilst blocking down a bendy pine rigging point, Just cutting thru from the back and pushing them off with the other hand. I learnt some sort of lesson and realised I wasnt as good as i thought i was. Years later, I still one hand, but I have never come close to cutting myself since. I have a much better idea now of what I can and cant attempt one handed and when its the most sensible option or not. There surely can be no sweeping statements about these things. The world is grey not black and white.

You need 3 things to get a good reduction. A nice tree, a good spec and a good climber The worse any of those three factors get the worse the tree looks Crap tree + crap spec + me = rolling turds in glitter:thumbup1:

About an hour Rich. We got a line in the smaller of the two with a bigshot with an xl stick and some fishing line and light throwbags. I had a couple of shots and then I think Joel Ashton got a line straight through the centre of the main crown break around 65m up, on his second shot. Then the lads advanced their way up the tree to a good chunky top anchor around 80m up. A bit of a team lead climb from Joel Ashton, Ryan Mills and Tom Culley. I stayed down as chief groundy I think it was the first time climbing a really big tropical tree for all of them. They smashed it.

The blue and red ropes are 10mm Sterling htp.. The white is beal super bounce

[ame] [/ame] POV footage accessing a 85m+ pair of Shorea faguetiana. We measured the taller of the pair at 89.52m:thumbup1:

Just got back from Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Malaysia. Here are a few shots from climbing measuring 85m+ Shorea faguetiana trees. The tallest was 89.52m or around 294ft in old money. Good times were had

That is UGLY rope

I think that would be my go to choice if i had to pick one solid, fast retrievable anchor until the end of time.. It should still retrieve fairly well from a couple of redirects by adding a fairlead pulley or revolver around the working line that is attached to the retrieval side.. sort of in tandem below the maillon Im going to try it out this week:thumbup1:

I prefer a carabiner with a bit more room than an oval can offer. I use the Petzl William ball lock for 10mm hitch cord eyes, single leg tether and a hitch climber pulley. If I am using 8mm hitch cord I like to drop it down to a Rock exotica pirate. Still plenty of room but it's a bit shorter than the william which is handy.

Solid tethers can be snapped or bent and not spring back.. in my experience tethers work better when they have some elasticity and room for flex. I tried a solid tether once but it was actually more of a hassle because you constantly have to be aware of not bending your tether when clambering through forks and around branches. If you want less friction from the wrench use 11mm as mentioned

hahah thats what I was thinking.. looks like a tiddler to me:001_huh:

Summed it up for me mate. All of mine cock ups have been down to complacency/over confidence/distraction. It only takes a second for the everyday routine to suddenly be a castostrophy..

SRT vs DDRT? The is no competition. Both are fantastic techniques that all climbers should have at their disposal.. I wouldn't try to SRT crane work, neither would I try and deadwood multiple large trees a day only using DDRT.

the knot tied in the video is a circus bowline / farmers loop / abok1056 its similar to an alpine butterfly in that its a midline eye where any part of the rope can be loaded. However it is significantly easier to untie after a heavy load than an alpine butterfly