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I have had the bone since early summer. The runner just a month longer. In my opinion they both kick equal amounts of ass. The bone is the easiest thing to take on and off a rope EVER. But beyond that, they are very much neck and neck for me. Really I go back and forth regularly. I love them both so much. Buy one, then once you have recovered financially buy the other. Unless you are going to be doing DSRT then you should have two of one or the other. In all honesty I WILL NOT go back to hitch cordage. And I used to love hitch cordage.

I often use a base anchor that incorporates a friction hitch to allow lowering from the ground. Even that is easy to set up. My most common basal anchor is wraps around the trunk with a bite coming up underneath them to anchor to the leg of line running up the trunk. I tie a midline knot in the bite and use a delta link to connect to the anchor leg. It can be removed even if it gets loaded. But the wraps usually keep it from loading.

BDB on Vimeo Quick video of the bulldog bone, newest incarnation

Here is a video of how easy this thing goes on and off. great tool. Love it more and more. Using it every day.

That was a lucky break. Heal well.

I've been using the new bulldog bone for the last week, and it is awesome. It keeps up perfectly with the rope runner. It disengages for descent really easily. And it is hands down the easiest thing to get on and off a line. Even faster than Hitch cord and such. Great new tool. These tools (bone, rope runner) are the future of friction management.

I find it to be better than the hand ascender foot loop option. I can move much more quickly when I want to.

What do you use now? Most seem to love the motion, I used one for a bit, and did not care for it. I like a bit more padding. Like ergovation from buckingham, or onyx from new tribe. Not sure about their availability on you side of the pond there, but worth looking into.

https://honeybros.com/Item/HB_Stiff_Tether_v2 The tether you have is perfect with a pinto style pulley, this one above is better for a hitch climber. I would try the lanyard over the shoulder as "chest harness" the bungees never worked for me either. Keep trying different hitches with different cordage. You will find the right combo.

The wrench is ok off to one side, but I would look into a stiff tether that has legs so it goes on either side of the hitchclimber beckets. Its going to keep the wrench a lot more stationary. I know honey bros just started selling one. I climb on tachyon and imori with an 8 mil. armor prus eye to eye. I tie a seven wrap michoacan. I weigh around 200 lb, sorry don't know what that is in stones.

I have found myself in many situations where having a second TIP made me more securely positioned. I utilize it most often if I am removing a compromised tree and have another tree to tie in to. DRT is a really simple and versatile tool to have in the box. We work in a profession with myriad ways to skin myriad cats. It is just a matter of being proficient in as many techniques as possible, so you are ready to skin any cat any day. Sorry cat people. As long as fool laws don't get passed that have no concept of my daily work, I will be happy

I would recommend getting a HAAS "knee" ascender. Helps you rely more on your legs than arms. Much more economy of movement. Than say a handled ascender with a footloop. I climbed on tachyon SRT daily for a long time, and really enjoyed it. I think it's a great rope, especially if you think you will switch over to ddrt occasionally. I think it will take about six months to a year to "adapt" fully. You will find base and canopy anchors to be case specific. The more you climb, the more you will figure out when each is more appropriate. I know a bunch of people who go back and forth between ddrt and SRT. I do not. I think there are cases where SRT is more efficient, and cases where it is a toss up. I prefer to just SRT. But that is totally just my preference.

That is fantastic. None of that would have happened in the states. No badger stipulation in app, no developer willing to foot the bill. Awesome. My kind of madness

Nah, that was all oceans. He floated the idea to one of the fellas from arbpro at a conference last year. He had a strap stitched to his shoe for like a year before that. He's a forward thinker. I'm not sure anyone knows yet when they will be released. But it should be soon. Everybody involved seems to be pretty excited

Looks much slicker than the older version. Dammit, now me wants that gadget too.