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Well I failed for about an hour and a half. Is doing a buried eye splice not a good move on a 9mm single braid, not hollow core? The NE guide says. Oh just taper the tail and bury 2 fid lengths. Well this single braid not hollow core is tight ad all get out! I can barely get a coat hanger in...

After some practice I've srt'd the last couple 30-35' dead wood jobs (by jobs I mean in my yard). I've taken a liking to the distel and have been tying the hitch with a very long piece of 9mm sterling cord w/ anchor knotted on each end into the biner. That's 4 rope diameters wide on the biner...

I got the ascender and left this feedback fyi. If it doesn't rain I'm going to try it out today- http://www.aliexpress.com/item/outdoor-camping-climbing-device-Outdoor-climbing-rope-climbing-device-right-hand-climbing-ascenders-free-shipping/1860165670.html "build quality is decent overall...

Hey, I thought I'd post back in here too. I did end up getting it and although I have no frame of reference of other foot ascenders I think it's a pretty nice. The straps do need some fiddling as wayne said but the bigger problem was the user. My first couple ascents w/ the foot ascender were...

I'm a beginner as some of you may have seen here. Trimmed some dead off about half of my dozen trees and having fun climbing and reading about climbing. I came across this tree harness and foot ascender on amazon while thinking about changing to SRT to get more out of my rope. does anyone...

I don't get that way too often, I'm in Des Moines-

I posted this in arborist 101, maybe the wrong place. any thoughts from rec climbers? Is this an ok lanyard setup and can it scale longer? Fixed side to biner to Blake's to anchor hitch to biner. I used one today at about 20' and it seemed serviceable. Is this a dangerous setup? I'm using...

Is this an ok lanyard setup and can it scale longer? Fixed side to biner to Blake's to anchor hitch to biner. I used one today at about 20' and it seemed serviceable. Is this a dangerous setup? I'm using a plex Thanks!

so i think I cleared something up to myself. What I did was actually the "traditional method" described in the companion; which i guess is ddrt, 1 rope double technique. but, i *am* still curious about why ddrt first-

Hi gang- I've done some reading on srt vs ddrt and there are a bunch of posts that say don't touch srt until you're comfortable w/ ddrt. Why is this? Great site here I've found it HIGHLY educational. I'm a complete newb and did my first "low ascent" yesterday in my back yard. My goal is to...