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    How long is your...VT/distel and diy e2e

    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...
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    How good to be too good to be true? $60 harness and $30 pantin?

    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...
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    Is this a usable climbline lanyard?

    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...
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    Is this a usable climbline lanyard?

    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!
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    Why ddrt over srt for beginners?

    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...
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