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Hey boot, thanks for the suggestion, just picked up a 200' hank of the Fly to give it a try. (That was not meant to rhyme) So far interesting observation, it weights slightly less than the Sterling HTP but has a 24 strand cover like the Ivy rather than the 48 strand cover of the Sterling...

BTW, great website you have too. .

Play with it for a while, set it and reset it a few times and you will get it dialed in. Basically just a Valdôtain tresse without the "tresse" or braid part. Good article on the knot here, An Overview of Climbing Hitches By Mark Adams.

8oz bag, 1.4mm line, 180' long. TIP was 120' as I finally got the bag over a suitable branch (seems odd calling them a branch as they are the diameter of many trees) and it only came back down half the distance when all the line had played out. Took me a good 1 1/2 hours, although part of...

Hi tramp, After reaching my TIP at about 120', I would reset the TIP so that I could make a quick exit at any time if needed. My line is 200' so when I reached the "end of my rope", I stopped there, besides I was pretty tired. To bad, it was just starting to get easy as the live branches...

I use an 11mm Sterling HTP and find it works well with most mechanical devices. Just did a climb and used all 200' feet of it. http://youtu.be/lvej_pp-e64

I think as long as you stay with the same size split tail you will be ok, you will just have to see how the polyester / nylon blend of that double braid works against the polyester on the kern. Just would not want the kern to be the split tail as I don't think it is as supple. Pretty sure...

I spread a lot of colorized mulch, (wood grindings) and would not think to do it with anything else.

Here is a couple of videos I did. I used something similar to a grapnel hook. I anticipate getting them to the market soon. Climb of american beech and traverse to a pine 60 away. and another, the actual traverse starts at about 11:23 on this one Climb one pine, travers to other and...

I hope it is only a little SLICED. ;)

Do you know how it might compare to my Sterling HTP kern? It must take sewn eyes right so if I wanted a sleve style friction saver I would have to have it installed permanently correct? PS. I just read that it can be spliced. Might have to try some.

Some catalogs have a great explanation of double braid. It is good to know but asking is a good start. Nutshell. It is a 24 strand braided rope that shares its strength from both inside and outside where 16 strand is mostly outside and kernmamtle is mostly inside.

I know you asked between a 12 strand and 16 strand and I hate to answer with neither and definitely not 12 strand but… Take a good look at the double braid Poison Ivy. It works well both SRT and DrRT And has a good diameter to work with most mechanical devices. Probably one of the most popular...

Just an observation on my part since I don't own one. The photo I attached is a regular double overhand stopper used for another brand of harness, the knot you have is just one small step from the double overhand. I did a vid on stopper knots used for the hitch hiker that may be interesting...

Tramp, I was wondering about your stopper knot? I don't know what is recommended for your bridge. Below is a photo of other knot recommendations. Excuse me if this does not apply to your case, I don't own what you have.

Zale It's ok. I don't wish controversy and the sewing and stitching of tight eyes is probably not a discussion in 101 so I will leave it at that. It has been discussed in other forums. I do appreciate you pointing that out and I am not recommending this to anyone, just pointing out that you...

If you are going to consider sleeve style friction/cambium savers permit me to add to this advise. The Dan House caterpillar sleeves come in a greater number of options both in length and diameter. They are of high quality as well. This is an important issue when you want to get it over a...

Welcome dwerden, Enjoy that Wesspur kit. I have a couple of thoughts on your inquiry. I also assume you are climbing all DdRT, correct? You could use the false crotch you are talking about on a spar but chances are the size will not be correct, the rings need to come together. Thus the...

Thanks for sharing. Yes I did find pointing the toe down seems to keep it on or using a biner. I had problems with the strap catching the cam often and had to glue it down a little better, maybe the new model fixed that. I don't have any of those issues with the CT foot ascender and it is...

Another option is to make a wide eye with a bowline or fig 8 then girth hitch to the ring of your friction saver. This way that big scaffold knot (some would call it a double fisherman's) is not right at the ring and pressed against the spar getting jostled around every time you pull on your...