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Thanks. What the h*ll we're all in the same boat if we climb trees. I just climb slower than pros most of the time, well not exactly now that a Pantin has become fused to my foot. I'm becoming a little retarded because all I'm climbing are conifers lately, have to get back into some hardwoods soon.
Hey what happened to the main topic?
So what's the deal? Judging the TIP is all about assessing the whole tree, then the TIP, then do a final bounce test before you start climbing. On big conifers there's a good chance you won't be able to see the TIP so you do SRT entry with a trunk anchored static rope and make sure the rope is over several sturdy branches in case the primary TIP blows out. Anything else?
-moss
That seems to pretty well cover it. The whap whap too funny here it
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