I footlock on a ring and ring friction saver , Blue Streak and Blakes split tail with micro pulley. Works good for me and I can work the whole tree with just that bit of gear.
I know a few 60 something climbers in the big city who still do it in 80-100 American elms and cottonwood s
you don't...
Stig I guess I have to jog your memory as you didn't seem to understand my original post about the differences in double rope dynamic and static footlocking.
So my question is have you ever foot locked before :?
Yeah blowing hot air again eh?
It's obvious you never evolved from the old school secured footlock technique as I did almost 20 years ago in the picture below.
The Blakes split tail method I learned later was a breeze to footlock on. Tried and trusted.
Around here I can climb any hardwood tree drt with 200' of 1/2" line footlocking dynamic on a Blakes.
May take twice as long as static on double rope but I get up there eventually with less effort and don't have to change over to another climbing system when I arrive at work position...
I still rely on footlocking and I'm 57, but the Wraptor looks good though:D
Trick with footlocking for me is to stay below 200lbs body weight. I'm down to 194 at the moment, not bad for pre-season shape.
Don't think I'd ever get back to my ripped hand faller weight of 177:(
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