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  1. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    Butch, that's what I found too. Plus no decent chin strap suspension for them either to keep it on my head.
  2. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    This old picture of me working aerial with this helmet is kind of embarrassing for me to look at today, those safety glasses didn't help either:D
  3. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    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...
  4. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    Your English is very good Stig, I wish I could speak a little Norge 1/100 as good:)
  5. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    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 :?
  6. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    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.
  7. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    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...
  8. HolmenTree

    60 Years Old and Still Foot Locking?!

    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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