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At least Blair uses big D rings on his saddles, instead of those stinkin teeny tiny one's! Jomo

A closer more recent shot of the same saddle, now retired and relegated to use in my mad R&D projects.

I seriously doubt Don'd still be selling the same saddle that lasted me so long Peter. But this is me wearing it way back in 91.

Just that the bridge material itself has to be replaced so often's enough to creep me out, considering that it's such a vital life support component of the saddle. My Sierra Moreno saddle lasted well over a decade without replacing any thing but the tool snaps with broken springs! Jomo

I appreciate your guy's opinions n preferences on FB saddles, and don't think I haven't tried them multiple times. But to me they're an accident waiting to happen with their flimsy little bridge ropes and tiny little D rings. I suspect bridge failures have already rocked a few climbers'...

Even just pruning with no gaffs, particularly cutting with just a handsaw, I find myself not using my lanyard in favor of stabilizing myself with my feet, knee hooked over a branch etc. One of the many reasons I get nervous about newbie climbers emulating my admittedly dangerous climbin n...

Just my opinion of course, but there are many situations aloft where being tied in twice can get you in big trouble. Crane removals without an escape route accessible in a split second being just one example, when an amateur CO lets the pick move towards you rather than away from you...

So you never cut n chuck limbs without your lanyard Butch? The ole TITS method that so many rave about regardless of what op you're performing, or where eh? Jomo

My first experience with a FB saddle back in the early 90's ended with Magargal and I swapping lower belts, his traditional Sierra Moreno lower belt, for my new Sierra Moreno FB lower belt, he liked FB's, I hated them. But my opinion of them was biased because 90% of my work was removals where...