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Double braid, I think it's a tighter braid as well, never done that rope. Don't try any tight eyes to start on a DB, give yourself a good 6 inch eye. IMHO try the first few DB splices on Samson 11mm velocity, it's pretty easy to do. I like to use the New England instructions with a full fid...

Thanks! IMHO a good start for 16 strand splicing is 1/2 inch AllGear Neolite, with some patience it almost splices itself. It seems the cover is smaller and a bit looser braid. For Life support I will only remove 4 pairs for the taper instead of the 5 pairs. Would be good practice and may be...

Thanks Y'all! I don't know what to say.... I learned the tips and tricks here.

I don't know if it's still on, just something I saw in passing, a scratch and dent sale I think.

I think they just had a sale on the HH at treestuff.

On retrievals I tend to tie a throwline after the retrieval ball, gives a measure of control to bringing the Ring-ring down, instead of flopping out and getting hung up in another branch. Make sure you have plenty of throwline!

How are you climbing? If I'm doing DdRT my favorite is a simple leather one. I usually climb SRT now. Depending on the tree and the work plan I might set a ring and ring and use a stopper knot for the SRT climb line, but it's very seldom. For DdRT I have choked it on the spar, but I might...