woodcutr if you wanted to get in to splicing you could always extract the core in that area and inspect it. that's me probably being too thorough. I had an issue setting my adjustable friction saver once and pulled on it hard enough that when I got it out of the tree I could feel an inconsistent diameter in a section of the rope. It worried me but I got my marlin spike out, checked the core, milked it back in and began to zero the rope back out. I was good enough at splicing but new enough at climbing that doing that gave me confidence in my gear once again.
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Im a die hard 11.7 mm yale Rope enthusiast. blue Moon is good, Aztec is nice, all the colors are super solid lines. I like HRC for hitches, comes pre-fuzzy and grabs really well
that link was exactly what I needed. VTIO has put out a lot of great articles I saw links to here earlier. I need to get to downloading and reading. I had half of only one strand on my double braid cut so now its confirmed good 
you can live with the stretch, just makes things bouncier, the rope I have, base anchored, over a crotch at 70ft, I can get probably 6ft of stretch when im on the ground testing my system
also, order this if you havent already
also, order this if you havent already
SkwerI
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That was my retired hitch cord in the background. I had just replaced it with the fresh hitch cord then I took pics. 3/8" Sta Set. I started with 5/16" but it was too grabby. The thicker hitch cord was smoother and stronger.
I was running my lanyard at like 30ft, but have cut it down to 15, and gave the other half to my dad to splice his own lanyard, all my gear goes to him as I upgrade (he is a new climber, so far he's doing better than my punctuation today)
that velocity is great stuff, not sure how it is as a long climb line since I only got a little in a bag o rope, but for a lanyard its great, I use it almost every climb for a couple years now with minimal wear except the normal fuzz, if im not using it im using my steel core flipline
really, going off how much I like it, I might just order more for a climb line, the big downside is how hard it is to flick or roll, but I dont do much of that with my climb line, and can clip a spare throw weight to it if I gotta throw it
that velocity is great stuff, not sure how it is as a long climb line since I only got a little in a bag o rope, but for a lanyard its great, I use it almost every climb for a couple years now with minimal wear except the normal fuzz, if im not using it im using my steel core flipline
really, going off how much I like it, I might just order more for a climb line, the big downside is how hard it is to flick or roll, but I dont do much of that with my climb line, and can clip a spare throw weight to it if I gotta throw it
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here is what you should get (what I use and love) for SRT
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the suspender are super nice, a chest harness will work but this is just what I use, the treemotion verson comes with one rear strap to thread thru a single loop, the monkeybeaver version is two separate straps for separate loops, the suspender is the exact same, just a different rear strap
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The ISC Rope Wrench has become a well established, popular tool within the production tree climbing industry and in tree climbing competitions. The Rope Wrench, invented by genius tree climber Kevin Bingham of Detroit, provides an 'S' bend in the rope above the hitch cord. This effectively...
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the suspender are super nice, a chest harness will work but this is just what I use, the treemotion verson comes with one rear strap to thread thru a single loop, the monkeybeaver version is two separate straps for separate loops, the suspender is the exact same, just a different rear strap
currently I have the tree motion slight with the camp tree access srt chest harness. the combination is great and very comfortable. just got both of them within the last month. I also have the notch srt chest harness (the one that doesn't connect to your climbing harness. But I don't use that one anymore since I got the camp srt one. My primary lanyard is a 15ft sterling trial-tech I originally got from Wesspur. had it for over a year now and its been my flip line and everything. Haven't even bought a wire core yet but ive used my bosses
I read all the free PDFs I could
never really bought books, but from what others have said, jeff Jepson and beranek are the good book writers, I got the green one for christmas, maybe I should get the white one as well
other than that, climbing arborist, august, muggs, and a few others on youtube
I never got formal training, and look at me, still alive and well, training a climber on every job we do, best training is to just go for it, get an idea of what your doing, practice that knot or technique 30-40 times on the ground, then low and slow, then go full send
never really bought books, but from what others have said, jeff Jepson and beranek are the good book writers, I got the green one for christmas, maybe I should get the white one as well
other than that, climbing arborist, august, muggs, and a few others on youtube
I never got formal training, and look at me, still alive and well, training a climber on every job we do, best training is to just go for it, get an idea of what your doing, practice that knot or technique 30-40 times on the ground, then low and slow, then go full send
yeah that's the same path my boss and I started almost 2 years ago. No mentors but the books and the digital ones. Im considering going to college this fall for horticulture. Only because there are no arboriculture courses around me and this specific horticulture one has an arboriculture class that will be an exam test prep for isa. at least then with my degree and that class I can get certified
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