This is the Akimbo

[Burnham]

Agreed.

Since before the dinosaurs roamed, climbers like me and the rest of the old school crowd that work in constant contact with conifers have been cleaning our climbing ropes, hitch cords, and hardware every day after being in the trees.

Grow some balls and deal with it.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

 

[MasterBlaster]

I remember dragging my rope down a dirt road. Ha.

 

[Burnham]

Poorish choice, imo...but better than bitchin' about it .

 

[treebilly]

Was that because of pitch or to wear the splinters off of the rope. I was taught on three strand but glad it wasn’t the old Manila rope. I had enough of that shit in the BSA. I had to make my own rope out of bailing twine and then use it all week for my knots and splices to eat my meals. I have a deep appreciation for the ropes I use daily now

 

[MasterBlaster]

Not manilla

Sometimes it was for pitch and other times just to get the new off a rope.

We were maroons.

 

[Burnham]

 

[gf beranek]

I heard it said when I started in the business, "Drag it down the road to wear the splinters off." But then I never seen anyone do it either. I suppose it would work if you rotated the rope while dragging it. Ah, just use it.

 

[chris_girard]

Last time I looked at mine, it appeared to be made of metal.
How hard is that to clean of pitch?

Try not to invent imaginary problems, the world is full of enough real ones.

Chill out Stig. I am not trying to invent any kind of imaginary problems. Just hear that from someone who has one and yes its very easy to clean pitch off metal.

Like I told Jaime, I WILL be buying one of my own as soon as they come out.

 

[stig]

Just in case you don't know me well enough to tell, I was just jerking your chain.

So was Burnham.

 

[Burnham]

Sorry if I came off harsh, Chris. Just teasing a bit. Misfired.

 

[chris_girard]

My apologies Stig and Burnham. I am usually not so thin skinned.

Burnham, I was in the process of replying to your post, but saw you just posted.

All is good guys, just been a hard-assed week.

 

[stig]

We've all misread a post from time to time.
No big deal.

 

[squisher]

NAh you guys overreacted and Chris deserved an apology. No big deal.

 

[pantheraba]

There is gonna be one helluva fight here one day....

 

[MasterBlaster]

No way!!!

 

[Merle Nelson]

Hey Jaime, I've heard from a user that once the Akimbo gets dirty and filled with any type of pitch...

I don't use mine in pitch a lot but did recently get in a little sapped up with fir pitch. I tried wiping in down with grime boss or some such handwipes that a poison oak/ivy specialist recommended for wiping off the active irritant oils there. No luck. It worked but took too much effort.

Next time I will try Goop that Burnham has recommended for sappy ropes on a cloth.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

No way!!!

Just wait till it's a frontal gesture

 

[Merle Nelson]

Akimbo for sale on TreeBuzz right now. Treebay section.

 

[chris_girard]

Sold for $550

 

[Burnham]

Wow.

 

[Porkbrick]

I really should have held onto a few of those

 

[gf beranek]

Kinda like the Fundamentals book.

 

[chris_girard]

Wow.

I know, that's what I said too B. And the Akimbo looked really beat as well. Guys were shittin on the seller.

Kinda like the Fundamentals book.

No one is getting my Fundamentals book Jer until I die.

 

[gf beranek]

Ever since Patrick made the Fundamentals available in PDF the internet scalping for the book has chilled. Funny how that works.