Cons to the "one-stick" method?

[gcr0003]

I get it....redundancy
But unless u got a real short rope and climb real high it's exactly that.... redundant. I speaking of rappelling because I have experience with that....I don't know anything about srt/dry.
The only stupid question is the 1 u don't ask

It ain’t a redundancy.. once you run out of rope there isn’t a single thing, not a rope or mechanical device that is gonna hold on air. It is your only protection for running off the end of the rope and I think it’s silly to encourage people to be so careless. Not everyone has the common sense in the moment that you may have now trying to be witty or humorous on this forum. Even if you don’t want to take the extra precaution, you shouldn’t downplay safety for others. Tying a stopper knot applies to your tethers, bridges, lineman’s belt, SRT, drt, you name it. If you’re on a rope you should tie a simple stopper knot, that’s preached in every rock climbing, treee climbing, turd hill climbing class in the world.

 

[Weldabeast]

Dang dude....I'm just asking a simple question. I'm not encouraging anybody to do anything except for u to give a response which u did. I'll go tie a stopper and we can be friends again

 

[phatkaw]

I finally remembered to come back to this thread.

My biggest 'con to one-sticking' is getting bark and stuff in my eyes... That's about it.




lol

 

[iamcorey]

I finally remembered to come back to this thread.

My biggest to one-sticking' is getting bark and stuff in my eyes... That's about it.




lol

You haven’t seen the new Tethrd climbing goggles (patent pending)? Lens is made of Amsteel thin enough to see through yet strong enough to keep you from poking your eye out while climbing.


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[phatkaw]

^^^ made in CHINA! lol

 

[Weldabeast]

I finally remembered to come back to this thread.

My biggest to one-sticking' is getting bark and stuff in my eyes... That's about it.




lol

This goes for any climbing method.....I have finally gotten fed up with stuff in my eyes while climbing and twigs and needle grass trying to poke my eyes with walking and bought a dedicated pair of glasses for walking and climbing....I don't know why I waited so long...all it takes is 1 well placed twig or piece of bark and ur day can be ruined... especially if ur 15 feet up dangling off a tether

 

[heretic]

You haven’t seen the new Tethrd climbing goggles (patent pending)? Lens is made of Amsteel thin enough to see through yet strong enough to keep you from poking your eye out while climbing.


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I almost shot coffee out of my nose while reading this mid-sip.

 

[phatkaw]

Looking up while advancing my tether above my head and Looking up when pulling my rappel rope outta the tree is when I keep getting crap in my eyes.

 

[TreeCreep]

Ditto on eye protection this year - more so to keep twigs and spider webs out of my eyes but a added bonus of not getting bark in the eyes when retrieving rapell.

 

[kyler1945]

This goes for any climbing method.....I have finally gotten fed up with stuff in my eyes while climbing and twigs and needle grass trying to poke my eyes with walking and bought a dedicated pair of glasses for walking and climbing....I don't know why I waited so long...all it takes is 1 well placed twig or piece of bark and ur day can be ruined... especially if ur 15 feet up dangling off a tether

I almost had a hunt ruined by a stick to the eye. I ride atvs and bikes withsafety glasses. I took them off, and within 20 yards of the bike, had a stick land pretty good. I scouted the rest of that day because I couldn’t open my eye and see well Enough to shoot. I committed to going to urgent care in morning if it didn’t improve, but it did. Felt really dumb standing 20 yards from safety glasses with a stick in my eye.

 

[Weldabeast]

I almost had a hunt ruined by a stick to the eye. I ride atvs and bikes withsafety glasses. I took them off, and within 20 yards of the bike, had a stick land pretty good. I scouted the rest of that day because I couldn’t open my eye and see well Enough to shoot. I committed to going to urgent care in morning if it didn’t improve, but it did. Felt really dumb standing 20 yards from safety glasses with a stick in my eye.

When I go thru the salt marsh there is grass called needlerush and like it's names suggests....it's really sharp point and it grows about face tall....I use my bow/gun like a plow and try/hope it doesn't poke me...glasses make me feel much better and I can concentrate on my footing more and hopefully not take so many spills....