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Recent content by El Diablo Amarillo

  1. El Diablo Amarillo

    SRT Climbing - Anchors, Hitches, Configurations

    Def agree with you on many points and I did comment hunters are not regullated by ANSi or any other body. That is both good and bad. It leaves us wide open to make good or bad choices. My point in pushing the ANSI angle is SO MANY of the threads I read thru before joining often have the same or...
  2. El Diablo Amarillo

    SRT Climbing - Anchors, Hitches, Configurations

    So my go to is 200’ of 11mm Safari with a eye splice on both ends, a Rope Runner with a Notch chesty for ascending, a 2nd gen SAKA knee ascender ( but the SAKA Mini is superior to what I run now) and a CMI foot ascender for the other leg. I typically basal tie with a steel delta link. The...
  3. El Diablo Amarillo

    PA new guy

    I run on PA‘s federal qualed wildfire crew to roll out west. I also am a PA Forest Fire Warden and have a crew for local and in state wildfires. Spent a lot of summers prowling around MT ID CA WY AK with a saw in hand
  4. El Diablo Amarillo

    PA new guy

    Ya the state police struggle with it too lol
  5. El Diablo Amarillo

    PA new guy

    Ill message you later. I dont do the FB thing anymore but certainly would like to get together and learn. Thanks!
  6. El Diablo Amarillo

    Friction hitch

    Thanks for the correction. I read his ? a couple times and still thought he was running 8 as his main line. Disregard my advice unless your bumping up in size!
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    Prusik Slipping

    Another trick you can try is retying the prussic and putting a half twist or up to a full twist on the last wrap. Since a Prussic is a bidirectional hitch and you seem to only have an issue when it loads in the 1 direction so no need to put twists on both sides of the finish unless both...
  8. El Diablo Amarillo

    Friction hitch

    8 MM Beeline is hard to beat IME. It is tacky. You can get it either in spliced eyes or tie your own. Very durable and forgiving if you give a little too hard a squeeze on descent. Michocan or distel are solid choices. If you are up for practicing it until you can tie it bilndfolded a VT (...
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    Ditch the Prusik; the "Double Meech" is so smooth, it's an SRT device

    Appreciate the clarifications and good to know you are familiar with that saw shop. I have to disagree with you on the foot ascenders tho. Ive had mud, tree bark, dog poop etc in my CMI and it just doesnt care. And I wear mine into the stand where its in the high spot in a swamp. The same one I...
  10. El Diablo Amarillo

    Backpacks for getting in deep

    EXO 6400. I rarely need one this big in PA but Im covered for western hunts with 1 pack and if I gotta pack a bear out Ill be able to get more in. The weight was comparable to their smaller packs so I went big. I have ran MR Hotshot line packs since 2009 and have had it loaded with 100# on...
  11. El Diablo Amarillo

    Ditch the Prusik; the "Double Meech" is so smooth, it's an SRT device

    You put some solid work in there on your setup. Ill throw a few things out there that may help. 1) Arborists use a similar setup to foot lock up a tree. but both sides are locked up with a single hitch of your choice. The concern with independent hitches like you have is if one hitch fails you...
  12. El Diablo Amarillo

    PA new guy

    Thanks all. Undies is a pretty solid analogy. That saw is def a monster. 125cc’s of ported polished high compession awesome. Daily runs a 42” but put a 60” on for those special occasions. And a kick starter or impact driver hub to start it would be most welcome some days. Esp when I gotta climb...
  13. El Diablo Amarillo

    PA new guy

    Hey all, Thanks for the add. Semi new to saddle hunting.Been doing it for a few years on my work gear before I realized others were too and specialized saddles were purpose built for this. Im an arborist for a small tree service in SE PA and been lead climber since 2006 so Im hoping I can help...
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