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Why don't yall 2TC?

Samcirrus said:
I will say that it has to be a super stiff steel wire that won't just bend on you or you lose half the benefit. Meaning, if the wire inside bends where you are girth hitched it'll be alit harder to open up the tether to advance up the tree.
If I didn't use footloops but just kept it basic and minimalist like gcr0003 and his gang I'd still put a wire in the tree hugging part to speed things up and make it less work to open and move the tether up.
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I cant find your video right now, but you used spring steel in the end right? Do you remember what gauge?
 
PEEJAY said:
is there a spark notes version of this thread where i can avoid reading 133 pages? Im sure its all great info but my brain explodes after 2 or 3 pages. i feel like i just saw something like that a week or 2 ago but cant find it.
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And just like that it's 150 pages....think of it like a book, cept it keeps getting longer.
 
kstetar said:
Yeah yeah, you guys are wasting your time. That other thing is anti-gravity. None of our current methods compare to that. Waiting for the @Red Beard to report back, but hard to see my 2024 season going any other direction.
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Only 69.99.....https://www.blindedhunting.com/qsafe
You outta buy it and try it and tell us how it defeats gravity.....
 
Mschmeiske said:
Can everyone tell me their favorite rope combinations and friction hitches?
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Currently running 9 mm C-IV for top tether and 9.5 mm Canyon tech foot tether, Longhorn Agile hitches tied with 6.8mm RIT 900. Performance has been pretty solid. Thinking about tying a soft sticht hitch out of this cord to see how I like that though.
 
Dumb question, but to get down, are you just reversing the process, correct? Does anyone use a rap line as their topmost tether, and then just drop the rap line to the ground, rappel down, and pull with a retrieval line?

I do a lot of rock/ice climbing, and like this concept, but really like the ease of getting down via rapping vs. downclimbing.
 
BurntReynolds said:
Dumb question, but to get down, are you just reversing the process, correct? Does anyone use a rap line as their topmost tether, and then just drop the rap line to the ground, rappel down, and pull with a retrieval line?

I do a lot of rock/ice climbing, and like this concept, but really like the ease of getting down via rapping vs. downclimbing.
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Yes. Reverse the process when coming down.
 
Samcirrus said:
I will say that it has to be a super stiff steel wire that won't just bend on you or you lose half the benefit. Meaning, if the wire inside bends where you are girth hitched it'll be alit harder to open up the tether to advance up the tree.
If I didn't use footloops but just kept it basic and minimalist like gcr0003 and his gang I'd still put a wire in the tree hugging part to speed things up and make it less work to open and move the tether up.
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Do you think steel cable would work? Fairly stiff for its diameter and has low memory. A small piece of heat shrink on the ends of the cable might help prevent poking through the sheath. Maybe the vinyl coated cable would be better for not poking through?
 
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