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Therrin
    
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<Reply # 20 on 3/11/2010 11:06 PM >
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Here's one of my favorite equipment manufacturer's websites. This whole section of their site is dedicated towards "recreational" tree climbing and tree climbing equipment.
http://www.sherril.../Recreational-Gear
And here's a link they have on their "training center" stuff:
http://www.sherril...ec-Learning-Center
I've purchased thousands of $$ worth of gear from them. If there's anything you have questions about, I can get you in touch with one of the the people over there I've spoken with before. They're very nice and helpfull folks.
BTW:
I rarely use gloves when climbing, but when I *do*, I use these:
http://www.sherril...ol-Handling-Gloves
They're kinda like latex dipped kevlar material, with close-knit cuffs.
I usually dont like wearing gloves because I cant feel the 'biners and stuff im working with, but these have an amazing amount of tactile-feedback, they're relatively tight fitting but they breathe well, and they're cut resistant.
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shadowX
 
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Is this real? Or is it fake?
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<Reply # 21 on 5/5/2010 10:06 PM >
| | | | So these gloves are not a good idea?
Although on a serious note. Im not a rigger/climber/rappler/what ever it is. What is a general rule for replacing gear. I know ropes, clips, and all that dont last forever.......or do they???
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<Reply # 22 on 5/6/2010 6:18 AM >
| | | | This pretty much tells the story...
Caving harness (On Rope 1 Goliath), chest harness, Croll, handled ascender, Stop, cowstails, etc.
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delusional
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<Reply # 23 on 9/28/2010 1:39 AM >
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How do you like the OR1 Harness? I was think of either that or the GGG Ultralite harness, cant decide..
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<Reply # 24 on 9/28/2010 9:13 AM >
| | | | Posted by shadowX
So these gloves are not a good idea?
Although on a serious note. Im not a rigger/climber/rappler/what ever it is. What is a general rule for replacing gear. I know ropes, clips, and all that dont last forever.......or do they???
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Ropes... One good solid fall... REPLACE IT IMMEDIATELY. Or if the rope starts to show any sign of core damage (pinch the rope between your index and thumb and if you find any weak spots that is core damage) it should be replaced. Carabiners, I've never had to replace one yet. They're pretty damn sturdy and it will be more obvious when you need to replace one.
Harness: also still using the same one... I'd call this another common sense issue. If you think it needs to replaced, then it definitely needs to be replaced.
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<Reply # 25 on 9/28/2010 9:51 AM >
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Ahh, yeah this is the thread I wanted to post this in, not fall protection (forgive my crosspost):
Everything but the kitchen sink:
http://i214.photob...ar/kitchensink.jpg
Minimal SRT Gear (labeled):
http://i214.photob...Gear/ascending.jpg
IF you wanna see my [bad] SRT in action, you can check this vid here: I had to make some stupid video for a college course, just proving I can record, edit and compile video...
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc158/Negative_Silver/Gear/th_srt.jpg
I was trying to kick off against the tree but it was mossy/slippery. If you can't tell I need a lot more practice. At the end, there is a vine I climbed up by hand to demonstrate the difference between my (at the moment) rather shitty SRT and my (31337 n1nj4) climbing skills. Everything is in realtime I only edited out the uninteresting ascend/descend changeover.
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is that DBI a cable grab or a rope grab? if it is a 3/8 cable grab then what do you use it for
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<Reply # 26 on 9/28/2010 2:32 PM >
| | | | Posted by ghost6
is that DBI a cable grab or a rope grab? if it is a 3/8 cable grab then what do you use it for
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Cable systems when solo climbing tall things.
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"Go all the way or walk away"
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Therrin
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<Reply # 27 on 12/12/2010 8:36 AM >
| | | | | Carabiners, I've never had to replace one yet. They're pretty damn sturdy and it will be more obvious when you need to replace one. |
Less obvious usually. Worn inner axis that people get used to seeing in progressively small increments and don't pay much attention to, and micro-cracks/stress features. Busted/missing springs are pretty obvious though.
Also, if a biner is dropped from heights it should be replaced. Biners which receive significant force when dropped can dent or crack or have internal issues which do not show themselves openly. Most just pick them up, brush them off, and continue using.
OH, AND HEY I GOT A NEW HARNESS AND HELMET!!!!!
I can't figure out if I want to stay with the yellow helmet, or send it back and get white instead.
Harness is the Petzl Bod Fast (NFPA/ANSI)
Helmet is the Petzl Best (NFPA/ANSI/EH)
 
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<Reply # 28 on 12/12/2010 1:46 PM >
| | | | inb4 someone posts a noose.
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<Reply # 29 on 12/12/2010 3:21 PM >
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Cable grab + basic harness + guyed mast = bad idea. When you aren't climbing an actual ladder every time you lean down it locks making the descent a foot by foot process; you need a chest harness for this.
Climbin' trees practicin' ninja moves for a product shot for a mock ad for digital photography class:
I know I eventually need to pickup a helmet but I want one in black. 
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Therrin
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<Reply # 30 on 12/12/2010 11:16 PM >
| | | | | I know I eventually need to pickup a helmet but I want one in black. |
They make this awesome concoction called "paint", which you can apply over an existing surface, and it will change it to the color of the "paint" that you've selected. It's very handy stuff.
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<Reply # 31 on 12/13/2010 3:31 AM >
| | | | Posted by Therrin
They make this awesome concoction called "paint", which you can apply over an existing surface, and it will change it to the color of the "paint" that you've selected. It's very handy stuff.
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Yeah, I know. It's also just another thing I don't have room for in my pack and money I could better allocate elsewhere. A bicycle helmet would suffice for the meantime if I was desperate for head protection but I haven't rappelled off, into, or ascended anything that could come crashing down on my head that a helmet would protect me from.
So far I've only been up a few water towers, off a bridge, and into a flood diversion/spillway. There's no caves around here, when I find use for a helmet I'll pick one up.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
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PositivePressure
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<Reply # 32 on 12/13/2010 6:04 AM >
| | | | Here's some of my stuff:
Pictured is pretty much all of the "standard" stuff. Not pictured is all the other random crap - masses of webbing, OSHA harness that's hiding in my closet somewhere, fall arrest lanyards, etc.
Yates Assault Harness (my go-to for most things):
Generic lightweight harness if weight is an issue:
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terapr0
 
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<Reply # 33 on 12/18/2010 7:13 PM >
| | | | lol one of these days you need to teach me how to coil rope like that :p
I didnt know you had 4 rescue pulleys either! verry nice
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Therrin
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<Reply # 34 on 12/19/2010 12:14 AM >
| | | | Ahhh, someone after my own heart.
Nice setup. Those Petzl rescue pulleys are $$$!! They're like $60/each, thats $240 worth of pulleys alone! And is that a petzl Oscillante next to them? I picked up one of those a couple months ago. It looks hella lightweight when you're holding it but it performs pretty decently.
I almost bought one of those poly sheeves that you slide on a biner, that's like $5, but I got the oscillante instead. I have some of the older style petzl rescues, back before they felt like bricks and looked sexy with the red/black scheme.
I just got an idea a few weeks ago and I'm thinking about taking my stuff over to the tailor's place. It's basically one of my rope bags that has 2" webbing pinned around it in different places. It gives a "handle" along the long axis of the bag, as well as two small loops at either side of the "mouth" of the bag. But the best part is that it has two 2" QD poly buckles that will clip around my leg.
That way I can clip the rope bag on the outside of my leg, and go on rappel with the rope furling straight out of the bag and through my rack or ATC. No need to throw a rope down and worry about snags/tangles. It just spools off the side of your leg as you go.
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PositivePressure
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<Reply # 35 on 12/19/2010 5:56 AM >
| | | | Thanks! I love the rescue pulleys. Durable, smooth, and they don't get all gummed up when soaked in mud and who knows what else. They just feel good and solid. I'd love to get my hands on a couple of Petzl twin double prussik minders too, but that's some serious cash for just a single pulley. That orange pulley is just a Petzl Fixe. Its okay but the bearing really took a crap after my last trip. It definitely doesn't scream high quality or anything compared to the rescues.
That rope bag idea sounds pretty awesome. I'd love to see it when you get it all finished. I've seen that type of setup used before and it looks to work really well! The way I've been coiling my rope completely eliminates knots and such when you toss it - it just uncoils under its own weight all the way down and never ever gets tangled in itself. It's great, but takes a little while to put back together afterward.
And Terapr0, I'll teach you next time I see you 
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<Reply # 36 on 12/19/2010 6:00 AM >
| | | | Posted by terapr0
lol one of these days you need to teach me how to coil rope like that :p
I didnt know you had 4 rescue pulleys either! verry nice
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how do you coil rope like that? not that I'd want to, it looks time consuming. is there a youtube video or something?
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Therrin
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<Reply # 37 on 12/19/2010 6:04 AM >
| | | | Yeah, Dav did up one of our rope coils on a mining trip like that for a shaft we were dropping down. He called it "birdsnesting" the rope. It works well as far as uncoiling on its own, but it kept getting snagged on stuff sticking out in the shaft as I threw it down, or it'd fall behind something and slip out the bottom and I'd have to try to pull it back up and it'd be slipping out the whole time till I could get it back up around a beam and toss what was left back down, where it promptly snagged around a nail sticking off a ladder.
I imagine for smooth walls and drops it'd work very well. I'm still looking forward to getting this bag sewn up though.
About pulleys, yeah! I'm looking forward to getting a set of the Petzl doubles with the becket on the end. Then you can use them as mechanical advantage for hauling systems with very minimal setup.
I finally bent the gate on my minitraxion after several years of use. They don't align up straight anymore, so the opening gate-side doesn't fit around the hole on the sheave anymore. I'm a little bummed about that. It's still perfectly useable, but it's not the way it should be. It looks like on the newer minitraxions they've built them up a little to keep this from happening.
These are the pulleys I'd like to get:
http://www.petzl.c...sik-pulleys-0/twin
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PositivePressure
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<Reply # 38 on 12/19/2010 6:22 AM >
| | | | When that coil was taught to me a long time ago, I remember it being referred to as a snake coil. I haven't been able to find anything on the web related to it though. It does work really well for straight drops into open spaces. Walls, access shafts, that type of thing. I can try and make a bit of a photo how-to tomorrow if you'd like. You basically just make a few loops to determine the overall diameter of the coil, and then you pass opposing bites through each other repeatedly all the way around.
That really sucks about the minitraxion. How did it get bent so bad? The pulley you linked to looks awesome! Just like the rescue, but x2! I need to get me some of those. Would definitely make for a nice haul system.
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Therrin
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<Reply # 39 on 12/19/2010 6:58 AM >
| | | | Yeah they're the best for that. Prussik minding too! They're $120 EACH though, so $240 for a set of them. Kinda pricey. The same style is made by a few other companies, but the petzl ones are a great strength-weight-price ratio.
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