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Pretty much. Simple and effective.

I've faced similar issues with mechanicals when descending off a crane. Used to just take a wrap around my feet to add some friction but messed up some expensive boots and started looking for an alternative. These days, i just pass a bight of rope through my side D or the bridge D on the Tree...

Nope. But honestly, its not a big deal. rope falls through it so easily that just leaving it on the rope is fine.

Thanks for all the responses. I have adjusted the brake in a good deal and changed ropes. Both of which helped, but it was a different rope that made the biggest difference. I was using an 11.7 that really flattened out in the cam. Switched to a 12.5 that is much better at staying round and...

So I ended up with a Spiderjack 3 and have started playing around with it and am running in to an issue that almost makes it unusable and i wonder if I'm missing something. The problem is descent. this thing is either 100mph or nothing. i can't seem to get much in between the two. I adjusted...

So I'm 6'3" and have ranged from 220-250 over the last 19 years in this business. Right now I'm about 230 which, coincidentally, is what i weighed when i graduated from high school where i was an athlete. Granted, I was an offensive lineman and the weight was an attribute. I've been lighter...

You know, I go back and forth on basal anchors. One day they freak me out, the next I think they make the most sense. For now though, I'm sticking with my canopy anchors and my hybrid anchor.

I've considered that and it works well but requires retrieval at the endomof the climb. Not a huge deal, but I try to finish near the ground. I've been running a butterfly for my anchor with a pinto below it to fair lead the knot and that works pretty well for managing the friction, though it...

So i generally only use canopy anchors when ascending and working on an SRT system and struggle to advance my PSP (TIP) efficiently. I understand that a basal anchor system would make this a whole lot easier, but i just don't like my line in the work zone--too much risk, for me, of it getting...

When I'm setting chokers off the line/ball, I always use DdRT so i can descend and remove my line before the cut is made. Lately, I've heard of people using SRT in this situation and I'm curious how you would remove your line before the cut? I suppose you could choke your line off and use the...

Thats it!

Thanks, man. I'll give it a go!

in a friction saver or hip prussik application it jams way less and is easier to move after being loaded but holds better than a four coil.

Can you send me a link? still cant find it being tied with a loop. only a piece of cordage.

OK, so I'm trying to tie a schwabisch with a closed loop and, for the life of me, I cannot get it right. If you have ever used a Sherrill adjustable friction saver, you'll have seen this and if i have one to compare and deconstruct, I can do it, but alas, when i pulled mine out i had, at some...

i use a bar smaller than the stump by about a third. the bore in, level as possible and use the top of the bar, pushing with my leg. i usually am pretty close to matching on the far side and the chips in the cut keep the stump from pinching. not perfect, but usually works out pretty well

I used to clip in to my belt loop but went with zip ties a while back. It's surprising how small a zip tie will hold your weight. i've found, in my testing, that the zip tie usually doesn't break, but the locking part fails and they run out. FWIW

For me, its all about visualization. I look at the situation (rigging, environment, tree, etc...) and visualize exactly what will happen when i cut. If I can't say with a reasonable degree of certainty what is going to happen, I stop, rethink the plan, ask for help, whatever, until I know...

As far as the alpine butterfly goes, I've ditched it in favor of a knot I learned called the circus bowline. Easier to tie thN the butterfly but doesn't bind. Unties like a bowline. I'm a running bowline for rigging guy. Half hitch or marl below if there isn't a crotch or stub between the tie...

No Plastic on my saddle. I climb on an ergolite and only use the paddle carabiners. I once got a caritool free with a saddle and used it for a while but the stupid gate kept going wonky on me and i lost some equipment, including a saw, and threw it in the trash. i don't let my guys use them...