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By the USFS definition three point climbing is a technique used in ALL climbing, free or not, excepting SRT or rappelling...free climbing is a method of tree climbing that employs three point climbing, too. It's what is considered a point of contact that differentiates. Check the table of...

Frankly Jay, no...while employed I bootlegged on the books, and as often off the books on my own time, virtually all the work of writing and editing you see there. As to post retirement...all my time was volunteered because I wanted to see the revision finished, and bluntly, I was in a better...

If you do it right as described in detail in the Guide, in the right part of the right tree, under the right environmental conditions, with the right mental discipline, it is safe enough to be worth the huge savings in effort and consequent reduction in fatigue...which has a proven track record...

Sure Dave. We, well actually myself if I recall rightly :), communicated directly with 6 or 8 of the leading rope manufacturers, both arb and rock, all by phone conversation with a technical specialist rather than a marketing person, on the subject of rope care. The strong consensus was that...

Hahahahahahahahahahaha...Jay, you surely jest! Not that you could know, my old friend... Never a single extra dollar over my regular pay...me or any other TAG member or other special skill peer instructor corps in the USFS. We do it for love of the craft and a calling to teach, to help our...

SRT self belay in the small wood is covered in detail under the 4 inch tie in self belay system, Sean. As to your mention of choked SRT system for bailout capability, I THINK but will need to check to confirm, that we have covered that. If it didn't get in, it needs to and I'll see to...

I couldn't begin to estimate the hours I have in on drafting and editing this document, mostly before but also after retirement :). Many of the longer term TH members have read me speak of this revision, or have looked at the now 10 year old earlier version...a few, like Jerry Beranek and Pete...