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I was addressing the shortfall in technique you yourself pointed to in Climbing Arborist's YouTube offering that you posted. Nothing to do with you or your "adeptness" one way or the other. Take a deep breath, friend :).

This is another one of those instances when we are reminded that just because someone is adept at making and posting a YouTube video, it does not necessarily follow that they are as adept at the subject they are posting about.

Knothead, the way you describe it is the way I've always done it too. It is the method described in Jepson's Tree Climber's Companion, 2nd Edition. That's where I learned it 20+ years ago. I've seen plenty of other climbers use this method over the years since then.