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  1. Marc-Antoine

    Akimbo on Hyperclimb

    It's to obtain the babys from some selected/ remarquable trees, before the squirels pick their taxes. Be sure of the origin too and not mix them with some random genetic. You can never be sure when they are already on the ground. So get your ass up there, all the way up, just before the sky, to...
  2. Marc-Antoine

    Akimbo on Hyperclimb

    the trees naturaly very pitchy aren't alone to put you in trouble. For example, the cedrus is one of the less pitchy tree in the coniferals. You don't find pitch in the wood like a pine or a spruce, so the cuts stay clean during all the job. He knows very well how to fabricate the pitch tough...
  3. Marc-Antoine

    Akimbo on Hyperclimb

    I've been stuck on both. With a hitch chord, you can always release the load on it, work it loose to lessen the grip and set it again some inches under, reload and see if it's better. Repeat. With the Akimbo, it's hard to pass the pitch spot, really hard. The upper came is like glued and jammed...
  4. Marc-Antoine

    Akimbo on Hyperclimb

    Plus it leaves the oil which catches all the crap and dust. I guess it can be used to save the day but don't make it an habit. I"d wash the rope after that.
  5. Marc-Antoine

    Akimbo on Hyperclimb

    A small dab of pitch can lock hard the Akimbo. The upper cam is like glued and by the way it works, it can't let go the rope. The fatter part of the used rope gives more drag but not enougth to lock you. I get some slippage on the well worn part of the rope because my Akimbo begin to be well...
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