Rabid K9
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Something wrong with this story.... (aside from not reverse parking the truck).
whadja do today?
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holy stubs
and it looks like your nearly horizontal to your tie in
Rabid K9
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Yep, was a hail mary, climbing line pretty much hooked around a passing cloud (** is a rare day when you don't climb well your high point in older eucs).
I hate stubs.
So why leave them?
I use them as rigging re-directs and as a friction bollard, normally I will plan out each cut, leave ONE stub to use for everything I need, once that stuff is off the stub is cut off
basically, cut limb "A" with a stub, use for friction on limb "B" then cut stub "A" off
treevet
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I also ran 11m velocity thru my zig zags from the time it was invented (I had 2 of the first gen that broke and were recalled) but then on a whim I went to the 12.7 vortex and been happier with it. It is harder to install in the zz so I just leave it on there and suffer having to slide it all the way back to the splice every time.Something wrong with this story.... (aside from not reverse parking the truck).
The power and the torque. The variable speed trigger.
Jeff
I love velocity, only issue I have is its so friggen light, real pain to flick over a branch from more than about 10ft away
gorman
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Do chaps work against them? I heard the torque makes chaps negligible
treevet
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It was real easy to run thru the zz and then re install it. But the 12/7 vortex is much easier on the hands imo. I got some other schit I bought for my Akimbo but not dialed that thing in yet. Put a steel snap on your belt and then put it on your velocity just for throwing. Then the light weight becomes an advantage up in the air.
I heard the same thing, haven't tried to test that tho.
Jeff
Are you still climbing? I couldn’t imagine it at your age. We have a local guy (Your friend Paul knows him) that still climbs from time to time in his 70’s. Crazy bastard, and I love him. Can’t believe he hasn’t killed himself yet.
If you you are, I have all respect for you.
Cant imagine doing it 25 years from now.
treevet
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Thanks, I climb all the time. Did a big beech couple of days ago. Deadwood and a lot with house/roof clearance and thin interior canopy. No spikes of course. I condition religiously and like I said earlier...no pains at all now as I quit the sport I love, racquetball leagues, at the covid. I climb off the crane on removals. I can spike all day and all week if I wanted to.
New medicine since I can't distance run anymore is new generation Schwinn Airdyne as I used to break the pegs standing on them. 40 min. ride, 2 full mins on pegs then 3 mins on seat as hard as I can take for every 5 mins. At 40 minutes...on the seat but push as hard as I can for a full minute both arms and legs. Soaking wet and can't hardly talk.
treevet
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I had a friend in New Jersey that climbed into his 80's. He was 2 time National Climbing Champion and foreman for Bartlett. I could come up with a couple of national tree care magazine articles he was featured in if anyone was interested.
I have started hanging my throw weight on a carritool, works great when advancing my climb line more than 10-15ft, and a necessity for my lanyard IMO
you see my lanyard video? got an amazing hitch for it so I can run it SRT, most of my climbs are under 40ft so I can choke it on a stem and rappel in an emergency without setting up my climb line
although, your akimbo would work nearly the same as the hitch I run
treevet
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then you gotta go back up and take out your canopy anchor if not a td?
yes, but when you think about it, if im ever in a situation where I need to rappel down in an emergency then I couldn't care less about getting my rope back, rope is cheap all things considered
treevet
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I’ve spent the last two days in my terex xt 60/70 elevator bucket (75’ work height). Spent the day before in my 90’ wh lift. The elevator is a workhorse, but the big lift is the technician, hands down. 25’ of extra height is a game changer for sure. 60 footers are entry level stuff. Just saying.
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