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Thanks for the reply! I posted these same questions and got a pretty good answer from a rope access technician on a mountain climbing site. As you said, there are many ways to climb.

After researching climbing equipment for rope access and tree climbing, I realized that I don't want expensive ropes and belay devices in front of me while doing roofing or painting. I'm going to stick the with poly rope roofers kit for that task and build another kit for tree climbing and rope access.

The PVC rope protector is a good idea.