I don't know about all this steel core flipline stuff you guys are talking about, is this some kind of new technology? I'm still climbing on 3 strand hemp which I grow myself. Just kidding! You guys who read through this one and checked the date stamp will see how old this thread is!
People seem to be pulling posts up from way back when, so I thought I'd revive the first ever post in commercial tree care and climbing. Dating from 2001, a few of the guys that posted in this first thread are still around AS! I'll raise my glass to you all as the countdown starts, we got a couple hours to go in aus. I've cooked dinner for everyone, music's playing and glasses are being drained. Enjoy the night everyone, hope the new year brings you plenty of work ;-)
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Well, here in OR, it's still 2012 (woke up an he ago at 1:30 a.m. when my wife hit me 'cause she said i had an elbow in her ribs). Must be a different time zone.
Bought my first flip line BEFORE I owned a climbing helmet. After hitting myself on top of my head (twice!) , I bought a helmet. I think that was in about 2003. Still climbing at 52. I even know a guy who has ct his metal core flip line twice, fell out of the tree, and lived to tell about it. He is nearly blind and still climbs (and some people know who this guy is here on the Site).
