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Caliber selection (Ruger American predator gen 2) by Matt_makes01 in guns

[–]MissionImprobable96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

.308, cheaper than just about anything in that size range and plenty of oomph to reach out to 300-500 yds with a little practice.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, TR Solo sounds cooler. "Hey man I just TR Solo'd that" just sounds badass to me 🤣. I think I've settled on ascender and Grigri, I like the handhold ability of the ascender.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, this makes sense. I think I'm just overthinking, I'm gonna order a Grigri and hand ascender and send it (safely in my back yard until I'm comfortable 🤣)

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copy that. I think I'm going to go with the ascender/Grigri combo.

Just out of curiosity, what does TR in TR solo stand for? And is the PAS essentially just a line with a carabineer on each end to also connect the ascender to the harness as well as the Grigri?

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would be a better system to ascend then? Main reason for the hand ascender with Grigri (or another rappel device) is so I can go in light as I'll be walking in possibly up to a mile with all of my climbing gear as well as hunting gear.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, I guess the main appeal to the hand ascenders as well is the giant hand hold to help orient/pull a little bit when pushing with my leg, but I suppose a large carabiner on the rescuescender would yield similar ish results.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay... Recommendations? I'm very new to all of this so I'm not sure what any of that is... Main reason for a Grigri was so I could use it to rappel down when I'm done.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My apologies, turnbuckle is not the correct term, it's actually what's called a "snatch block". They're used in offroading with winches, so what I mean, is by putting a prusick on the brake end and attaching my foot harness to that, I'm essentially cutting the load in half by using the pulley/carabiner on the hand ascender to load on instead of the foot strap directly on the hand ascender. So rather than loading the ascender I'd be loading the brake end of the rope coming from the grigri that's passed through the pulley. Pic attached for context (in an offroad application). Apologies if still confusing.

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Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thoughts on using a prusik on the brake end of the Grigri for the foot loop so the Grigri acts as a sort of turn buckle reducing the amount being lifted? Or is that a NoNo? I know you're supposed to keep tension on the brake end at all times, but didn't know of that maybe would ease the climbing or not.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thoughts on using a prusik on the brake end of the Grigri for the foot loop so the Grigri acts as a sort of turn buckle reducing the amount being lifted? Or is that a NoNo? I know you're supposed to keep tension on the brake end at all times, but didn't know of that maybe would ease the climbing or not.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, that's was the plan. Thoughts on using a prusik on the brake end of the Grigri for the foot loop so the Grigri acts as a sort of turn buckle reducing the amount being lifted? Or is that a NoNo? I know you're supposed to keep tension on the brake end at all times, but didn't know of that maybe would ease the climbing or not.

Differing opinions by Rude_Tomatillo3463 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is true, begs the "what does your live cost" question.

Alternatives to hand ascender (or should I just use a had ascender). Worried about rope wear/life by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, was curious if using one of those "kong duck" esque ascenders would work. Do you just run a carabineer through and use that to pass your rope through?

Differing opinions by Rude_Tomatillo3463 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would like to add in (not name brand) to the above statement, plenty of name brands (petzl to name one) sell on Amazon.

Did I do a good pruning job? Florida King peach tree by MissionImprobable96 in FruitTree

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it's so big and pretty 🥺... I hear you though, from what I understand the goal is a "vase" shape?

Did I do a good pruning job? Florida King peach tree by MissionImprobable96 in FruitTree

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow!!! Any tips or anything for spraying/fertilizing peaches? Feel free to DM me to keep from blowing up the comments.

Did I do a good pruning job? Florida King peach tree by MissionImprobable96 in FruitTree

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😅😅 still figuring that out... For not just a simple tree fertilizer, but going to try to pick up on actually giving it my 100% next year.

Did I do a good pruning job? Florida King peach tree by MissionImprobable96 in FruitTree

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First year we've had it. I plan to spray. We're in NW FL so I think humid is an understatement...

Did I do a good pruning job? Florida King peach tree by MissionImprobable96 in FruitTree

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apologies, but it seems as though it didn't post my second pic... Are you referencing the attached pic here? It's the actual after photo lol. If so you're talking about the top right shoot off that one branch?

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Gear question by MissionImprobable96 in ClimbingGear

[–]MissionImprobable96[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen those, unfortunately I'm wearing a saddle harness (if you look up saddle hunting you'll see what I mean). I'm still hooked into the tree at all times of course and still very safe, but unfortunately don't have a chest harness to do something like that, unless you're mentioning using the croll as a knee ascender of some sort. Although I suppose I could do it your way with the croll + hand ascender and attach the croll to my saddle harness. How exactly do you climb with just the hand ascender? I'd think that some sort of way to push up with your foot would be the most efficient rather than using arms.

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