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Tree safe anchor until gets your webbing

Yeah, that seems odd. Anyone ever ordered the Mensa test and taken it?

I got a 127, a "word warrior". The chart says that's in the top 3 percentile. I really wonder if it's BS, but, like Muffy said, it makes me feel good. I suck when it comes to emotional intelligence, though.

I have long suspected that committed climbers are a wicked smart bunch of people, and being a regular on this board has helped confirm my suspicions. It seems that there are a combination of elements. The experiential intelligence finds seat in climbing, as well as the enjoyment and challenge of complexity and risk found in higher-thinkers. How smart are climbers? here's a test How do you compare? here's the chart Discuss.

A couple of rap rings tied into that rig would help with the friction problem. They are pretty cheap, and would make for a reuseable setup. One could use some small perlon to hold the system around the tree, small enough that the tree would easily break it with growth. Which makes me wonder: wouldn't the rope pull the rope-loop pictured down after one rappel, making it litter? What if everyone did this every time tey rappelled off a tree? It would make for a lot of scattered rope/webbing, it seems. I have seen rappel systems that are retrievable. I can't think of the set-up right now, but I am sure one of you has the knowledge/link. Anyone?

I was wondering what your last name was. You should hang out with your countryman Bob.

Partners who aren't forgiving when you get hurt aren't that great either.

Well put, Bug!

Yeah, we're all such accountants around here...

If you are climbing at the Needles in South Dakota, it's often the only way to get off. Bone up on it if you are ever planning to go there.

Nice TR, my friend! (I am still kicking myself for going to work instead. )

Tri-cams rock! There are times when no other pro works as well: -pockets -bottom of flares -highly irregular cracks Dru, when's the next Tri-Cam Club meeting?

I'm looking at the Xmas weekend, weather permitting. Try out the new 5.13 climber pak I am hoping to get.

SO MUCH FOR THE ONSIGHT.

But it actually might be climbable at Index due to the warming and possible clearing on Friday. MMMM, rock...

Saw one of these up at Baker last week. Really tearing it up with tight turns. Dude had snowboard boots and was locked into it. Anyone ever been on one? Funky lookin'

O.K., my bad. "Table cells".

Also, the "reference to post" avoids confusion/anger.

I know Doctorb personally, and: WRONG ANSWER! The climbing resume is a dead giveaway. PM'ed in it's entirety

...and NO ICON!

Fairweather. My wife recently did a bit of research to deter her mother from nagging her about going to France for Xmas. The reason she ended up using was that one one-way trans-atlantic flight releases as much carbon monoxide into the atmosphere as a year driving an SUV.