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billl7


Jul 10, 2011, 12:39 AM
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rescueman wrote:
Nothing like that exists in this universe, any more than "the sound of one hand clapping".

The universe is much bigger than a dictionary, my friend.


rescueman


Jul 10, 2011, 2:38 AM
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billl7 wrote:
The universe is much bigger than a dictionary, my friend.

Who's talking about dictionaries? I'm talking about talking (or writing, or punching keys on a keyboard). The purpose of talking is to communicate (though from all the blather that passes most lips, you'd never know that).

If you live in a Universe that big, then please tell me what is the sound of one hand clapping? And what is half a relationship (a bend is a relationship between two rope ends)?


binrat


Jul 10, 2011, 8:31 PM
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marc801 wrote:
Oh.
Dear.
God.
It's a bloody top rope anchor. Just clip a quick draw to each bolt, run the rope through, and call it done.

The rest of the OP is just too tedious to bother trying to comprehend. While they look probably OK after a quick glance, they all seem quite the overly complicated clusterfuck.
Simplicity at its best. Easy to and fast to build and easy to inspect after.
To the OP:
wrap 3 pull 2 is a standard rescue anchor, overkill for TR anchors.


rescueman


Jul 10, 2011, 11:07 PM
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binrat wrote:
wrap 3 pull 2 is a standard rescue anchor, overkill for TR anchors.

Might be. Might not.

OP said: "If the tree is closer I'd just wrap it around the tree a lot of times until I had a more usable length."

And there's a saying: "If you don't know how to tie a knot you tie a lot."

A Wrap 2 Pull 1 is more than sufficient for a TR anchor and it offers advantages over most other ways of slinging a tree with webbing:
1) It cinches and will stay in place off the ground if that's important to keep the anchor out of the mud or for a better angle to the edge and the tree is large enough - but without the strength loss of a girth hitch.
2) It self-equalizes to any angle of tension.
3) It offers the strength of 2 (W2P1) or 4 (W3P2) strands of webbing while isolating the knot from the tension.



What is "just right" or what is "overkill" depends entirely on the specifics of each anchor scenario.


redonkulus


Jul 10, 2011, 11:58 PM
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billl7 wrote:
rescueman wrote:
Nothing like that exists in this universe, any more than "the sound of one hand clapping".

The universe is much bigger than a dictionary, my friend.

He's just grumpy about getting banned from that other forum.

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