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Originally Posted by George Hayduke  Using a Pantin makes really good sense a lot of the time. It's much easier most of the time to ascend a rope then put on spikes instead of spiking all of the way up. |
It's easier in the short term, but how long will it take for you to become complacent? The beauty of going up a tree DdRT rather then SRT is you slow down and are able to visually inspect the tree for defects as you are climbing - rather then speeding up a line being completely oblivious to a defect that could take your life.
Now I'm not telling you to spike up your prune's or that pantin's shouldn't be used, but I'm just saying fast and easy isn't always good for you.