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Originally Posted by Tree Machine  In tree care, we do this for money. The gear we buy better helps us earn our living.
Why on earth would you be cheap in choosing otherwise inexpensive personal gear that better allows you to earn your income?
Now cavers, they're a different bunch. Caving is a hobby and a passion, but generally doesn't earn one a living. Usually, like most hopbbies and sports, quite the opposite. I understand cavers keeping the expenses low, but still, they choose high-end gear because their lives are hanging on it. <SNIP> |
And the point, of course, is that cavers eventualy realized that for our use, "cheap" was just about the only reason to stay with knots or semimechanicals. Well, maybe not, you might choose them just to be different, but for many of us, ropes are just a means to an end (explore cave), and not the end itself (drop pits) - except in TAG,... - and there ascenders make it easier to drop more pits.
So yes, you CAN make a prusik better without going all the way to a mechanical ascender, but most of us no longer stop half way.
And yse, our needs are different, the double handled double rope ascender idea is just about as useless an idea as ever came along, for caving - or climbing - but the tree world is different and you'nzs seem to prefer them.
I think that this is a lot of the reason that Jim could spend so many hours staring at my collection and not find what he was after. I'm not surprised, my needs are different, and most gear is made for other reasons. It's kind of fun to hang out here, though...
----> Gary