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The Bow Knot
https://josh-maloney.com/2025/01...Joshua Maloney As a tree climber, I rely on knots to suspend my weight high in the canopy. Bowlines, anchor hitches, and prussics all serve a specific purpose and are good at what they do, but each has limitations. Some knots cannot be untied once loaded (anchor hitch), while others will come free after a […]
12.1.2025 13:03The Bow Knot
https://josh-maloney.com/2025/01...Friction Hitches
https://josh-maloney.com/2025/01...Arborists can act like Batman and quickly ascend and descend ropes using a friction hitch. A friction hitch is a knot used in climbing to attach one rope to another or a carabiner. In a climbing situation, the climber ties into the carabiner. All friction hitches are based on the simple Prussik, and many friction […]
9.1.2025 11:11Friction Hitches
https://josh-maloney.com/2025/01...Endless Ringing
https://josh-maloney.com/2024/05...tih-NITE-us or TIN-uh-tus There is a constant ringing, buzzing, or eeeeeing in my ears. It is the sound of a struck symbol between the hit and its slow reduction in reverberation, but tinnitus doesn’t go away. There is constant din at the shore as waves crash, but that sound is peaceful; tinnitus irritates. Tinnitus reminds […]
16.5.2024 17:35Endless Ringing
https://josh-maloney.com/2024/05...Sorry I Tased You
https://josh-maloney.com/2023/10...At 1145, December 31, 2013, I started work like any other night. Sometimes, holidays are hectic to work as a police officer, but sometimes, they are eerily quiet. Having completed the Plymouth Municipal Police Training Center in December 2011, I had already finished the hundreds of hours the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires to be a […]
30.10.2023 18:57Sorry I Tased You
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