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2. Whoopie sling - Wikipedia

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   A whoopie sling for hammock camping. A whoopie sling is an easily adjustable rope sling designed for tree pruning or tree removal. [1] [2] The whoopie sling works by wrapping the sling around the trunk of a tree or a heavy load bearing limb and pulling the end of the rope within the sling through a spliced choker. By adjusting the size of the ...

3. Swing yarder - Wikipedia

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   The swing yarder has several drums to pull in the cables. The cables run up an angled boom and then to the far side of a setting. By using two cables set up like a clothes line, the rigging can be pulled out and logs can be pulled across a logging setting where the trees have been previously felled.

4. Marlinespike hitch - Wikipedia

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   The hitch is frequently used by hammock campers to attach adjustable rope slings ("whoopie slings") to the webbing straps that are used to attach hammocks to trees. By passing the working end through the marlinespike hitch, this knot can be used as an alternative method of tying the Bowline knot.

5. Hammock - Wikipedia

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   A hammock, from Spanish hamaca, borrowed from Taíno and Arawak hamaka, is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two or more points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting. It normally consists of one or more cloth panels, or a woven network of twine or thin rope stretched with ropes between two firm anchor points such as ...

6. Sling (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   Slings and now more often 3-foot alpine draws or shorter quickdraws are used in-between pieces of protection and the rope to minimize rope drag [2] Hitch around a chock stone or a tree to use as passive protection [2] Clove hitch around chicken heads or sling around horns [2] Longer slings or cordelettes can be used for equalized belay stations

7. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Thursday, January 23

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   Read no further until you really want some clues or you've completely given up and want the answers ASAP. Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #592 on Thursday ...

8. Sara Haines walks off “The View” shot after Whoopi Goldberg ...

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   Goldberg's birthday episode also included the return of the Wind Machine of Chaos and her face on a giant wheel of cheese. Whoopi Goldberg made an important reveal on The View while standing in ...

9. Tree shelter - Wikipedia

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   Additionally, tree tubes accelerate growth by providing a mini-greenhouse environment that reduces moisture stress, channels growth into the main stem and roots and allows efficient control of weeds that can rob young seedlings of soil moisture and sunlight. Young trees protected in this way have a survival rate of around 85%, but without a ...