SRT Qualified?

[Khriss]

Well, yr cheery this morn-Mr Stubby ! An it ain't been pointed out yet but yr rope lasts twice as long. K

[Mark Bolam]

Khriss, do you really think it needs to be a separate CS unit?

 

I for one wouldn't be happy having to pay for something I've been doing for years without dying at all.

 

Then refreshing it, yada yada yada....

[Khriss]

Fraid I do Mark, it's a bit like the old NPTC unit where you either did conifer or broadleaf snedding - cos it's completely different ! Anchoring and rescue methods are different. Advancing an SRT anchor is different, cos you must not rely on a thin lateral to take a side-load ( which people have been killed doing so ). I know it might bind with people, but the benefit in the SRT system is proven - so NPTC have to run with the ball on this. K

[Khriss]

( I ain't refreshed my climbing since 1998 )

[Mark Bolam]

I do get you Khriss, but I’m not paying for something I’ve known how to do for a long time.

Maybe it should be like Grandad rights on your licence....

[Rich Rule]

Simple answer.  Move country and leave all the bullshit behind.

 

it worked for me.

 

I do realise it is easier said than done.

[MattyF]

Fraid I do Mark, it's a bit like the old NPTC unit where you either did conifer or broadleaf snedding - cos it's completely different ! Anchoring and rescue methods are different. Advancing an SRT anchor is different, cos you must not rely on a thin lateral to take a side-load ( which people have been killed doing so ). I know it might bind with people, but the benefit in the SRT system is proven - so NPTC have to run with the ball on this. K

Surely the same goes for drt ?
Apart from that i would be really pissed off if I had to do a unit to climb SRT ... I did my last Ariel saw refreshers SRT and I doubt the assessor knew a clue about the system I was using...