Climber Down

[Joe Newton]

2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Rope wear? who gives a toss about rope wear?

 

Evidently some people. 

[Paddy1000111]

26 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Rope wear? who gives a toss about rope wear?

 

LOLER. Anyway, I climb DDRT most of the time unless I'm doing work for myself and once I saw the SRT light I now resent DDRT a little. Mainly because of this rather cloudy area with HSE and the fact I didn't train in SRT. I've always wondered if I did fall at work it gives an insurance company a good get out of "you didn't train in SRT and this isn't the "approved" way... 

 

Anyway, I didn't want to turn this into the usual forum debate of SRT Vs DDRT... Not what this topic is about 

Edited September 28, 2020 by Paddy1000111

[Mick Dempsey]

In fairness, it’s exactly what this thread is about, safety.

[Mark Bolam]

I would spike a ladder if it made my day easier.

[Paddy1000111]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

In fairness, it’s exactly what this thread is about, safety.

Correct! In this case mind the only way this climber would have been safe is if he used a cherry picker 

[Paul Cleaver]

I had never had such a failure as have the vast majority of you  My rule was if in doubt, take the safer option. I think the accident was a brain fart,  don't be complacent,  always concentrate no matter how menial the task

[Dan Maynard]

I wondered if the thing was covered in ivy? It would be tempting to think ah it's oak, it'll be strong enough.

[Darrin Turnbull]

6 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

I wondered if the thing was covered in ivy? It would be tempting to think ah it's oak, it'll be strong enough.

No ivy. I finished the tree , lots of small twigs on the stem and limbs.

nothing unusual 

 

[Treerover]

Sitting on the fence here, we all make SO many cuts, thousands a week, so many change overs, re-routes, considered risks dozens of times a day sometimes .
We deal with structures we are second guessing and even the gravity and predictable force of the pieces we are dealing with can be totally changed by wind etc.
You amplify this with things like fatigue, stress, innocent distraction and mild complacency based on experience , then one day statistically something gives.
Luckily for most of us we laugh it off as a ‘close one’ and the knees stop knocking as we work on stoically ......but again, statistically the odds are that one of us won’t be so lucky with the laughter.
Let’s face it, we all do everything to stack the odds in our favour and limit risks as best we can , but ultimately we are human and no one can be 100% efficient all the time on every level .
I’m glad this chap has survived .
Perhaps he’s taken one for the team and as usual, after reading dreadful accidents of this nature we all just give that one extra check again .
Stay safe gents .....our world is not plain sailing [emoji1303]