Who's cut themselves climbing!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I can honestly say (touch wood) i have never cut myself whilst climbing:biggrin:

 

 

dont tempt fate, and I hope that you never do.

 

but your young, and if your a fulltime climber errors are easy to make, and hard to avoid 100%

[RobArb]

i've been a full time climber for the past 3 years part time for another 2 before that, and whilst i'm not tempting fate i worry more about falling out the tree or my anchor point failing than i am cutting myself!

[grumpydavesmith]

Bloody me today with my Silky. swung out to the tips on a pine to remove some deadwood, didnt bother with strop saw slipped deep gash to finger n 2hours in A&E no lasting damage but could have been alot worse.oh n a bruised arse where i slammed into the trunk after i let go of branch..

own stupid fault all for sake of couple of seconds to strop in and get better work position.

[Mark Bolam]

Always the way Dave.

 

Honest post mate.

 

Heal quick.

[Old WoodChip]

a friends fell out of an oak tree, farmer got ambulance they had to carry him over two fields just to get to the road, busted spleen busted hand/nose and died on the operating table but was lucky, he still climbs but it slowed him down for a while.

one very lucky guy

[skyhuck]

a friends fell out of an oak tree, farmer got ambulance they had to carry him over two fields just to get to the road, busted spleen busted hand/nose and died on the operating table but was lucky, he still climbs but it slowed him down for a while.

one very lucky guy

 

:confused1:Is he a ghost climber

[Le Sanglier]

a friends fell out of an oak tree, farmer got ambulance they had to carry him over two fields just to get to the road, busted spleen busted hand/nose and died on the operating table but was lucky, he still climbs but it slowed him down for a while.

one very lucky guy

 

Ok, after about the fifth time of reading I think you mean he clinically died and was revived, either that or, well, as Skyhuck says....

 

make a good comic book hero though.

[Chopper-Gooders]

cut tendon on left, top of the hand with top handle, wrapped it with my t-shirt waiting for a pick up ambulance

[Ja-mes]

Why were you wearing jeans:confused1:

 

Oh, haven't checked back here for a while.

Was wearing jeans because it was just Silky work and I assumed, wrongly it seems, that there wouldn't be much danger

[Dak]

had this thread in mind today while cutting a thick 25ft tall holly.

 

do you all cut using right and left hands? i was thinking this when my arms were crossed and switched hands.

 

i had a 3ft piece of rope on my silky, so as soon as i needed to grab the branch (to stop it falling into neighbouring property) i could just throw it over the next branch, made it much easier than in and out of the scabbard.

 

funny that ive just got a little bungee for mine, no springy enough to bounce back and cut anything, im wondering if its going to get caught much... time will tell

 

A few of people attach there silkys to harness i reckon