Climbing at heights!!

[Mark T]

All good advice...

 

#Trust your kit

#Know its in good nick

#Know its the right kit for the job

#Rely on your knowledge of trees and the biomechanics of trees

#Do one task at a time and work to a plan

 

#Most important of all... get yourself a song! I always get Prodigy and 'Minefields' going round and round, love it!

 

Nice pictures Joe, the Scarlet Oaks look great in the middle distance... didn't know you had your CS38 booked though!!!?

 

Mark

[Alasdair]

From climbing in college and the occasional climbing done outside college height never bothered me although i do have a fear of heights its all about taking your time and doing it properly

 

good luck with ur test joe

[Dom]

The fear factor quickly subsides when you get used to climbing, but a little bit of fear is healthy, it means you check your rope and knots and carabiners.

I subconciously whistle a little tune whenever I'm a tad bit nervous or feeling a little unsafe. I don't ever notice I'm doing it at the time but my groundie does, he calls it my thinking whistle.

[Jamie]

i find if i'm out on a bendy stem it makes me slightly nervous so it sharpens your senses that bit more.

 

Jamie

[DrewB]

i find if i'm out on a bendy stem it makes me slightly nervous so it sharpens your senses that bit more.

 

Jamie

 

i always find that putting my earplugs in helps me concentrate more on the real thin stuff, cuts out the other crap.

[Big Dave]

its not the height you need to be scared of, it's hitting the ground at high speed.

 

A little bit of fear keeps you safe.

[Matt McAulay]

I lost my bottle 3 years back 60ft had to come back down, month later i started working with another group of lads got my confidence back big challenge was goin up 80ft dead acacia covered in ivy that took a while. funny really only just changed my harness coupla months back as my old weavers bless its sh#'/y old leather was bein held togther by baling twine (loler who?). Learn to trust ur kit never go wrong.