In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!

[gary112]

30 minutes ago, silky fox said:

All about fine tuning now and after much deliberation and research I needed to swap my unused Petzel Knee ascender for a HAAS.Arrived early and took Toby for a walk in the great Woodland there.

He,s a great looking collie Silky?

[silky fox]

Toby is a bonny dog for sure and he loves trees.

[silky fox]

The description for this knife reads,"For emergency cutting of rope,Netting or webbing especially if your life is going to depend on it" Perfect rescue knife then I reckon.

[silky fox]

Interesting info regarding their other products.??

[eggsarascal]

6 hours ago, silky fox said:

VW Transporter/Camper (good second hand one) or similar.Mazda Bongo looks good and seems very reliable,just smaller.

If you go the VW route give me a call mate, I know a fella who buys/sells, and converts them, decent bloke to deal with.

[silky fox]

Thanks for that Mr Egg.I may very well take you up on that and it would be good to see you again.

[silky fox]

Spent most of the weekend at home wearing my 4SRT Chester and foot ascender over my sock?? When I moved from Prussick to Spiderjack I just bought the gear and used it on the next work climb.A good size Beech reduction as I recall then London Plane re-Pollard and by day three which was decent dismantle I was quite proficient in it.Same when I started with a ZigZag (Which was a lot easier) Had i sussed on the first job.But this time i have spent a couple of weeks looking at hours of SRT related stuff mainly on you tube.Which systems work best with what rope,Chest attachments,Foot ascenders,knee ascenders etc etc.I've been tying alpine butterflies into everything,bunny ears and even a Texas tug or too! Retrieval methods are my favourite watch at the moment.I have never prepared myself so well for a crossover into a new way of Tree climbing,access or movement.I know I am going to love it.Just waiting for Storm Dennis to blow over.In the meantime I am sitting here in the dark with a gale blowing outside watching Pfannerman as Rich Rule suggested??Familiarising myself with all my new gear.I did leave the house to go to the gym to work off my first burger in a while.Plain Buffalo which was first class...with a few onions and potatoes.Quite healthy apparently.But I did feel the need to work it off the next morning

[silky fox]

As I walked the short distance I could see the river was way above normal and not far off the entrance to the gym.Quite exciting.

[silky fox]

Moving very fast.The city is safe,we are situated on seven hills and only the riverbanks and one minor road will be affected 

[silky fox]

But you wouldn't want to swim in it.