Wobbler at work.

[mistahbenn]

Happens from time to time, everybody gets scared up there sometimes. I had a horrible couple days dead wooding some 30m poplars this week. Long, long branches, windy, cold, old 'reduction' cuts. An old russian man came down from his flat and gave me a 6 pack at lunch time, he understood...

You just have to rationalise it really, why are you terrified? What is the tree like? what's different?

Plus, a polesaw is a perfectly good tool for dead wooding, pain in the arse to climb with but on the tippy bits and around the top it's easier, faster, safer and less scary...

 

I like your style Mr Squirrel.

[Ian Clarke]

Every body gets it at some point. You are in 1 piece at the end of the day that's a win and the job still was completed even bigger win.

 

I believe that when you get a wobbly like some one said its intuition/6th sense.

[Pete Hart]

I get it sometimes lead climbing (disco leg). Sounds strange but if i look at my leg and tell it to stop shaking, it does. I learned to lead climb down on dancing ledge mate. As my parents have a holiday house in Swanage! And have been a climbing instructor now for about 8 years. Awesome climbing down there! Should meet up for a climb when im down in the summer.

 

One of my favourite places in this country is dancing ledge! I climb with friends there along with 'subliminal', 'hedbury quarry', 'cattle troughs'.

Such an awesome spot!

 

Last summer i had a 'holy crap im gonna die' moment on an HVS.... the climb wasn't particularly tough but i had only got a couple of marginal pieces of protection in, i was way above them lead out and i was already knackered from the previous climbs.

At the bottom of the route was a gap through the rocks right down to the sea (you had to hop over the gap to get onto the rock face!).

I remember thinking if i lose my grip or my strength fades here i am done for, simple as that.

 

I had a good old mix of disco leg, dry mouth, butterflies, panic and fear - I ended up effectively free soloing the rest of the climb to get to the top, knowing that stopping to put gear in would have taken too long and i would have fallen!

 

The first pint in the square and compass afterwards didnt last long!!

 

I am always up for climbing so let me know when your down and we could get together!