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[Riggerbear]

them old school ex climbers could teach you pups a thing or two.

 

Ditto

 

 

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[s.varty]

Totally agree with tony croft

[arbmansam]

As a groundie working to be a climber certainly has been great reading this and quite inspiring real moral booster wish i had more to say on this but csnt think right now tired and nipper is crying atm but thanks for an interesting read

[Quercus-90]

them old school ex climbers could teach you pups a thing or two.

 

I completely agree Tony, but I think Gray has a point here. Surely there is no need for un-necessary risk, and or not keeping up with things as gear and techniques advance?

 

 

 

 

 

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[Gray]

I completely agree Tony, but I think Gray has a point here. Surely there is no need for un-necessary risk, and or not keeping up with things as gear and techniques advance?

 

 

 

 

 

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thats exactly the point, i think everyone doing this job has something good to offer, usually when as a climber all you first look at is anchor points,lowering area ect... but then someone points out a quite easy fell(oldschool experience).

i know i started this thread because on that day i'd done a quite difficult job for a couple of farmers who had no experience lowering but they both did realy well, but on the way home the thought working with an experienced crew the next day was as relaxing as getting paid for staying at home with you'r feet up.

when you've worked with saftey and no breakage's ,going back to how you started is very hard.i think a gell of old and new is the best.

so it was just realy to say how much appreciated a well sorted ground crew and boss is worth .

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[Le Sanglier]

them old school ex climbers could teach you pups a thing or two.

 

Totally agree, there's not too much new really.

As a climber I can be a "shouter" but I also don't mind being told where to go by an angry groundy who's trying his hardest.

This is not a job for sensitive souls.

The climber sets the rhythm of the job. An experienced one can avoid overloading the ground crew.

Agree with the OP by the way

[Joe Newton]

I do a mixture of climbing and ground work. When I climb I'm usually supervised by my team leader, who has been training me over the last eighteen months.

 

One thing I have learnt is there is no sense raining brash down like the sky is falling, when you'll end up with a groundie who may well spit in your coffee, and a tangle of unsorted brash when you get down. Sometimes climbing is the harder job, but I think more often the ground has it worse.

 

Because when I climb at the most I have two guys on the deck, its rare that I can just fell a massive limb out, and it keeps the pace a lot nicer if I'm willing to go out and section off chipper friendly bits. Plus it means there's less to do when I'm down!