How have you older climbers changed your style in the last few years.

[Joe Newton]

It smells of cabbage in here.

[Steve Bullman]

bookmark this page, you'll get there one day pup

[Billy]

SRT .

That and refusing to top connies unless the sides can be faced with hedgecutters.

 

 

Why does the sides being faced change things ?

[NFG]

I descend the tree before taking a leak?

 

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[Gray git]

It smells of cabbage in here.

 

I'll bring out my willens t20 full body harness, 3 strand bungy rope and the horrendous Swedish strop I started with for you to try and you'll sharp see why we were keen to progress and get better gear.

[Mick Dempsey]

I cut things up smaller rather than busting my back lifting big stuff or get a machine to do it for me, when climbing I rig more to avoid cut and hold which normally means lass raking up small broken branches at the end of the day and I carry far less unnecessary stuff on my harness 'just in case ' if I need it I get it sent up as nd when it's needed.

Good shout.

Rigging more to avoid smashing branches is underrated, I did an oak the other day, one groundy, lowered all the branches myself using stubs until the tip just touched the ground, held them there till the lad was ready to pull it toward the chipper.

Edited October 21, 2015 by Mick Dempsey

[Joe Newton]

bookmark this page, you'll get there one day pup

 

 

Not in your lifetime

[devon TWiG]

I thought I was about the only one who does a lot of his own lowering !! especially utilising stubs and it works very well ( mostly ) .... generally though I get a lot less angry at myself and the tree ... but there was a lot of energy in anger !! I like to think I work slickly and efficiently , and have never really lifted big bits always cut it smaller ,bad backs put more out of this industry than falls and cuts ever will !! Still use blakes hitch , but on occasion if I have a long climb I use jumars/ cloggers done this 15 - 20 years ago ..

[Mark Bolam]

Why does the sides being faced change things ?

 

 

Because if the sides can't be faced the 'hedge' has been lost, and I've spent too many years of my life up 40' wide multi-topped shitbags with no central anchors that will invariably be felled anyway.

Usually owned by idiots and skinflints who don't maintain them.

I'll price to fell, or leave them to those more desperate.

[silky fox]

I hear you Bolam....true dat.....Dogshite Hedges i call em.