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Steve Bullman

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  1. haha thanks. theres the off topic forums where any ramblings can be moved to!!! the odd joke here and there keeps things light hearted so long as the topics stay on track! u access the forum through nuttyarb?? you can save the forum to your favourites by clicking at the top of your browser or just typing in the addess, www.arbtalk.co.uk
  2. thanks tom, i was looking for that
  3. not climbed with the hitch climber version yet buzz. i reckon with a second rope guide it would be pretty cool. specially if you used a ropeman near the second pulley to stop the swaying affect
  4. Always looking to hear from self employed climbers and groundsmen in the suffolk area, pm or e-mail me.
  5. that sherrill doctor bag looks pretty neat
  6. save your best ones for the upcoming photo competition!
  7. yeah, specially when it dont look like an M huh not sure if its called an M because of how it looks or because of the inventor, Mark Chisholm
  8. ok heres a few pics i took today of the m redirect. the first 2 pics are a standard vt set up. the spliced end of the line is unclipped, fed through the krab, over the redirect crotch then back to the krab. this can be retreived without climbing back to the redirect point. this set up uses no extra hardware at all. pics 3 & 4 are showing a set up using the v.t with a hitchclimber. i used an additional krab and pulley on this set up for smoothness. you could add a friction saver on the redirect anchor point with another pulley if you wanted it super smooth and it would still be retreivable....course you'd end up using more gear.
  9. rupe has one that works nicely leon, it just involves using more gear than i'd like
  10. true! and welcome treegeek
  11. What methods do you use for re-directing your climbing line and why? im especially interested in any retreivable re-directs people have found or invented themselves. personally, i carry a double pulley on my harness attached to a krab with a short sling, i can use that as a redirect but its not retreivable. if i want a retreivable re-direct i use the M-technique. i'll get a pic of that setup tomorrow if anyones not familiar with it. i prefer the M.....although its not as smooth as a traditional re-direct with a double pulley i think its safer as it doesnt side load your main anchor point like a traditional redirect can.
  12. seriously though, they must use woodchippers on japan.....and i highly doubt they'd import one rather than make their own?? someone must know?
  13. nice job! what did you do with all the timber
  14. so anyway back to the original topic....i think just about everyone in this area at the moment lacks work.....and because of that theres plenty staff kicking round! few months time it will probably be completely the reverse!
  15. ok i just copy pasted this from the proclimber shop site "We regret that we have had to close the forum, due in part to the amount of spam it attracted and also due to restraints on our time. We are really sorry we have had to take this step."
  16. yeah, why, you gonna get the sack for felling trees on people? haha
  17. i dont know, they mentioned maybe closing it the other day, and now the site doesnt work, so maybe not some of us put a lot of time into posting there....too bad if its been closed
  18. the past 3 days have been pretty good, as threads are building up theres more to read and subsequently more to post on. im fairy happy how things are progressing
  19. that is indeed the bottom line at the end of the day isnt it!
  20. at least your missus attends the events with you and tries to be a part of it!

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