High Scale

120 is the maxium I can get paid round yonder.

Phew!

Yeah, I did it!

Quick call the law, top handle saw on the ground also.

Yeah, go on then.

One I heard yesterday. "He's like a pig shooting a gun".

Pruning cowboys, lol. Take downs all the time, sounds good.

Always on the pull.

As I am constantly reminded.

Bugger, I am too old and I'm broken already plus I still owe a hospital in Chicago some money, so the feds will be waiting for me at JFK with the mace and a tazer. Oh and I am also a muppet.

Leave it out Ed, I am already getting my feet under the table, eight Special Brews sent so far and for Christmas I was thinking of sending Rob bag of Ukrainian super models.

I work with a lady grounds person every Tuesday, she works hard, does a great job, keeps us boys in order and is always ready to take the piss out of me.

I don't but then I am mostly using the Cow hitch.

Figure of eight is 70% efficient according to my book, what's the efficiency of the Perfection loop?

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I will often tie a figure of eight and use a krab, (steel) and slings as I find it quicker and easier for me and the groundsman/women. Thing is, it's a real pig to untie after repeated loading. If it's a real heavy load I just use the rope.

Do you have a pic of that?

OK but what about heavy loads, what knot then?

If you haven't got a spliced eye in your rigging rope and you want to, say, lower multiple branches using slings and krabs (As a example), what termination knot would you normally use?

It is very dependent on area me thinks.

OK, it's not yoga but every morning, on the way to work I always have a hot water bottle on my back, this was advised by my therapeutic massage lady, I have found that it really helps to get my back nicely warmed up, I also wear a back support when I climb.

Is that a Cargo?

Funny that, Pete and I were talking about the very same thing a while back. OK, I would say I am old skool but willing to learn new stuff. I am not slagging old skool climbers either, some of the best I know use old methods.

I have never seen it done like that either, thanks edenarb and of course Paulo.

I think it's a shame not to at least try different methods of climbing into and within a tree, I have and only relatively recently compared to most of you, having been a bit of a luddite in the past. If I had used these methods from the start of my climbing life I may not be so knackered now.