Peter
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I know some excellent climbers who cant footlock to save their lives and only use a throwline as a last resort. They can get around a big tree just fine using only the basics, hats off to them. I cant help thinking that if they acquired a few extra skills it would make life a lot easier though!
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Just buy a pair of pruning gaffs and all your worries will be no more.
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Send Mr Ed a pm. He had them built by a guy in the midlands. Two bodies for 130 crew cabs, they look smart too, having seen them in the metal.
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Jason, have you tried the Boreal Big Wall boots? I have a pair I imported from the USA and resoled with sticky dot rubber. I used them for one comp and then picked up a pair of pro ascent cheap, so I'v not really used them much.
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Irish cheddar with Guinness already in it! What will they think of next?!
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Ouch, thats looks expensive!
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Decent harness makes, Komet, Petzl, Edelrid, Austria. Actually you cant really go wrong, all the harnesses on the market at the moment are ok, but make sure you try one on first. If its being sold by a reputable dealer and it feels comfy when you sit in it, it will do the job. Might be worth a trip up to FR Jones and Son. A 45 metre rope will do, later on you might want a shorter one, or you might accidentally end up with two shorter ones from your 45! A longer rope will do for bigger trees, but a shorter rope isnt much good for big ones.
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is there that much difference between the ms341 and 260?
Peter replied to jonnywinks's topic in Climbers talk
I use a 4.8 mm file on the 441, and I have sharpened 260s with the same file, and they seem to cut just fine as long as you always use the same size file. -
I'd imagine it was top roped, and then lifted off by winching up with the hobbs, then lowered.
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Best before, get 'em eaten. Use by, requires a little more discretion!
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Get one of these cats and you can charge double [ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ozw8HZDPf7w]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ozw8HZDPf7w[/ame]
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Are you sure you havent made that up? I suppose its common name is the Voluptous Fire Fungus?!
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You need spikes for dismantles, (ie if the tree is being removed completely) but they should never be used on pruning. Harness is very much a personal thing, if you can try before you but so much the better. Whereabouts are you?
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It cant. I'v tried.
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I have always steered well clear of getting either, they are probably just as bad as each other. One you'll spend all weekend lying underneath covered in gunk, and the other i can only imagine.......
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[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g1xCvJOCA1Y]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g1xCvJOCA1Y[/ame]
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[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HDZNR9cY4&feature=channel]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HDZNR9cY4&feature=channel[/ame]
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[ame=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c&feature=channel]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wGMlSuX_c&feature=channel[/ame]
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I would have taken him up on that like a shot
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No, somewhere really upmarket, like Ordsall. I do have some friends in Little Hulton, on of the nicer bits. Yes there are some!
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I'v only been here a couple of years, but my missus is from Worsley. Names dont ring any bells.
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What's the old saying, a picture is worth a thousand lies?! If it was next door to your house it would be worth double!
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The pictures in post 23 will confirm this...
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Nothing wrong with that sanny, my only comments if I was being very nit-picky would be a bit too much off that big limb on the right, and maybe a bit too much on the lift. I am aware that you have to work to the spec, ie give the client (and the boss), what they want. The finer points of thins/reductions/lifts come with time and confidence to do what you think is best and tell the boss/client so!
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Here's a few from the bathroom project.
