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sorry for that derail. Mind in this game you need to keep your wits close and your mind on doing the job safely. lets hope your mate has learnt a very strong lesson. Jamie
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it's grammer where i come from, . and dean it's you're doing ok sanny. i'll get off my high horse before a bigger boy comes along and kicks my spelling and grammAr into check Jamie
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got one in my little finger joint a few years ago, no problem a day or so later Jamie
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grammer sanny grammer! Jamie
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my tips, over one under one, don't tuck the same strand twice (side by side). take your large rope and cut off a few meters, then you're only dragging a few meters in, or get to B+Q and buy a few meters for a backsplice start with a crown knot then tuck away. keep going, everyone shpuld be able to splice 3 strand, you can make so many useful things. then get some multiplait its a horror but not as hard as a tuck splice on tenex (not the standard bury) Jamie
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you missed a comma, grammer helps mate. maybe try he got some shock mate, he's still white, new helmet me thinks. oh and stupid and lucky, i'm one to talk though, we all make mistakes Jamie
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i'm with ed, just climb out, a high T.I.P, if you have to go higher climb up and tie in when you're higher. I've been into sycamore crowns on wood down to about 2", just keep a good main anchor point. not rocket science. Jamie
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i've heard of air layering in realtion to bonsai apart from that i've never seen it done Jamie
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G F Berenek the fundamentals of general tree work. It's a good book, very plainly written, maybe not too relevant to the smaller scale U.K. trees but a very good book all teh same. try treesource Jamie
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i was going to suggest the hermitage at dunkeld. not so much for the tall tall douglas firs (though they are an option). As you head in to the forest the car park is straight ahead, if you turn right and head up the hill there is another car park. there are a few pretty big beech up there. not sure how the commission would feel about it though Jamie
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I suppose you could find a dead tree and spike it and rig it all out. Two birds with one stone Jamie
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So what else would go down at this get together? I know most of us aint NPTC instructors, but is a wee bit of instruction in order? Alasdair has flagged up rigging techniques, folk are forever asking me about the basics of splicing. Are there any other things people want to know about? Just an idea to pool topics and see what we can discuss etc. Jamie
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Alasdair, take up Tom on the offer, get over and watch and listen. We still do mainly natural crotch rigging. Sure it has it's limitations but when you accidentally nick a bit of 'cheap' polyprop 3 strand it ain't so much of a heart ache as nicking an expensive double braid (and i've long spliced some in the woods to get us out of tricky situations). When we get together for the 'Scottish get together, ask questions i'm sure people will help and talk and maybe demonstrate. Jamie
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How about a what makes an excellent Climber thread?
Jamie replied to raafbeard's topic in General chat
being a good practical problem solver working with the crew and the groundie on the ropes this list could go on and on just getting on with it and not being such a prima donna Jamie -
photoshop Jamie
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Joe, you mean like the one on my platform strop? I'd like to give a swivel a go, i think it'd be useful just they are quite pricey, not that that usually puts me off Jamie
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belaying is simple, it's a whole load of repitition and paying attention. i've a mate who is a safe belayer but not my favorite as he keeps the rope a wee bit too tight. this is my local climbing wall i'm yet to manage the difficulty wall 12m high by 12m out. the easiest route is a 6c+, i'm about 3 moves from the end. As for climbing outside i really need to do more, all the local crags are way way east of the yard so i never make em. Anyway well done for getting on the walls, we should mayeb work out an arb talk climbing sesh Jamie
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sorry, the climb E11 is at dumbarton rock near glasgow. apparently one of the hardest climbs in the world done to date Jamie
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it's great, if you've not done it before you'll just be on the big 'jugs' use your feet. my mate chris did the score for the films E11 and grit kids [ame] [/ame] it's much harder than tree climbing, much much harder Jamie
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good job, not too severe, better to keep the tree and prune semi considerably than removing it i've done a harsh reduction on a huge old tree at Cramond estate in Edinburgh, I'll go get some pictures, Jamie
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how do the seats fir through teh back of them? Jamie
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In support of Toms comment, a rope is at the end of the day just a rope, it only becomes a climbing line when we call it a climbing line. if you really wanted to you could climb on 128mm neutron 8 if you wanted (i wouldn't as its dynemma and 9.21kgs per meter). Jamie
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sticky gloves, i tried some gill neoprene winter gloves they were £20 and lasted me the best part of the winter, super sticky super warm but super sweaty. i now run wit sticky gloves, they are warmer than i thought and i've not got them stuck in a hitch too much, summer is on its way so i'm looking forward to climbing sans gloves Jamie
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Shrek, never been (well what i remember, i did party heavily for a year and a half away and maintain being a lead climber), i don't do tequila anyhow. the stuff sends shivers up my spine Jason, if it's not cruising along at 170BPM with a breakbeat it ain't music Jamie
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the only time the music in teh pub is too loud is when the prat at my local sinks a tenner into the jukebox of non stop abba.... Anyway i'm not old it's just my priorities have changed, a fun friday night involves a tea and biscuit in front of the telly till ten, none of this clubbing till dawn and finding a house party till lunch on sunday..... oh bu**er Jamie
