Jamie
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i got some taped webbing and rigged up a chest harness like an old petzl one, it crosses over your chest and back . works and is simple. jamie
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miss treework tons, i'm better off (financially) this way and i have more future oppertunities but i really miss seeing the natural world, oil refineries are horribly sparse places and smell very weird with lots of potential hazards bridges are windy Jamie
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you ever spent 8 hours on an angle grinder? money isnt as good as the geo work, but still quite good and i'm home every night unlike geo Jamie
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last 2 looking north from the top of queensferry looking north from halfway up queensferry we have some big 110m abseils soon, i'll get some pics of them, and some of the rigging as i know you boys all get off on it:blushing: oh and why we have to wear life jackets i dont know, after falling 110m all the life jacket is going to do is hold me upright on the sea floor as we have a ton of kit on us. jamie
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only 4 images in a post me on the top members of queensferry looking down to andy the guys on a c brace at the bottom of queensferry the other team on the d brace between the top members on queensferry jamie
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Hello boys and girls, Here is a slight explanation for my absence of late (i hope some of you missed me:confused1:). Well last year i got my IRATA level 1 ticket and come october last year i started working in an oil refinery. Well that came and went, then i got into some geotechnical work, mainly tree cutting on the railways for the geoboys. I also did some rock drilling, meshing and mattocking, now i'm painting the Forth Rail Bridge. i've managed to pick up a few tree surgery shifts recently too. they have been good, 5 months out and the only thing i've lost in my tough skin and a bit of strength, straight back in at the deep end . Here are a few photos of my recent exploits. rock drilling in oxford, me on a c brace on the queensferry cantilever thats it just now ladies and gents jamie
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they're well good. wrap it around the stem and poke the pully through the metal ring, thread your rope and climb. jamie
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i think you may find some pictures of the metal bit in Gerry Beraneks, fundamentals of general tree work book jamie
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it was -12 last night and all my carabiners had frozen shut. chilly Jamie
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hi Tom i'm up in Oban just now, insert a 'welding wire' wire fid (or one of nods ones) in at mark d and out at mark c, take the end of the taper and reduce some of the strands down then attach the loops of the wire fid to something heavy and pull the splice through. thats my best advice. cheers if you,re still having problems give us a shout (after 5pm as i'm working nights). my number should be on the cv i sent. jamie
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Why would it be illegal, he is just selling a sticker. I cna see the point of it being false advertising but i can't see how selling it second hand is a problem. Jamie
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they give you 45 mins for the test, i passed in 5mins 12 seconds. it's not hard. Jamie
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i got a cscs card, teh test allows you 45 mins, i passed in 5mins 12 secs, it really is easy, all common sense. i read through a bit of book on my way there. if you can't pass a cscs you shouldn't be allowed out on your own. Jamie
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i was wondering why he was resting on his energy absorber then i realised it was just a scaffold hook on a rope. thats some shortcut not stropping in. one slip and you're toast. i'd happily climb it but snapping those huge hooks every few steps. Jamie
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to my mind it's guys playing at being big redwood fellers. Jamie
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Visions of Earth 2010 - Photo Gallery - National Geographic Magazine not quite the same but check the link, you'll have to scroll along for a picture looking down from the top of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. pretty vertigo inspiring Jamie
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if they're slipping out you need to lean back, my spikes are rarely razor sharp and they always sink in. the only time i batter them in is when i'm on bendy pole and roping the top out. just to make me feel more secure. experiment with your strop length and eventually it'll all make sense, oh and stay on top. Jamie
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No, you big fairy Jamie
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keep her off work, you and she knows it makes sense Jamie
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when i worked in a kitchen we sent a guy up to the freezer for a leg of mince and a tub of steam he went and came back saying he couldn't find them. the other time he was sent for some mange tout he came back saying he couldn't find it but would the 'mangy toot' do instead. no tree stories though. jamie
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I'd say a big saw is anything over 80cc Jamie
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yeah, i was that guy. i've had a few years to get quick. you came a long way for the course. jamie
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I passed my 39 last week too, only 7 1/2 years up a tree to get it but it's done now Jamie
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in 7 years i've never snapped one and i'm not gentle. it hangs below me about 99% of teh time and i take swings with it and generally drap it around, it sometimes pops out of its wee slot but thats a simple push back in fix. Jamie
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I need to learn to do wire, i'm after myself a home made pole strop Jamie
