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  1. Blakes 7
    ben having seen your videos, pictures and read your posts, I'm sure you will always have fear!
  2. Blakes 7
    Just interested how many of us have done the above units? Do you consider that they are needed to work safely? to start the ball rolling, I have.
  3. Blakes 7
    Sorry Rentachimp it is further than that, go to the end of the M4, keep going, go on a bit further, and just before you start swimming, there!
  4. Blakes 7
    TimR, you have missed my point. A topping strop is recommended to help with the rescue, but this should not be part of your rigging kit. RIGGING KIT SHOULD NOT BE USED AS PPE. vduben also says to use the lowering rope (again rigging kit), he also recommends using a capstan to lower the casualty, this is not recommended in the Guide to good climbing practise, as this would not "fail to safe". In practise vdubens methods would work and probaly be quicker than correct procedures, however this thread started as a learning tool for the correct way.
  5. Blakes 7
    Not wanting to turn this into a character assassination, but a fully qualified climber would know that rigging kit should not be used for PPE. However, if I was unconcious at the top of a pole i don't think i would argue the point. I would be questioning your college lecturers on the techniques they have taught you.
  6. Blakes 7
    Sorry vduben but I am feeling argumentative tonight. After reading that you are "fully qualified" at 23, I have since read of your accident with your topping strop, and now seen a photograph of a tree where you had to stand on your spikes with no strop because of a split! At least you are adding experience to your qualifications!
  7. Blakes 7
    vduben, can your accident just be attributed to the groundsman? Should you still be using a topping strop? Have you done CS41? If you have when? It is now considered accepted practise to use an arborists pulley. Did you explain what "letting it run" means before you climbed?
  8. Blakes 7
    Rentachimp how close to Swansea do you want to work? how far West would you want to go?
  9. Blakes 7
    My first dismantlehttp://www.arbtalk.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=565&stc=1&d=1190238184 macrocarpas06 010.jpg
  10. Blakes 7
    Rentachimp, I bought a Treeflex at the AA show in June. Previously I had a Butterfly 2. It is more comfortable when: hanging ie. feet unsupported, spiking a pole (as it does not pull into your kidneys), and come to think of it all the time. I also use the central attachment for SRT. Some people have suggested that it is not comfortable for larger guys, but I am yet to meet a climber that is bigger than me! I now would not climb in another harness unless it was similar to the Treeflex, however the Treemotion does look as though it ticks the right boxes.

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