DrewB
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I thought I recognised that as yours rich!!
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Nothing is replaceable as far as i know. When it's worn out, it's time to but a new one.
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and if you leave your access line til the very end its an easier retrieval or quicker climb of shame at least
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It's a big helmet but wearing it, you don't notice it. Huge amount of room between your head and the actual plastic of the helmet/ I can fit my hand between. Amazing how well the cinching system locks the helmet in place. If the colours a bit garish you can always peel the yellow stickers off. This is definelty the way forward in helmet design. I still think it's going to hot though but possibly an acceptable trade off- esp with being able to stow the ear muffs inside.
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
DrewB replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
oh the irony! only joking bro-all good. i think if your arms are hurting you should get a pantin or learn to modify footlock. For beginners id say use a friction saver before jumping straight onto a rope guide -
haha, good on ya bro! hope it works well
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sorry bro but ill politely disagree!
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
DrewB replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
id say you never remove friction, you just move it to another point. natural ctotch has friction at the crotch, a rope guide moves the friction to the friction hitch-hence the need for high heat resistant hitch cord if using a rope guide. -
god damn the Protos is comfortable and absolutely pisses all over the petzl helmets ive tried.
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girth hitch the ring in the central position?
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what youve got to remember is that your not just paying for bits of metal and bolts. your paying for the concept, the idea, the countless variations that were made before coming to this final design. Its like saying a petzl helmet is expensive as its only a few bits of plastic and webbing. Its a cool design.
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yeah ive used butter and marg but i couldnt stand the funky smell it left on your ropes so ended up using olive oil or canola.
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its the arborist helmet and its available in certain countries already oldmill. Im going to try one tomorrow, going to be interesting to see what its like climbing in southern hemisphere summer heat. I know they say its ventilation works well but austrian heat and nz heat are possibly a tad different..
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just buy some cheap olive oil and rub it on the sap and watch the sap disappear. ive found it good for all pine sap and fig sap.
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Cats on the ground- I'd still charge em !!! But seriously, Ido have to explain to the owner that sometimes the cat just jumps and I'm not accountable if so.
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Thetmette _ -nz version of Kelly kettle now do one that has a heat exchange that charges USB whilst boiling the water!!
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I'm on the call out list for SPCA. Hence the number o calls, good sometimes-sometimes it's just a pain in the arse..
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Yes, more bouncing please..
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i probably get to do at leat one cat rescue a month, more sometimes. The joys of living in the city with overly precious cat owners! charge like a wounded bull $$
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so yeah- DbRT is standard arb tree climbing technique.
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if it works for you then thats great but damn it just looks weird as hell...
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not trying to be negative but can someone please explain why youd use a HH for DbRT? what advantage does it have in this configuration over a HC? i thought we were always trying to get rid of friction on DbRT, not adding it. Though of course i may be totally missing the point but i dont get it.
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
DrewB replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
along with the rigging thread Adam, this is a great idea for a thread. good on ya bro -
Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
DrewB replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
Not needed with a stitched/spliced eye tommy -
Good times.
