Mike Hill
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Happy Birthday mate! Hope you have a good one!
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We are talking about Climbers Dean. That seems to be the main focus of what people new to this industry want to do. So if you start climbing when your 40........ Or when your 30..... 20...... 17..... And so on.
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One has very limited capabilites when inexperianced.Should that person always work to the boundries then they will never improve. Young people naturally push the boundries,older folks generally work within them.Bearing in mind that many or most people entering this industry at an older age will not have had such a physically demanding job.
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Yes,I agree. However most youngsters can't see past the end of their Doodle.So the idea of forming a company is a distant goal.
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When your missus climbs as well.... Its a bit weird getting touched with hands as hard as yours. No sure I like it or not.
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Your work fitness willbe vastly improved by regular gym visits. Also if it is your first time in a physical job,nutrition and hydration are vital. Your dead right about your last statement. "If you think you know everything,you probably know nothing"
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Ha ha Brilliant When I saw that picture I really wanted a Glass of Red Wine....
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Fair enough Tommer. My original point was that now more than ever there seems to be more older climbers getting into this Trade. As I maintained,I have never worked with a learner climber that started late.To be honest I wouldn't consider a trainee in their 30's as the cut and thrust of it is that they will use my company to gain experiance and set up in competition. Plus it sounds like most of them are slow.
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Somthing for you to play, and a little Cheese for your Whine Sir.
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Sooooooo. You either go to College or start a business with little experiance. Both ideas have limited backing from this forum Dean.
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True. But you and me both own mogs and cranes. Imagine having both when you where 30,would have made things alot easier. You got mechanised in time to make life easier.You and me seldom drag or carry.Imagine doing all the numpty work starting at 36.
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You will be a 41 year old with enough experiance to be competent,just making leading hand wages. I think this may be an example of how a training organisation fills new climbers with false hope. Many firms are "job and knock" your groundies will give you their best everyday if they know everyday they come back with time in hand. There won't be many days like that when your 41.
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Weight training builds Muscle that helps support joints. I have weight trained for about ten years,with the odd two or three months off here and there. My aches come from a few injuries.One was sustained at 17 years old,the other a few years ago. People generally want to get into this trade as a climber.Sure there are plently of highly skilled groundstaff around,the best of whom were generally very good climbers. I think that training organisations are selling a myth to older people.Unfortunatly is a myth easily beleived by them.
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$1800 US From Baileys in the States. I used one extensively in Canada and a bit in Germany one year. For pretensioning lines that are going to have big Chunks snatched off,they are the best I have used. I am willing to order one from the states,its just that it takes a while to get here and there are few jobs on the books I need one for.
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You have never been a young climber.So mate how would you know? There is a "keeness" that young climbers have,that older guys do not.Its the eagerness to go out and prove themselves.Right or wrong climbers are risk takers,the younger the bloke the bigger the risk he will except. Its all very well climbing by the book,thats how you begin to learn.Young guys take the rules and bend them till they begin to splinter.
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Regs device does look good. If one of the drums could wind then I would buy one. I need a sturdy device some cranking power.I have used the GRCS but do not think the extra cost suits our style of work.
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That one does look smaller than the one I used to use. The Drum on the model I used was kind of flanged or at least rounded.
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Its the lowering device Reg.I have always called it a Hobbs Block.Looks like this. I didn't know Hobbs made a Pulley Block.But I see they do.
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I need a Hobbs block,visual condition unimportant.
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You forgot that we drive our mums home from the maturnity ward in a Land Rover.
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I know I do certain things differently now than even five years back.I am more concious of correct body postition and correct took use.I am less likey to just use brute force these days. With regard to climbing,I shiver when I think about some of the things I managed to get way with ten years or so back.Although equally I now somtimes think that what I am doing sometimes now would have scared me ten years back. Getting away with mishaps and moving on,is somthing that you do faster when you are young. As for climbing when I am 50,yeah,I probably still will be doing some.Although I hope to be the boss of a coupleof full time crews.At least they will have a boss who has "been and done".
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Take both wheels off one side?
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I was talking about this with another forum member last week. These days with plenty of people embarking on new careers there may be more older climbers starting out than ever before.I have never worked with any climber who has started out in their late 20's or 30's. Personally I think that 30 is leaving it a bit too late.You'll be 35 by the time you will be any good and by that time many climbers have begun to take it easier.Also there is a boldness and invincibility factor that young people have that makes them push themselves further than older people do.Look at the forces for example. I started at 17,now I am 31.Not been climbing long compared to some,but climbing has been what I have done,day in and out. So I feel that most 23year olds who started at 20 would be better climbers than 33 year olds who started at 30. Totally my opinion.
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I started saving from when I was about 17.Not really for a business but for the future. Then I worked for companies around the world for ten years before starting up. Doing it again,I would invest less.But little finance makes for easy sleep when things get slow. Think if your question was worded like this. "For all those mechanics out there,did you get any experiance first?Do you have any qualifications,or did you just jump straight in with a Halfords Socket set and a stack of Haines manuals?" Experiance counts far more in this game than many. I would advise to work for someone for a few years,do you side jobs on the weekend and then take it from there.Volunteer to help out some local Tree firms for free,show them your a grafter.
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The only thing I wouldn't bring is your Rope. It will cut into your baggage allowance,just make sure everything you bring is spotless.I nearly got done in December for bringing boots in.I hadn't worn them on a farm or Forest but they still got the hump with me and threatend to fine me $1500.
