Mike Hill
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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.
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Welcome to the forum mate! Sorry to hear about your hard times,maybe look at your current situation and ask yourself "how much is this going to matter in five years time?" Being laid off could be the best thing to have happened as its pushing you in the direction you want to head in.
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Yes I have. It can be a long process for your prospective employer to get you a Visa. Each state has a quota of H2B Visa's they can give out.The States with the highest need for "unskilled temporary labour" get the most. My employer had to advertise the position longer,then increase the offered wage,then finally sent each application from American people applying for my position to the authorities.Then finally they granted me a Visa. Its not that there are few opportunities for climbers in the States,its just that few employers are willing to jump all the hoops
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Top job mate!Really,really nice.
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Perhaps the Whales extensive Vocabulary is in fact its downfall? If a Pod of Whales is discussing a escape strategy,then surely that plan can be picked up by underwater microphones,translated using Google and the Ships course altered accordingly? Whales don't have Google,nor fingers to type.And obviously computors won't function underwater. Plus,there is no Electricty untill the Harpoon hits them,by then it too late anyway.
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I used to shoot alot of Goats.They are pests back home. I designed the Scilencer on this Carbine,when your fired it,all your heard was the breech working and the Bullet hitting the Goat. Marlin Camp Carbine 9X19 Parabellum
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I don't think there would be alot of meat on a Vegaterian.Good idea though. Although you could probably freeze dry a number of them and use them as energy food. Like when your Whaling and don't have the time to nip into the Galley for a munch because your in the midst of a large Pod of Whales and your loader is having a hard time just keeping up with your rate of fire.
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The planet is running out of Oil as well mate. Are you Biking to work,growning your own Food and using Hand Tools exclusively?
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How can they be smarter than me? I can walk,climb and swim. All they can do is swim. WHALE FAIL!
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Its fantastic! Josh and I had it two nights running.I am cooking it for my girlfreind tomorrow night.Its kind of like a Rich slightly gamey Beef.
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You can buy Whale in the supermarket here. They are not endangered in Norway. I was not trying to be funny,I would genuinely like to be a Harpooner on a Whaler.My mate is a Navigator on large vessels and might be able to get me out on a Boat for a hunt. I won't be able to Shoot one,but it would be an experiance!
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I would like to be the Harpooner on a Whaling ship. Its got to be good fun and I bet you can eat as much Whale as you like.
