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About Rich Rule
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Senior Member, Raffle sponsor 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015
- Birthday 13/09/1974
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Location:
Nesoddtangen - Norway
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Trees, Thai Boxing, Snowboarding,
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Ekspert Trepleie AS - Arborist / Freelance Climber
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Of course they do. Silly statement. Every manufacturer has had problems in the past. TW are no different. One guy I worked for in the UK had one brand new. It didn’t even make it to the first job. The axle snapped and a wheel fell off. Lots of the early 230’s had chassis problems. Take everything you read on the internet with pinch of salt.
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Really? I was asked by the Fire Arms officer when I lived in London, why do you want a .223 and a .17hmr? I said pest control, foxes. He replied, the .17hmr will take down a fox but it isnt legal. To which I replied, why are you telling me this? Have the regs changed in recent years?
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@mikedrums69 Just wondering how you would use the ring. As the conversation was about using a quickie for top anchors. If a ring had been used in that way for a top anchor which is retrievable you would have to pass the climbing end of the line through the ring. 25m tree and maybe another 15 metre if it is a wide crown and you might use a couple of redirects. I wasn’t referring to advancing you anchor. In the scenario of getting top anchor with a throw line but deciding to change to a canopy anchor. I pull a bit of slack though, enough to tie a alpine butterfly and the use the quickie and it’s done. How would ring be used in that scenario?
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@mikedrums69 At least your honest about taking an age to pass 30-40 metres of rope through a ring. I get setting it from the floor but how would you do that if you were already aloft and wanted to change base tie to a top anchor?
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I like Ed Stafford and the dude who used to present Tribe, Bruce Parry. I remember in Tribe he had to put his hand in a stump full of Bullet ants. You could just tell from the expressions that it was something he shouldn’t have done.
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Mainly gets used for a top anchor. Just set it so the back of the pin is against the trunk. I fail to see how it could come open. I also make sure I set it with the pin in my climbing end, not in the alpine. That way it just spins when you retrieve it.
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I use one daily. Sits on my harness. So as not to clutter my kit bag.
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Hand throwing. Joe (my mate) had both his throw lines stuck. My main throw line was stuck also. I used a second line which I have lost the Harrison rocket, so threw with a sawpod / throw pod. Luckily didn’t get a “Rick ‘O’ Shea” and it went over 2nd shot. I dont like using the throwpod around buildings. I once fired one with a big shot, it untied the throw line somehow in flight. It went perfectly through the crotch at the top of a bit Larch... then kept on going and going and going. We heard a smack as it hit a roof somewhere in the distance and found it two gardens away. It came down from a great height, I was very surprised it didn’t smash some roof tiles.
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It was a bit, but two up and done in 1.5 hours. hardest part was setting lines. 3 throw lines stuck and luckily on the last cube I got top anchor.
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This mornings job. Large elm to prune in a tight courtyard. Deadwood, light thin and cut back from the building balconies.
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I have been on Pfanner a since for quite a few years. Onto my 7th pair now. +7cm are great. I am also 6’4”.
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I don’t tend to get all over RJ’s these days. So it isn’t too bad, even though it can be hard yakker! Whereas in the UK I used to get loads. They became a chore and I hated pretty much every bit of the jobs apart from the final decent out of the tree.
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Me too, in the past I have asked them why they didn't get a second climber in? It is usually the guys who can’t do it them selves. Expect you to perform a miracle, so I ask them to get up there and show me how it’s done! Sometimes they listen and have rebooked as it was an honest mistake. A couple of occasions I have walked away and never looked back. I don’t have time to work for people like that.
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Worked out we did 4.5 hours climbing for 2 guys. So technically 9 man hours to complete the job. One guy might be able to finish it in a 9 hour shift but tbh, I reckon they’d be goosed afterwards and possibly wouldn’t be able to keep the same pace throughout the day.
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Can’t speak for Matty but my job was a PITA. It would have been demoralising for one climber.