Jason James Gairn

Would have been a nice fell that, the gap at the back looks cosy. What species is it?

I like the BRYN TYRCH hotel for grub. capel curig. Gentle heh heh.

Tiberius? you are such a trekky. There is no rest for the wicked. You can sleep when yopur dead. This week I've not managed one night of 3 hours of sleep. I'm in an editing cycle. How is your father Sarek these days?

If it fits into my life, I also would be up for it. Looking at my self in the big mirror though, I gotta say I could only lead VS at best. I hate this getting old game.

I hate ladders. I fell off one once while getting it off the cargo. But a good extender, will save a lot of knobbing about at the bottom trying to throw a rope over the first branch. I have never used a throwline. That makes me feel very old fashioned. I also hate chainsaws. But I used them.

He He He.

Thats a really good point. Enjoying the job makes everything else much easier for everyone. A sense of humor is one essential that must be packed in the kit bag in the morning. If you cant have a giggle, then put a revolver in with your sandwiches.

100 orphaned children in a massive hamster wheel. I feed them disgarded fast food.

Some great action shots Reg. so much so I forgot which thread this was.

Satanic spinning rope twisters.

Go swivel

Counter to what i and it would seem many believe; if the climber has been frantically climbing abot some monster oak for dead wood and the 2 or more groundsmen have had time for coffee fags and alittle snooze, it doesn't then seem right that the climber should have to do anythink but have fag and cofee while watching others working. So i guess the climber clearing up is only when all things are equal. i.e not on some jobs. Reg's 17 cut take down for example was very ground orientated, while he spent much time waiting to rig out the next piece. Swings and oh yes them roundabouts. They make my head all spinny.

The bridge of the starship enterboobyprize. Could have started a`show us your office' thread, but thought it was scraping the barrel.

Thats funny. laughing still. helmet nav, priceless.

he's lost. Its a guide book to the route. On some, route finding can be a pain, in fog it's worse. Often there are much harder routes either side and wandering off onto one could end badly. I never underestimate a mountain. Guide books are great reading too.

I do believe that's Irony. But not in the Alanis Morissette non irony way. Is she Canadian?

As with all lipstick cameras, the auto expose means when the average exposure of the scene is higher than the foreground object, any detail is lost and the subject becomes a silhouette. This is not so evident in this film as it was an overcast day and the snow is not reflecting much sun. This problem shows itself in our arb movies when the tree is the subject and the sky is bright. The tree once again looses all detail. sooner or later a manual exposure model will be available, if not already. I've not read the spec of this cam. so maybe it can be dialed in on the recorder end? prosumer edit programmes like Final cut can help a bit. Always best to have second cam with man. exp. or keep the POV low towards the ground. SWB. Why do climbers read books? I find Albert Camus' `the outsider' to be great comfort when faced with a trouser filling route.

If I had bothered to sum it up, that's what I meant.

hey Raafbeard! What do you think makes an excellent climber?

Heres areview of two.. [ame] [/ame] Here's me with my state of the art helmet cam, not so long ago.

Hp at the moment, but a macbook pro will cut through any hard drive problems with £2000 worth of quality. Try this... http://www.terralogic.co.uk/?gclid=COa10qjTkZkCFQyjQwodYyL5Yg as i suspect tree company laptops come in for some bashing.

A desert compared to Milford sound in New Zealand that gets over 22ft of rain a year. thats 18.4mm every day on average. or 6.74 meters a year.

Nigel Lawson more like.

This comes around every now and again, and depending on the relationship between the said climber and the person giving an opinion it can be very different. e.g. Yorkshireman speaks from an employers point of view which is valid, but remembering the boss is still the boss, has nothing to do with excellent climbing, but shed loads to do with employability. All the obvious answers will no doubt be covered inc. strength, speed, safety, nerve etc, but I think from an arb perspective an excellent climber will have an instinctive empathy for the tree he or she is climbing. Phototropism within any species dictates the growth habit of any tree, this in turn dictates the climbing style necessary to make way through the canopy. Understanding this on a empathic level makes an excellent climber. Not just this but the desire to do any work sympathetically is very necessary. i fully understand that the spec for the work is often decided by someone other than the climber, and the climber may well disagree with the spec. But at least understanding why it's wrong for that tree even though one is prepared to do the work is key to good climbing. Knowing instinctively how the current cut relates to any previous cuts and to the general shape of a tree without constantly looking is a clue to the climbers ability. This of course comes to many with experience. Clearing up is a soulless job and everyone pitching in together to get the job finished is important for moral. `Diva' climbers tend to not get that much work eventually as their elitism is irritating at best. Understanding ones place in any team and how to efficiently work within it is always desirable.

Presumably, 25 m in 2 mins is achieved by throwbag placement. Consequently it's irrelevant how many branches there are on the way up and the distance between them. I wonder what time would come back if the throwbag wasn't an option and the rope was still in its bag. It's pretty impossible to say as all trees are different to a greater to degree than the difference in climbers. I think Mr. Ed is exaggerating at 7 seconds and we should take everything he says with a pinch of salt.