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This just tells me there's a weakness in the design and manufacture of the top attachment point, not that it's an incorrect configuration.

alternatively people could just go back to using a decent rope hitch set up with micro pulley or hitchclimber pulley? not shiny enough for some though eh? Do Petzl really understand DbRT? I'm not talking about their ability to make trusted climbing equipment for industrial rope access, mountaineering and some treework applications. I'm talking about their understanding of the rigours of a dynamic DbRT system used in treeclimbing that is constantly on the move with the potential for the carabiners to fall into these types of 'incorrect configurations'.

who would be behind something like that? someone who didn't like the French? that leaves a hell of a lot of suspects

as long as I'm climbing it never will (and no.....I dont climb on a prussik) Hey Deano, nice post sir Humphries is right though - capital on the species no good

run, swim, chinups, pushups, dips, skip rope

it's interesting, all you people who pre-ordered the zig zag without even trying it or waiting to see how it faired in the real world before buying it. Last time I saw panic buying like that was the Cabbage Patch kids chaos in the 80s. skip to 0.57 in this vid to see arborists trying to grab a Zig Zag [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOlIvx7Pvs]Cabbage Patch Kids Craze! - YouTube[/ame]

finally, we get some sense out of you

egnsean Thatcher changed Britain for the better, you need to accept this and move on with your life. She'll be remembered as a great leader, you'll be remembered as someone who was on Arbtalk talking about logs

c'mon Jon, that was just to wind you up, didn't work though from what I remember

What part of recent British history dont you understand? It's common knowledge that trade union leaders in the 70s only goal was to undermine industry here in Britain. They were communists, this isn't open for debate, it's a fact. Derek Robinson (trade unionist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "between 1978 and 1979 Mr Robinson was credited with causing 523 walk-outs at Longbridge, costing an estimated £200m in lost production". He stood as a Communist candidate in four consecutive General Elections in Birmingham, Northfield between 1966 and 1974, Jack Jones (trade unionist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the authorised history of MI5 The Defence Of The Realm, the author Christopher Andrew, using Gordievsky as his source, claimed that Jones passed Labour Party documents to the Soviets for cash, with the last payments to Jones occurring in 1984. 'is held responsible by some in the Labour Party for being "the union leader that created the winter of discontent and 18 years of Conservative Party (UK) rule."[7] The links between communists, the Labour Party in the 70s and the Soviet Union are well documented Also on a personal level, I've spoken to many people here in Glasgow over the years who attended union meetings in the 1970s where union leaders and reps would continually say, 'we have to do everything we can to disrupt the management'. If you didn't fall into to line with the unions you were blacklisted and shunned by other workers. It was out of control and Thatcher thankfully put an end to it.

I dont have an issue with the bill for Thatcher's funeral. I think we should pay it out of our taxes because it's the least we owe her for smashing the unions and their communist agenda. If labour had won the 79 election Britain today would resemble something close to North Korea.

Jon, please, that's just ridiculous and very unBritish.

maybe not on the drive home then still, it's a great set of pics of what looks like a pretty demanding day, well done again. Looking forward to the next set.

nice vid, excellent work by those guys whoever they are, great example of route 1 treework, nice to see some old school rigging as well.

Nice pics Reg, must've had a great sense of achievement on the drive home, proper day's work. Good to see you're getting some interesting jobs out there.

Will you still have complete confidence if Petzl issue a statement telling users to 'immediately stop using it'? I understand you like the device but to continue using it knowing there's been an accident involving a suspected failure of a part or parts of the device may be a little foolhardy? It could well be that it wasn't the zig zag that was at fault in this case, maybe the user was working with it in an unorthodox climbing setup or combined it with unsuitable carabiners , but until we know for sure it may be wise to put it to one side until the details of the story become clear. Hopefully it wont be the zig zag itself that caused the accident and users can continue using it with complete confidence as you say.

The bands were for tying petty criminals to with iron neck collars, but looking at them now, you'd think someone had strapped them to the tree as a form of support for the trunk (now unfortunately having a detrimental effect on the tree as you can see). I think that was a Lime and it was there up until relatively recently (although I know of a large Wych Elm in the area that looks very similar to that tree so couldn't say for sure). I seem to remember it being around when I was a kid in the early 80s. The tree is hollow with a large cavity on the opposite side of what you see in this pic.

cheers David, edible when cooked apparently, dont fancy trying it right enough. It was all over the woodland floor, their shocking red appearance made anotherwise uneventful day of felling in the woods just that little bit more colourful

Anyone know what this is? living off fallen dead wood/twigs in a mixed natve woodland.

nice thread, ancient Oak local to me, 108 years between pics

you guys would've climbed it, my heroes MEWP - 35m Wumag mounted on a 14 ton truck. Bats, no. Tree was riddled with Polyporous squamosis at height, half the top snapped out recently, basal decay/root rot - riddled with Kretzch, co dominant/included bark twin stem, big old Beech (notorious for falling apart in late maturity). The client was not interested in retaining a heavily leaning (and tall) mono (with decay in the base of the tree) as a potential bat roost, not in the slighest bit interested. I've retained trees for bat roosts in the past in the right situation/client. Bat inspection was carried out prior to felling.

cheers, was recorded in a garage with small fender amp for the jag, bass (Ibanez ATK 4 string) was direct into the desk via a bass fuzz pedal, 2 acoustic guitars (Fender and Takamine) - single mic, drums were played on an electronic kit with sampled real drums sounds exchanged later for the original drum signals, think the software for recording was 'reaper'? this is coming up? re e bow, friend of mine uses one, have never tried myself

those souncloud links dont work then? they should take you to a page with each song and all you do is hit the play icon in the top left?

the jag can also be heard live here played through a Marshall jcm2000 at loud volume. This was recorded with an old sony minidisc player in a studio in glasgow, it's rough but you get the idea. https://soundcloud.com/#esqueleto-1/j-song and https://soundcloud.com/#esqueleto-1/wolves

yeah, best guitar I've played and I've had about 20 guitars over the years the guitar can be heard on this track, clean, bit of reverb, hit a distortion pedal round about 2.25 - I also play bass and acoustic on this https://soundcloud.com/#esqueleto-1/black-sunsets