Taupotreeman
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Croatia for me but then I don't sign up to all that BMI rubbish anyway. It doesn't allow for muscle mass etc. so gives a false indication. I know full well I'm not obese and certainly not fatter than 75% of my country's population. utter gonads.
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I think now would be a good time to lift the ban on swearing on the forum, only for this thread, just so we can say exactly what we think of the these lowlife scum. Makes my blood boil, especially when you're helpless to do anything.
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Walking some of those streets was scary enough but to see him hit them at the speeds he was.............
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A month is nowhere near enough to do what you want. I'd spend most of the time in the South Island as you'll cover most basis there. West Coast of the SI is pretty rugged. Southern Alps have to be done as does Milford. I'd just follow your nose and stop where you feel like but definately give yourself plenty of time to get around the south.
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Cheers for those Drew. Liking number 5 and the ability to switch from one system to another.
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Old mill, what's the hitch hiker? Care to expand a little.
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I thought you were being sarcastic when you said it first time around. Apologies bro
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There you go, that's what I was trying to ask in the first place but got all muddled with the iphone auto correct thingy which made it look like I wanted to use a wrench out of my toolbox as the tether. I saw the metal tether in Kev's article. I just wondered if that could be fitted directly to the zk-1 or if that attachment meant alterations to the wrench itself meaning that you had to buy the zk-2. Interested to see how it well it works.
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Sorry Drew didnt mean to confuse. Maybe I've got my wires crossed. I was talking about the tether that connects between the wrench and the pulley. Rather than this being cord is this a metal part on the new version? Hopefully I explained myself this time unless I'm off on my own tangent somewhere
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If we continue to allow iPhone auto correct to dictate this thread we're going to be in all sorts of trouble. I'll try and put the question correctly and it's nothing to do with my spanner set. Is the new stiff tether interchangeable with a normal tether on the current RW or is it a whole new RW specifically made with a stiff tether. Yeesh, didn't think that would be so hard
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Shoulda said can it be fitted to the current RW or do you have to buy a whole new mark 2 or whatever it is?
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So this can basically be fixed to the current RW without having to but a whole new tool?
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Rope 37m Enough or should i pay out for a 45m Rope?
Taupotreeman replied to Charlie Fells's topic in Climbers talk
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I've worn mine for pretty much everything. Climbing, dragging, hedges, walking the dogs. I'd even considered using them for the Tongariro crossing as they offer better support tham my walking boots. You're right though; tree climbing slippers. Talked a mate into buying a pair. He said he was happy with el cheapos but I told him council was paying so he could have some decent gear. I reckon he wears them to bed personally.
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Rope 37m Enough or should i pay out for a 45m Rope?
Taupotreeman replied to Charlie Fells's topic in Climbers talk
Running a 50m, 38m and a 20m and looking at just getting a 12m for the really small stuff but then the council is paying -
Four years + old and just the first signs of a slight leak if I stand in water too long but it's only a drop not a gush.
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We were discussing this just the other day. There seems to be so many new and varied ideas of anchoring etc with the wrench and srt. We see heaps on blogs, facebook and various other places. We decided to pick possibly two and stick with them rather than trying to learn all of them. For a newbie to srt like me it was all starting to get a bit discombobulating. Personally I prefer the cambium saver lock off. Retrievable from the floor as long as you set it right and seems to work hunkydory. Never been keen on that base anchor thing. Once you see a couple of big limbs landing real close or a groundy getting a bit happy with a chainsaw in the vicinity it gets the old sphincter twitching a bit. Still having issues with ascending to the first bracnh I have to say and I still use the SJ for smaller trees. Happy that I have both options in my bag.
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One side possibly could have been felled but it always leaves such a dirty great mess. Branches stuck in the ground, soil all over where you need to cut and heavy wood on top of stuff you need to drag. Decided it was easier and more efficient to dismantle and keep everything in a tight area making clean up easier. My groundy (Masonw) had it all chipped and raked by the time I got down so all we had to do was fell the stems and ring up Started to persist about an hour from finishing but couldn't take away from the satisfied feeling at the end of the job.
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Couple more. Back tomorrow for the final clean up hopefully after joe public has removed all the firewood for us.
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Few from a Cedar dismantle today. There was an evil wind straight of the mountain but this was my first decent climb in a while and I enjoyed every minute of it.
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Mine just arrived. Just over a week to get to NZ, not bad and very nice the T shirts are too. Well happy init.
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Excellent attitude. Best of luck.
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I found the tachyon too light and it tangles easily. Pain in the preverbial trying to flick it over a branch or drop it back down the tree. I've reverted to a heavier rope. Feels nice in the hand but I prefer a little more meat, especially for SRT so went for something a bit thicker. Also found it doesn't self tend very well when used with the SJ.
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Still awaiting resource consent to be able to do any work but I'll post photos of any work once the job is completed.
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Only just this minute finished watching it on the news. Looks horrendous. Thoughts go out to anyone and everyone involved or affected.
