Will Ayers

i want a helicopter.

i wouldnt bother with the pop up tent, theyre rubbish, go for a bivvy bag, pack your sleeping bag away inside it and put it all in the pack somewhere near the top. this way if the poo does hit the whizzer then you can crawl in to your waterproof bed no probs. i'd always pack food for ballast, pack everything you need and if your under weight top up with mars bars and cereal bars. i usually have some food in a pouch that i can reach without removing my pack, im like you 6'4'' and i can never eat enough. i chow down while im climbing and give it legs on the downhill sections. although i'd say be carefull while on those decents as thats where most people come a cropper on selection, no one likes a snapped leg. i might sound like i know what im on about, i havent been out on the hills for years. this thread has made my legs ache at the thought

i had the turfelburger (think thats how you spell it) tachyon for a while and then bought a load of poison ivy at the aa show. both are really nice ropes but i think for durability id go for the tachyon as the cover braid is tighter and is at less risk to getting puckered by anything abrasive. but saying that the poison ivy is lovely in the hand and is an awesome rope to climb on as it is so supple and soft. i think i'll go for the imori next time as i like changing things about. correct me if im wrong but i think the tachyon is 11.5 and the poison ivy is 11.7, i know there is only .2 of a mm in it but i think it makes the difference, espescially when you have cold hands and you fingers are packing up. hope this helps

bumpety bump, moved now! i have a few days booked in with a local firm but need more! any help would be great.

just got my cocoon pulley, i only ordered it a few moments ago, surely thats impossible, perhaps i fell asleep? very quick delivery and the refreshers and other goodies are awesome. thank you very much. excellent service

sorry john no can do, im moving up to cabridgeshire monday so its all up in the air, plus im hopefully bagging a lift from peter. im going to get a few bit towards the ultimate ropeguide.

get one of these alla you know it makes sense. File:Sikorsky Skycrane carrying chinook.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

im coming saturday. cant wait, going to buy a few gadgety bits

id much rather have a splice that was built completely by hand than one which had already undergone 5 ton of pressure, im happy in the knowledge that no part of my climbing system has ever been subject to such strain. the end result is exactly the same, i assume this mechanical process only shortens the time and effort it takes to finish a splice, it definitely doesnt make it any stronger IMO. nick i think you are right there shoult be a distinctive qualification in splicing, just like the cs units. would that stop people from doing it unqualified, no. but it would set a standard and it would promote the knowledge and understanding of how important it is to have splice constructed by a competant splicer. i'd be angry if a LOLER guy cut off all of my splices, but im lucky as he actually did one of them himself. great thread, hopefully it'll promote splicing safely rather than ban it so that bad splicers can do it on the sly for mates.

im moving to isleham near ely. any numbers would help

very smart. id be happy to twitch in them. that water must have been a pain, atleast its been warm!

i've helped out at a few comps in the past, this year i entered my first comp and it was awesome. from a selfish point of view i loved the fact that the comp had downsized as it meant i could come 9th rather than 29th, i was able to really enjoy it. perhaps jamboree style comps would enable people like me to break in to the circuit and get the bug. i am certainly going to enter other competitions in the future and i am willing to get involved and help out with setup and organisation where i can. if more people got involved at the early stages and had a good experience then i think the competitions would build themselves. i think part of the trouble is the distance that people have to travel for a comp, i wouldn't have entered my first comp if it was a days travel away, i was lucky that it was held down the road. again if local arborists who'd been competing for years held jamboree comps then im sure it would bring good results. the sad fact is that there is probably a lack of people who are willing to put there time and efforts on the line.

Crunch time! I'm moving to the East of England on monday and have currently no bookings in the diary and very few options for work, any advice, contacts or work offers would be awesome. I have an ND in Arb and all of the relevant cs units, i have been subbying in the south for two years and can provide references if needed. Thanks for your time. Will.

Had a good read of most of it now, I didn't realise there wa som much to know about the pesky little blighters! Thanks for posting it I'm sure slot of students will find it helpful.

awesome, plate 1.a is the exact phot i used in my ND project assignment "The Plight of The Horse Chestnut"

actually spat my coffee out, but yeah sure anything for the splice, err well maybe not anything.

yeah ive been using a doubled up bit of wire since my last post and it is so much easier to do the bury. might have to investigate nods fid. havent used a toss wand yet either.

hello all, ive been learning to splice with selma fids, the hollow ones with an internal hook to pull through the bury, am i in the dark ages, ive done quite a few now. i know most of you guys seem to splice with wire fids, i imagine not having to bury a bulky fid through the sheath as well as all that core is a godsend, do i make one or do i buy one of nods.

Well I will let her know I'd rather have a new pickup and a dog.

i wish pete either she's holding back some money or she's not getting paid as well as we thought she would, one day though.

my wife has just landed an awesome job in bury st edmunds and we are moving from southampton to cambs/suffolk area in august. i am a fully quallified climber with all gear etc and have been sub contracting for a year and climbing for two, if any one needs a hand then i would be greatful for the work, if there is anyone needing a guy before august im sure i could come up early:biggrin:

blooming expensive!