Rupe
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Reg uses a POV camera, about 5-6 pounds worth. It has a camera lens on a lead and a seperate harddisc recording unit kept in a back pack. More quality for more money.
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Yes I noticed that. I think the guy was just experimenting with what he had, no problems with that, he wasn't at work (I'm guessing/hoping). He maybe shouldn't have put it on youtube though! It looked as though he was ascending on a hand ascender with foot loop and resting on the rope grab? Not a good set up and should be disregarded completely. Hopefully he had a tether to the hand ascender but I couldn't see for sure.
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Distel becuse the legs come out on opposite sides, so its easeir to set up with a pullley, it also releases better. The swabish is not far removed from the prussik, so maybe it should be in the prussik/blakes catagory.
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Yep, and pulley/knot/karabiner are all closer together and the climbing technique is different.
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Ah, yes I think I didn't explain that very well! Not a different pulley as such, just that there is a difference between putting a pulley under a blakes/prussik and using pulley based hitches such as the distel. The blakes and prissik are body thrusting hitches that can have a pulley added but are not necessary. The distel, vt etc are not really suitable for the body thrust technique and will only work with a pulley. In this case the pulley is attached directly to the karabina and the knot is quite close, thats what I meant by close coupled, but not a good discription. Petzl fixe is the best to use with a distel hitch IMO. Hitchclimber is better but more expensive, so if you have a fixe then your already there.
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Not a great system IMO. The rope grab is not sufficient as an anchor and would need to be back up. There are many better ways of doing it, but its simplest to srt and then install a climbing line when you are ready for it instead of having it installed all the time.
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Its not Law !
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I doubt the sas confirm to work at height regs. Yes the 8 should be backed up. I sometimes choker my climbing line on a stem and use an 8 under my friction hitch so that is the back up (the hitch). Other times I just ab down on the pulling line if we have set one up to pull a stem over, and I don't bother to back up the 8. Many people go abseiling without backing it up, and whilst thats is fine if your not at work it is also where most rock climbing accidents occur.
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Oh is it! It all helps though!
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You didn't actually see anyone chainsawing though!
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Yes, mine was wearing out quickly too!!
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Sorry, another late night!!!! I don't have a workshop manual, only the owners handbook!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Angus. They are just AA batteries so very easy to keep a pocket full of them. Please buy your dad one!!! Remeber there is a 30%discount for arbtalkers, I',m sure they would post one out to you if you can't get them there yet.
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Why have you had such problems? I thought you just turn up and have a go? Of course knowing where and when is useful and that will be announced soon I'm sure.
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I have a 52 plate single cab, but I can copy any pages that might help you??
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I did, bit it seems to wear the bridge more than a ring would and it's not that great so I went back to a ring.
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No thats fine steve, nips is nips! I saw it last week. Good technology, poor storyline. Many similarities to star wars, the matrix, and others, but I do believe it will change cinema for ever.....
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Attaching to the lower side d's maybe better though.
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Someone asked to see the inner tube set up-
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Din't have a lot of choice as I was unemployed, once freelancing I then set the path that I wanted to follow. My point was that work will find you if you are the right person and can fit in with other companies and with the strong attitiudes that already exist in other compnies. Imagine you were working in a company quite happily, then your boss tells you he's getting a freelancer in for a day to do your job and you have to ground for him? If that freelancer is a cock then that is going to be a very short workign relationship! If the freelancer has something to offer, i.e. the existing climber feels he has learned something, or gained a drinking buddy (whatever) then alls gonna work out ok. Its the personality thing that gets you through not the climbing ability, because everybody is already the best climber that they know!
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When I left my last employement I had 3 weeks redudancy pay to take. I spent the first week building a new shed cos I suddenly need to keep my saws and kit at home. By the end of that first week a rumour had gone round some local companies that my previous employer was in financial trouble and that I had left. By the end of the second week I was booked up with 2 months of work, so I was suddenly a freelancer. And so it went on from there......
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It was a general reply to all the posts on here, on the subject of going freelance. Not really advice, just my experience, but whatever the good and bad bits, all of it is way better than the 10 years of employment the preceeded it. I'm not going to offer you any advice, as you are so good at everything already I expect you have companies calling you all the time to help them out because they can't cope without you? There, is that a bit more like what you were expecting me to say?
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I did it for a few years, about 6 different companies, and had days away for tree climbing comps etc whenever I wanted. Money was ok, stress was low. I did my own jobs too, no insurance just basic back garden stuff. Anything over roads or risky I passed on and then did the climbing anyway. Gradually got more of my own work then insurance then council work then immediatly could not afford to do freelance at the same rate so I do it with truck and/or chipper or not at all. I turn over way more money, not sure I have as much as it to spend on what I want though, and affording time/money to get away as often to comps or holidays is not that easy anymore but should improve. I'm an average climber, who can get the job done, no more than that really, but I get work cos for some reason people want me to work for them instead of some other cheaper guys who have the wrong attitude.
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Well, that will work for the prussik or blakes, but the distel is a whole new thing, and requires a whole new climbing technique. And for that you need a close coupled pulley so no need for the clippy thing.
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I've had one since 2003 and they are great! -2 in woods or kipping in the garden, awsome thing. Better purchase than any tent. Its easier to find trees than it is to find level ground and your also hidden in trees, so much easier to get away with a bit of free camping!
