Rupe

In that snow of 1981, I made a snow hole in a drift and slept in it! It was great. I had an old army down sleeping bag, and some old carpet to lie on. Perfect! Nowadays its all goretex and fleece and thats just for going to the pub! I spent three months in Alaska, one night of camping at -25c and soon realised your better off in snow holes than in a tent!

My thoughts exactly!

Its ironic that we as a nation are getting penalised and accused of owning too many 4x4's and yet we can't drive in snow! Most roads around primary schools at leaving time are chock full of yummy mummies in big 4x4's. If they did a bit of car sharing, less cars on the road it would be fine. I guess its the impoverished teachers that would struggle to get in, not the kids, and so thats why they close. Airports are the biggest joke. There is machinery available to clear snow, even if it sat in a hangar for ten years it would be worth having it. Having said all that, I'm not working in this weather! I've done it enough in the past for 100quid a week, don't feel I need to know. If I was really busy at the moment I could find an easy job to do instead. I'm still going out for a walk though, my subaru might be useful!

Bestest isn't even latin for anything!

The radio series was besterer

Especially people who are getting old and decrepit. Yeah I know who your talking about!

"Enthusiasts" good word! Nerds is ok, but enthusiast sounds better.

Its a quote from the film!

Steve; Rupes' Trainee more like, I've been looking after him for years!!

You could leave the gear on the line, it could get lowered to be re used by some one else, but I agree that its unlikely you would have another srt pro on the ground! (I use the term "pro" loosely of course!) You should have a system in place for rescue of some sort, if not srt then whatever the aerial rescue person of the day prefers. An srt line, not over an isolated branch, could be used to pull up a Ddrt system but havign a pulley on one end and the new system running through that pulley. A footlock line (over an isolated branch) could be used a footlock line or could be a simple Ddrt sytem quite easily by adding a prussik knot. Even a very climber should be able to do a rescue fron this set up. Sending a running bowline up a line to create an SRT system that is not anchord at the base is a bit limiting in terms of rescue possibilities. Yes, I have a dedicated rope (or three) for access purposes. However it would be fine for soemone to add a prusik and use it as a normal climbing line for a rescue.

Good points. Especially the fact that we don't set up a rescue for a footlock line. I get what your saying about using your climbing rope, but SRT works better with a more static line and it is still best practice to leave that lin ein the tree for rescue and work off a seperate line. As far as double loading is concerned, yes this is true but, if the line is going over many branches as it goes through the crown then it may be safer than isolating a single branch for footlock or runnign up a bowline for srt.

Steves Really Trying!

He's got a point Steve. Main bearing replacement recomended at 1000hrs, thats about 6 weeks if run constantly!

I do my best Steve! Whats SRT again?

I guess it would! I take it off. In answer to your first question.... Take it off you numpty! Otherwise it interferes with the normal action of the treemotion bridge

The skywalk is 70feet up for starters. No pegs left there HF!

Sure, and if you've achieved that then you could just as well footlock. Tieing off at the base is suitable for awkward trees when you can't isolate a branch.

You can, or leave it on, not much bother either way.

Steve, its a really weird experience at first, but stick with it. Everytime I do it I do it I'm thinking this is not right, next thing I know I'm sixty feet up.

That sound good.

No that doesn't seem to happen, not been slapped by it. But some people pay good money for that kind of thing!

In reference to another thread where he got criticised for leaving pegs! Well done HF. Did you feel ok on this one? Did it seem better without pegs.

Yes, because we are so far ahead of you guys!! Tod, can you post the aerial pictures of your yard? Just to show the guys here what a real tree company yard looks like!

Or a roof box on the roof rack. Keeps everything dry and clean and is aero dynamic ish

Looks good Todd. And welcome to Arbtalk, hope you can add plenty over here too!