Tommy_B
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As long as they are safe and can tie a 3 knot system and the assessor was well versed in SRT to make a decision on if they're safe and competent I can't see why they'd fail. Without getting into CE nonsense!
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Gutted for you mate.
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I would say that common sense should prevail. If there is a climber in the tree with another climber up there all kitted up, then I'd say that would be fine. It would very much depend on the climber though.
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I often wonder how much easier it would be to just teach someone straight off the bat using SRT as they wouldn't need to 'unlearn' all of the Double rope techniques.
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They have different impact ratings I believe. You also need to make sure that the chin strap is always done up.
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I remember watching a video with Ken Palmer and Rip Tompkins about 20 years ago. It was amazingly cheesy. Great he's still about. That flipline looks cool
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Or just a bunch of tossers.....
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Only just seen this thread. Really sorry to hear about your wife mate. Hope all is as good as it can be now. I genuinely used to think about how you were getting on a lot. I remember you saying that you had been diagnosed and wondered how you were doing.
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
Tommy_B replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
Normally with the same amount of crying and a couple of blisters -
Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
Tommy_B replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
As Steve said, a foot ascender will work DdRT but it just won't be as efficient due to the mechanical advantage -
It wasn't hard to understand then, it isn't hard to understand now. I blame Brexit
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Bump. What other photos do we have?
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Yes he did
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Smells bad and tends to be devoured by elderly gentlemen?
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I was told that it was on sale in Eastern Europe (Maybe Bulgaria)
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The 500i is already out in some parts of Europe so hopefully all the teething issues should be ironed out by the time it's released here
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Of course it will though! Stihl are hardly going to make a saw which outperformed the model above it! I can't imagine sales of the 661 would be too clever if it did...
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Have you used a 500i Rough Hewn?
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Well I'll be darned
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Any of them I guess! I've washed the bog standard grippy gloves and it makes them great. I had some Therma grip and thinner ones, did a review on them on here somewhere. They're decent. Not used the ones you've mentioned mate but can't see it not working to be honest!
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@TreeroverIf you want them grippier, wash them. Makes them stick like the proverbial to a blanket
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The red ones are the coolest if you have the red boots to go with them. The normal grey ones are quite cool. Orange is very much from last seasons collection so they are the least cool unless trends change.
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I wouldn't be massively comfortable with a carabiner that far away from me as an anchor. If my mates sent me that photo or were using that on a job with me, I'd tell them not to, very quickly. I don't think the proper versions are that expensive for what they do compared to the risk associated with using the wrong equipment IMHO
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@Mark Bolam was suggesting that Gary had crafted a response that indicated as if he had never performed the aformentioned act of accidentally causing damage to the previously discussed shrubs in the course of haphazard application of chemicals in the vicinity of flora which is to be retained as part of his role. It is my understanding that Mr Bolam was making light of this situation without casting aspersions on the character of Mr Prentice which I believe is of the highest standing.
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I always thought that things that could actually happen were scarier. I hated Gravity and there was a film set in Los Angles about a dirty bomb called "Right at your Door" which was a tough watch but only because it could quite easily happen. Not a big fan of Horror films really.
