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silky fox

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  1. Mighty Chogs!...and such a dramatic soundtrack with the drumming...Very enjoyable watch. Japanese?
  2. just for you Mick....hope it doesn't induce any flashbacks.
  3. Keep it clean...grit free etc....it should last that...i know people who are still using the ZZ2
  4. What Mr Git said....rope condition will determine it's lifespan.
  5. Brace Yourselves....Autumn is coming.[emoji260] [emoji262] [emoji260] [emoji262]
  6. I believe it is Darrin. What a amazing planet we live on to be given such a blanket of colour during Autumn amongst other marvels of the natural world.I prefer the temperature,the light and the sharpness in the air.
  7. I've come a long way since then through determination,never giving up and always moving forward....but remember my Arboricultral adventure began many years before that.
  8. Need to keep my fitness up as in a week or so i am meeting up with Annalize Wright and Graham Bird to walk up "Jake's Rake" in the Lake District.
  9. Still on the healthy snacks.Superfood salad is quite delicious with Chicken....and even had a good workout yesterday on the utility work scrambling up and down soggy hills to our trees.Very pleased with my new Stein's.They are light,comfortable and have a great armour type feel to the fronts.Super climbing trousers.
  10. Before the chip box is built we took the FUSO out for a ride.Spacious enough for three.Great visibility.Apparantly it's a Mercedes underneath the Mitsubuushi badge.Feels like it has enough grunt though.180 horsepower and Four wheel drive.
  11. I find it so much easier to work and focus in these temperatures but still the Sun makes an appearance and i find the afternoons quite mild.Until the sun goes down.
  12. The colder weather and the darkening nights bring the log orders in so it's full production around the splitter.
  13. Now i have too many choices!!!!!😀😀😀
  14. I Value every conversation we have ever had Rich and they began right at the beginning of my thread.I respect any advice you give me my good friend....so i shall choose a new type of rope!
  15. Well said Mathew.....i have been climbing on a ZigZag quite a long time now and have it perfected.It still amazes me how perfectly it does it's job.....Darrin i am wanting a new rope just for reccy climbs..The old one is a work rope.
  16. I am buying a new rope on Friday...and yes it will be.................... Yale Blue Tongue (My third)
  17. In a nutshell the ZigZig offers such a smooth...Energy conserving climbing experience with no sit back in any weather with the ability to make fine adjustments to your work position....
  18. Once anchored to my pulley saver i can move around the crown using on hand only...Effortless.
  19. That's the perfect Combo Mr Chops....FACT.

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