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  1. Mark Bolam
    I never said it was comfortable. It isn't. I could probably hang my truck off them though. Probably bad for your innards as well, but I'm typing this in between necking a can and cooking a curry, so they're used to abuse.
  2. Mark Bolam
    Nice. Bet you're having a beer tonight John.
  3. Mark Bolam
    I'll happily hang off any point of my harness mate, the tree is more likely to break first. Don't clip into a Caritool though. That hurts your back.
  4. Mark Bolam
    😂😂😂😂😂 I think we are on the same page mate, but you put it so much better than me!
  5. Mark Bolam
    Why do people think we should command more money than doctors? It's only at the really top end of arb that it changes, doing stuff like Reg and August most days. We choose to do it. If the money is better elsewhere, go elsewhere. I would love to see the industry being more valued, but it isn't likely to happen.
  6. Mark Bolam
    Fixed. Seriously if it's not FUBAR'd I'll buy it off you.
  7. Mark Bolam
    Rich is whoring himself in Norway mate. He couldn't handle the South London winter anymore.
  8. Mark Bolam
    They do make cracking ropes don't they? My Portland Braid has had some hammer and keeps going, and my old XTC climbing line has been hideously abused after I retired it, and just refuses to die.
  9. Mark Bolam
    Spotted. Don't think about leaving the country please Sir. Oh....
  10. Mark Bolam
    More info mate. Near the coast? Self catering? Dogs? What do you want to get up to? Etc.
  11. Mark Bolam
    Damn you Stubby! 😀
  12. Mark Bolam
    Totally agree. I'll probably get one like. I like lasers.
  13. Mark Bolam
    It's Friday, it's quarter to four, and I'm still on the tea Al!
  14. Mark Bolam
    😂😂😂😂😂
  15. Mark Bolam
    I never get too hung up on all that old bollocks, just keep adding or subtracting both till it works how I want it to.
  16. Mark Bolam
    We should all be charging more and paying more, but it just ain't like that. My kit, my insurance, my time pricing and running the show. I probably don't clear £125 myself most days. Nobody ever said life was fair. If you're in it for the money you're in the wrong game.
  17. Mark Bolam
    No worries. Let me know how it goes. 😬
  18. Mark Bolam
    You know you tie a VT upside down for SRT right?
  19. Mark Bolam
    Good post Badger. We also need to appreciate the gulf of difference between an entry level groundie, and an experienced rescue-ticketed one who can drive anything, tow anything and pretty much run the job. Kevin, I appreciate what you're saying, and your sums might stack up on a good day for me, but they don't on an average or bad one.
  20. Mark Bolam
    I'm on Bee-Line. The red AP is awful.
  21. Mark Bolam
    Chris I've just been through a virtually identical situation, but my mate was a very good groundie. I'd have paid him £150/day if the industry could stand it. But it can't. So I didn't. And he's gone. We'll stay mates though, rather than financial bickering eating away at our relationship..
  22. Mark Bolam
    Same.
  23. Mark Bolam
    No. I meant climbing. I thought you worked in IT?
  24. Mark Bolam
    Because it's a bit of a head-copulation at first and you can easily get frustrated. That's for working. Access only you'll be fine. Have you done much climbing?
  25. Mark Bolam
    £80 is about right. With swallowing.

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