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yes this sad so-and-so is bumping his own thread again. right well jarnii's not up for it because he's going to work in australia next week, so good luck and safe journey to him, and just to say here thanks for the chat and advice etc, you're a fair-play geezer. So come now folks, weather down this neck of the woods is lovely today, youre out of excuses on the climate front. I'm gonna fire off some pms to people about this.

right folks i'm bumping this thread after almost a month of inactivity. guilty myself of having lunched it out after being the thread starter but there are a coupla reasons for this: first the snow and blizzards which rendered conditions undesirable for climbing and secondly me going away for a rather unsuccessful voulenteer "opportunity" at the beginning of march. dunno if the climbing meet up has happened and i missed it??? but looking at this forum i doubt it. anyway epping forest sounds good... what's happening?

apologies for my inactivity on this thread... busy past couple days with my voulenteer job. i've yet to contact jarnii; i'll phone him this weekend.... ....epping forest sounds like a good location. which bit of it? it's kind of big! some nice big trees in hampsted heath as well, not so good for parking but accessible by public transport.

@Alasdair>> a throwbag does help, but make sure you get one with a decent weight, like a kilo at least. i bought a light one (the supplier only had one weight the day i went in) and to be honest i find it a waste of money. consider the weight you're asking it to pull down over the branch and the resistance of the bark. just my finding/opinion. actually if yer any good at sewing you could prob make your own (lead from fishing tackle supplier of stones from the beach?). as with a lot of specialised gear these things are not competetively priced.

well well, a fair deal of interest being shown now. nice one. @klaymeb: pm me about this. i'll be in touch once jarnii has spoken to me. here is a smiley face back for you question: how much of a novice are you? i mean, have you been introduced to climbing at college? myself lacking experience is one of the reasons i want to do the rec climbing. although i did pass the cs38 ticket last year i've gotten out of practice, though at least having the ticket shows i understand the principles. if you're studying for the 38 or considering doing so then the more practice you can get, the better. @oli, watch this space and @scottie, thanks for the tip.

matt/highland.. thanks for the tip. the problem i'm finding is that the course i did only covered climbing up to cs38. firms want climbers to have cs39 for obvious reasons. the question is how would one get the relevant experience climbing to progress to using a chainsaw in the tree? an arborist i know said "it's a bit of a catch 22". one way would be working in a smaller firm where the lead climber/groundsman roles are less clearly defined, where they'd be prepared to let the new boy do the occasional climb. i was in fact in that situation working casual for a friend of a friend, alas the economic downturn has seen my services become surplus to his requirements in this context; so currently i'm looking for any work, even if it's just groundy or basic forestry. anyway, thanks for the encouragement... positive mental attitiude is required on my part methinks.

@Rich Rule ... i've seen similar on the shore of the Bodensee (Lake Constance) in the town of Freidrichshafen.... madder looking even... will post the pic when i find it. Wierd-looking things, branches trained out horizontally to pollard knuckles. Looks "ugly" but nevertheless has a kind of aesthetic appeal. Doesn't look natural but is it right to really talk about "natural" bearing in mind that hybrid plane was developed specifically as an urban tree? One of its advantages in this context would be that it takes relatively well to pollarding(?)

I'm up for this. Done a bit of work out surrey way as it happens so it wouldn't be too far out of the way for me.

see also my related post on the employment section of the forum: http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=95120#post95120

Greetings all; I'm new here on the fourum. I finished college last spring and got my CS30, 31 and 38 tickets. I've had some work in Berkshire with a fellow who owns a small arb firm but his business is slow at the moment. He can provide a reference. I'm currently voulenteering on a woodland conservation project in North-East london which involves felling small trees, clearing brambles etc but due to insurance they don't let the voulenteers use any powered saws. I'm happy to be at least keeping my hand in but want to get back to using the big boy's toys I've been trained for. I wouldn't even mind doing this voulentarily if it was in a conservation/noncommercial context. If anyone has a need for this then feel free to get in touch. Although I only have the NPTC tickets listed above I have been trained on medium trees (larger than guide bar) and clearing windblow which I intend to get the tickets for at some point in the future. I'm not sure what the exact health and safety/legality would be on doing this kind of work, my understanding is i would be allowed to do it in a "training" context i.e. with appropriate supervision. >>>See also my other thread on recreation/practice climbing.

Greetings to everyone, I am new on this forum. I am a CS30,31 and 38 ticket holder who finished NC Arboriculture at college last springtime. I did a bit of casual work afterwards and am now dealing with the reality of the recession biting into the arb industry. Work is scarce so I want to get out there and practice, practice, practice. Already I'm doing some woodland conservation work in north-east london... keeping my hand in but alas no hardcore arb work which is left to contractors rather than voulenteers. so.... anyone in london or the home counties have some time on their hands? any nice trees near you which you always wanted to climb? want to refresh and hone your ariel rescue skills? Get in touch. Currently I have my own helmet and harness, no rope or carabiners but i could be persuaded to acquire these; i'm sure something can be worked out.