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  1. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thought about it a few times, how good are they when your limb walking laying your chest into the rope for suppport as you go out, you know that situation when your long prussick is hard to reach from! is it too close to your body for ease of maipulation?
  2. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Oh no, being born on christmas day must suck! spread out the goodies! Have a good one wee bro, and dont waste too much family time in this mad and somewhat addictive area in cyberdom!
  3. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lol, nah mate, i reckon ive shot myself in the foot!
  4. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Thanks for the info. ive been thinking about it for some time, just aint got any mates to go with! lol
  5. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    as always andy knows his onions, and verbalises it perectly, unlike my attempts!
  6. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    I would say were going off topic but topping and caravans are closley linked! lol
  7. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    i am losing the will to live!
  8. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Cool pdf! thanks monkey, shall have agood peruse later, i should have been on here with you lot ages ago! i bloddy love this site!
  9. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    i shall read this later with interst, thanks
  10. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    yep thats my saddle, best harness ive ever had, its sweeet and doesnt cut off the circukation in the back of your legs so much as others do.
  11. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lol, yes \I could of rephrased it really, this is a forum of arbs after all! lol do you have her number still?
  12. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    Ivy does have its uses, but not on these ancient pollards, not on my watch!
  13. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    o.k, you guys know what i can do on here, so i am not going to spell it out, I'm a good climber, got the skills, and i am always looking for a better job oportunity. i am open to offers, good ones, and the working conditions/enviroment future training schedule is important to me, as is progression. I am looking for the right job with the right people, no more, pleae pm if interested
  14. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    you still after somone for this job?
  15. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    i think this aspect could have very good uses in assisting some of the older more fragile vets to go on through. it is after all those last remaining discrete living channels that sustain these old girls, getting a few more going has to be a good idea.
  16. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    thanks sky, as you DONT for sub terra! caravans a poor choice compared to a funky semi underground "warren"
  17. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    intersting!
  18. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    lol, it might have a double purpose! some good stuff in here, i particulary appreciated the treemagineers pdf. I have always liked the look of eye to eye friction hitches, i have at the moment gone over to an 8mm cordage long prusick tachyon for the climbing, helical hitch for the friction, and this is a great hitch and simple, the knots (double fishermans is nice and compact but the option to learn splicing and make my own eye to eye hitch cords is too good to miss out on. i may do this course myself, but does it certify you as a qualified splicer? sounds to me that it doesnt as a few mention not caring regards to loler? has anyone used the mechanical advantage system described in the PDF doc from the treemagineers? have tried this set up in various forms once but this looks like a good set up?
  19. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    At the end of the day, right or wrong, the customer is always right, diplomacy can often turn a tonka into a customer and a wasted conversation into a cheque in the bank! swallow the lot, be polite, eat dirt and take their money!
  20. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    We all know that certain trees in order to be rtained sometimes need a bit of bracing, there are some good systems out there it has to be said. Though none are perfect. What if during a bracing operation, which will need some form of re check/maintanence in the future, we considered the possibility of encouraging a natural brace to form? Might make for a good discussion?
  21. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    well i wish somone would sniff me out so i can get a raise!
  22. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    if ANYONE is up for a trip to do this, do drop me a message, i would love to do it, but i cant do it alone, be the trip of a lifetime and a series of photos that we would treasure for ever, and when were old and decrepid we can get them out and say, but i did THIS!
  23. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    but it is fair to say that qualifications "PROVE" you know your onions, i think you need to combine the two. I know i am learning a lot, and am not afraid to admit i found out just how little I understood about the bilogy before i began "learning"
  24. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    and a six foot print of that is perfect for that long stretch of wall over the stairs! wicked.
  25. Tony Croft aka hamadryad
    The camera was put in around 3maybe 4 positions within the canopy of another tree, was obviously suspended in a tree first image of man at bottom is on a downward angle, it is a long lens, probably 300mm, hence the field of view. the last image is of the guy at top sorry i mean last image position is looking up at man in tree top, so the position is considerably lower than the guy is standing, IMO

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