Al Duffill

Hi all, Spotted this Kretch on a lime we were crown lifting today, the old blackened, dead part was indeed crumbly when crushed in my fingers, the new fresh fungi can be seen as the lighter, greyish growth. Thought it may be of interest for anyone trying to ID Kretzschmaria deusta. I informed the owner that a more thorough inspection would be advisable, we couldn’t do one as we don’t have the tech for such a detailed inspection.

Hi, the company I work with, Trees N Gardens, are looking to get a LOLER Inspector in, preferably before January 8th 2024, small company up-to 3 kits max, Warwickshire based, Stratford on Avon close by. Please call/message Anton 07866 778831 for more info. Thank you

Never heard that before, how and why would you do that?

I’ve just checked the packing slip, yes there’s an item number and all the manufacturing/certification is in the product spec on the web page, of course. I guess I’m so used to seeing tags on spliced ropes, hence the question. Sorted, thank you all 👍

Thanks Dan, I’m cool with that, yes it was by the metre, quite happy to climb on it, I just thought all ropes should be marked up, especially after reading this?

Ok, I don’t have any paper work with it ( apart from a receipt) but I know the manufacturer, type of rope but no idea when it was first manufactured because there’s no evidence for me, I feel a little unhappy about this, I thought all PPE had to be marked up?

Hey all, Do unspliced climbing ropes have to be marked up with a CE/ID tag at one end or is it down to me to mark up for ID purposes given that the rope is manufactured to the said safety limits and has no splice? I feel a bit daft asking as I’ve been climbing for 20+ years, maybe the grey matter is letting me down!😆

Aqua Fell, thank you, I’ve been looking for these for ages, I used to wear them, they are the best boots I wore for climbing, grounding and dog walking, so comfy, I’ve just ordered a pair for £135. I don’t really like the newer (now old) style of boot, chunky and heavy, so I’m ditching my Scafell lites for these!! Thanks again Treerover 👍

SRT is so out of date [emoji38] Brilliant that our forefathers were pushing the boundaries before H+S[emoji38]

Hey Cessna, Do your feet ache too, the sole, if so could be Plantar Fasciitis, kinda painful to walk? Im under 60 by the way, answered anyway [emoji38]

So I had a reccy climb with both BDB and RRP today on Yale Blaze, the BDB I had stop using as the Blaze is narrower than the Tachyon I used to use, it was creeping a lot, I’ll have to change the bollard or borrow some Tachyon. The RRP and Blaze were great, low n slow to start then eventually climbed up to TIP about 12m up, descended slowly and climbed back up, it was quick, I had a chest harness attached and the RRP just ran up the rope with me, no friction at all, the tree was an Alder so an easy hands on climb but I was amazed by the speed I got up, it truly is a rope runner, well done Kevin Bingham. I’ll sort my BDB out to give a proper comparison.

“a great double braid for srt is Yale blaze or Samson velocity” I’m glad you mentioned Blaze, I used it for the first time today with RRP, a reccy climb to get to know the RRP, I was very pleased with it, so flexible and light, I’m used to Tachyon but will switch to Yale Blaze [emoji106]

I got my RRP today, I’ve not climbed on yet but have been getting familiar with it, my initial findings are it takes up more rope and weighs 20g more, which surprised me actually, just running them both up and down on some rope in the house the RRP feels a lot slicker but I like the hand position of the BDB, it feels more like a traditional hitch and not just using your fingers on the bird of the RRP. I’m planning a reccy tomorrow and I’ll report back. I’m not excited at all [emoji38]

Hey all, the RRP is back in stock, ordered one and can’t wait to use it and compare against the BDB [emoji846][emoji269]