Ian Flatters

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Just sent it on to 157 people so you might get someone turn up. Just a couple of questions then: How are the poles placed into the ground and at what depth? How high? How wide? How is a safety line rigged? How many are running the belay?

I even changed the leg pads which made me quicker too:biggrin:

Run on the KISS system - Keep It Simple Stupid. Too much info can bombard people or make it not stand out. Who you are Contact details inc address and website All aspects of tree work etc. Insured, qualified maybe nptc/lantra logo. Colour scheme and logo is as important as what it says too.

OMG thats awesome!!!

When i used to do/go to interviews a portfolio with yourself in it is good. Although i have had in the past people show me these awesome after works pics for them to be not as skilled as the pic shows. Covering letter is also a good little touch and carrying your certificates with you there and then. Its better to be over prepared and get the job than under and not. Also talk but don't ramble or go off course too much. CV's work list chronological and a long list of reference's if available. Time span on ability to start for them is also handy. Hope this helps and good luck.

Cheers guys. Im still around 2.5 seconds off the top 4 climbers but slowly getting quicker. I'll post the world record run up once i've loaded it off the GoPro.

Yep and clicked the pre order.

Its really hot here. I was stuck in edinburgh airport nice and air conditioned for 15hrs because the plane engine broke during taxi and the next palne had a pressure valve problem. When i got to Norwich (30 degrees acording to my thremom) i thought flybe had took us to ibiza as compensation......sadly not tho.

Here's the final placings more detailed info in the archive at poleclimb.com Royal Highland Show 2011 Final Placings Grant Gallier 9.69 1st Matt Thomas 9.80 2nd Patrick Hayes 10.24 3rd Richard Batson 10.48 4th Josh Marshall 11.25 5th Mark Willis 11.44 6th Nicky Batson 11.68 7th Roy Rudd 11.68 7th Ian Flatters 12.91 9th Alex Callard 15.16 10th Carys Wyn-Green(L) 14.62 1st Tree Surgeon Class Gage Owens 13.79 1st Aaron Peacock 16.34 2nd David Teasdale 16.84 3rd Iain Duncan 17.19 4th Alasdair Woodhead 20.15 5th Adam Thomlinson 22.36 6th David Johnstone 29.90 7th Martin Barrons (DNF )8th (V) = Veteran (S) = Senior (L) = Lady Did not finish (DNF)

I've spent most the season aiming to get into the 12 seconds and managed it 4 times at the highland show. 12.33 being my fastest. I was mega chuffed and thought id be sad and let you all see it. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYwUcN_8jZo]YouTube - ‪80ft PB 12.60 Seconds‬‏[/ame]

they will charge off a usb port, wall charger and a universal camera in car charger. From flat about 1.5 hrs

An even better answer for you i've just finished filming some stuff at the Highland show i was there for 6 days and filmed bits and bobs and still have 1 bar battery on it using the dual battery pack. It was switched on every day and i flicked between dual and lcd to watch back the stuff quickly on.

As it says video footage to be submitted and verified by guinness of which i'll pop up later. current record stands at 9.61 So Grant Gallier set a new world record on friday 24th in a time of 9.59 seconds and the smashed it with a 9.55 on sunday 26th. Also Carys Wynn Green set a 14.07 on Saturday 25th.

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I can film the whole day without a change but then again i have the dual battery thingy. Even without and after a bit of time using them you kind of know what to film and whats a waste. but as it says off the box 2.5hrs normal 5hrs with the battery pac its the main problem with compact cameras tho... oh and time lapse 8hrs.

Drift 170HD or Gopro hd hero are the best two really. I prefer the gopro because it has so many different mounts and they can be strapped onto different hard hats. Of which your best hat is a vertex vent as you can strap through the vents and the curve on the hat is good. I will say the gopro is much better in the wet as the 170hd and x170 as they are not 100% waterproof for over 10 minutes submegered but will survive most rain storms outside. (as i was told by drift inovations) Now just to throw another two in the bag, pov 1.5 is good for around the same price and is what testcricket01 uses and if you've got lots of money buy the pov 1.5hd. As it gets said GoPro or GoHome i might be a bit biest tho.

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Husqvarna European Pole Climbing Championship 2011 Final Placings Expert Class Grant Gallier 9.80 1st Richard Batson 10.41 2nd Patrick Hayes 10.42 3rd Matt Thomas 10.73 4th Sam Burrage 12.03 5th Roy Rudd 12.49 6th Ashley Royce 12.8 7th Tim Bolton (S) 13.86 8th Ian Flatters 14.10 9th Pete Gallop (S) 14.58 10th Nicky Batson 14.84 11th Fiona Crozier(L) 14.90 12th Dan Farnworth 15.53 13th Carys Wyn-Green(L) 16.60 14th Tara Gallier (L) 21.92 15th Paul Stewart (S) 22.90 16th George Tipping(V) 29.00 17th Tree Surgeon Class Alex Callard 15.38 1st Aaron Peacock 15.73 2nd James Hoddy 16.26 3rd Gage Owens 17.03 4th Martin Barrons 17.06 5th Ian Sutton 17.69 6th Matthew Warden 18.00 7th David Teasdale 20.35 8th (V) = Veteran (S) = Senior (L) = Lady Results archive follow this link for break downs of times over the three days Poleclimb.com | Speed, Spikes & Splinters

You were there and didn't come say hi or were you still in awe of the jazz pony display team....(i was) Well let me explain there was this woodpecker right and he attacked me:001_tongue: Or using bike cleats no matter how hard you wind them up they can still release. I had to thread through some long bolts in the end to stop the ability to release.

No2 that one:blushing: Well done to you for finishing 3rd in the Tree Surgeon Class. :congrats: I thought well im only halfway so might as well keep going. That and that being heat 2 if i got a dnf would of meant i wouldn't of been able to score in the final.

Well i kind of forgot to secure the cleat with secondary bolts and this is what happened.... Enjoy:thumbup: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3yBhQaGepw]YouTube - ‪80ft Pole climb spike failure‬‏[/ame]

So i spent 3 days at Malvern competing and on the final day the Husqvarna European Pole Climbing championship was held. The weather for most was ok, only 1 final run was delayed due to a rather heavy down poor but in general the wind was the only real thing that the climbers had to deal with. Very very fast times were set throughout the competition and it only being 100th of seconds between some places. The Tree Surgeon Class was very close! Alex was trail blazing his way at the top and had the rest of the field in pursuit:thumbup1: The Expert class was even closer between matt, richard, grant and patch all withing 100th's of a second of each other at some point. The rest of the field wasn't far behind and all down the list 100th's of a second seperating other placings. Many Personal bests set throughout the competion in both classes and it was good for some of the arbtalkers on here to put a face to the name. We also ran a little showground comp which involved West merca police, Army, Showground staff and the RAF. Well those fly boys stepped up and won closely followed by the police. Sorry the spelling is poor as im busy packing to compete in the highland show this week. Results will follow. Also a big thanks to East Durham College arb lads who provided the belay crews and pulled around 4-5 miles of rope through their hands over 3 days.

Nice one Fi, Great PB in the finals. I'll have all the breakdowns of runs today but might not get them up for a week as im at the highland. No going for my new world record tho.:001_rolleyes:

Oh yes, Entered into the Threes and the Europeans on the final day:thumbup1: