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  1. Bolt
    The irony of the term SRT was not missed on me. Anyway, having read the ICOP draft, I’m off to dust off the scaffold tower from the back of the workshop. I TOLD them it was going to be useful one day. ’ere,@Khriss, you know your stuff. How do I plan for an adequate rescue from an arbori-scaffolding tower system?
  2. Bolt
    Still struggling here. Was this an SRT scenario? If so, I don’t see how the rope ends get so tangled if they are bagged properly - ok, a bit may pay out as you move about the canopy, but surely it is going to be that much. ....and even if your rope ends do get tangled as you descend, is it that much of a big deal if you are descending down a static line? Sorry if I am missing something obvious.
  3. Bolt
    Just spend your dotage managing a neglected woodland in Bulgaria. That’s where it’s at there days :- )
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    If IRATA was persuaded to offer nationally accredited training for tree work (along the same lines as their industrial trading) how many employers would take it up? Months of training and recording and thousands of pounds Vs. a couple of weeks and a couple of hundred quid. hmmmmm, tricky.
  5. Bolt
    That does not sound to onerous to me.
  6. Bolt
    Am I correct that the issue is mainly for SRT users then? The impression I was starting to get was that all arb work would require a climber to be attached to 2 ropes long enough to fully descend on.
  7. Bolt
    I blame the European Temporary Work at Height Directive (2001/45/EEC)
  8. Bolt
    Just had a breeze through the icop. Maybe I missed a bit, but could someone direct me to the bits that state: - you must climb on a system consisting of two separate ropes and - you should be able to ride either (or both) ropes to the ground at any part of the climbing operation. Just the section numbers will do! cheers
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    but surely the ‘new icop’ is not an icop yet as it is just a draft document that is out for consultation till the 17 Jan? Sorry if I’m confused.... as you can tell, I haven’t really engaged properly with this saga. ?
  10. Bolt
    ‘Course he is not. He will be out of the way somewhere looking at his phone.
  11. Bolt
    2 ropes of suitable length (to comply with cherrypicked guidance).... but I also use whiptails and karabiners as well. Just because I could climb on just a couple of ropes and a harness, doesn’t meant I do.
  12. Bolt
    2 ropes.... 2 rope bags. Yes, I’m that opulent.
  13. Bolt
    In that or any self rescue scenario, it it was me using 2 full lines, id immediately ditch the second line and decend normally. Ffs its an emergency! Any good? This. Been climbing on ‘two ropes’ since 2015 (client requirement) can’t think of a single time that my poor rope management resulted in them all getting tangled together..... sorry.
  14. Bolt
    In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I have only watched a telly twice this year. I watched one in a Travelodge just outside Okehampton at the New Year, and the other at a Travelodge just outside Macclesfield in October. I do enjoy the radio though.
  15. Bolt
    Sorry for my ignorance, haven’t pay-as-you-go tv channels already been invented?
  16. Bolt
    When I think of important duties for the nuts, “a kick in them” is a fair way down my list.
  17. Bolt
    I have always intended on visiting a commonwealth war cemetery one day, never got around to it yet, although I often take in a detour to the war graves when working adjacent to tiny village churchyards. It is disturbing how many tiny, tiny communities lost so many of their young during the madness of the last century. I am not really sure how I feel about a visit to a deathcamp. Experiencing those places is probably something everyone should do, but I am not sure I would be comfortable going as a ‘tourist’. I did visit a forum once, and there was this attempt at comedy that suffered a long and painful death.
  18. Bolt
    Been waiting 23 years for an opportunity to wheel out that particular atrocity. Thanks.
  19. Bolt
    Stoats: They Mustelidae merry dance to get away with a tree jack.
  20. Bolt
    My mistake...... as you were! ?
  21. Bolt
    Indeed. WaH* has sat happily in our industry for [over a] decade. It is a pity that a few in positions of ‘authority’ have seen fit to reinterpret it. All of this is a result of a very few individuals.
  22. Bolt
    Seems at bit harsh, especially when you consider it’s been in place since 2005 ( longer than many of the recent dissenters have been climbing). Surely the problem is the recent reinterpretation made by a handful of people attending a climbing demo?
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  24. Bolt
    If Billhook ever pops over to your woods for a visit, for Heaven’s sake make sure he doesn’t attempt park the XC70 anywhere near this bit!
  25. Bolt
    It is very shiny-shiny though.

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