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Why don't you post a video and show us how it's done??
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Hmm yea, it does look a bit strange. My mate took it with my camera set on manual, but just pointed it and shot. I think the houses behind make it look a larger tree, and therefore maybe I look bigger. The houses are a fair distance away though. I should be in scale with the tree which was only small..
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Wow. What is going on there?? Someone please explain to me how stuff like that happens?
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You say that, but in the wild trees, there is a story mentioned of a guy who fell from a huge height, cant remember exactly, but fell into pine needle rich spongy soil. F'd himself up a bit but survived.. This is one of my fav pics of me free climbing.
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Looks tidy mate! I used to have mine round the back like that but I got pissed off with it being such a reach. Now have it right on my hip, just behind the D. I don't have a saw hanging next to it to contend with though!
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Every now and again, but not in really massive trees. I start to loose my nerve a bit over around 20m not roped in. But before I climbed with ropes I had much less fear for it.
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Not every single track closed has houses along it now though. My point more than anything is why not spend money improving the track we already have!! -
I personally think the trains are not a bad idea. BUT.. They should spend money improving the current network, rather than damaging ancient woodlands (in the international year of forests hahah the irony:lol:) by building new parts to the network! All of the old lines and stations shut down years ago could quite easily be re-opened with a bit of effort. If your local station was closer you may be more inclined to leave the car at home..If the ticket prices were reasonable:sneaky2: Then there would be no damage to the ancient woodlands. Where is this money coming from anyway?? I find it all a bit depressing..
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I found blaze pretty easy tbh. 5m blaze double ended spliced lanyard for me. Stopper knot getting stuck in a crotch.. No thanks.
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What a joke! Who uses trains anyway? They are an overpriced waste of space.
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Classic. Some woman came up to me in the woods the other day screaming "oh my god" at her husband! hahaha I bombed it out of the tree really fast and looked at her and said "are you alright, I heard you screaming" hahah:laugh1: Why, if I was going to hang myself would I go to such effort with so much jangly kit?!?
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My project to help you and arboriculture
BenR replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
I'm sure any letter, regardless of the wording/grammar/spelling is a good thing. Shows that you support this and are willing to put in the effort to write a letter rather than just signing up with your email address in one click. Shows that we care. -
My project to help you and arboriculture
BenR replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in General chat
Would a letter saying something like this be good enough? : " To who it may concern, The skills made available, through the charitable organisation proposed by Tony Croft, are essential in facilitating the development of the knowledge required to become a better Arborist. For all those involved in Arboriculture, this would be a fantastic resource. This project has my full support. Yours sincerely, Ben Rose." -
Just to clarify, the thing he uses to choke the line is a multisling. The ring loop goes on about the friction hitch to add friction to allow single line descent and re-ascent using 3;1 mechanical advantage. So you could still use the running bowline and a long tail to choke. It just isn't as easily adjustable that way. I like the idea of being cinched on the spar rather than just having my rope looped round it.
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Haha. Don't blame you. But if we all bury our heads in the sand over issues they never get sorted..
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Thanks for the input Paul, It is always useful to see both ends of the arguement. But you can't CE a knot can you? And in a way, although it does not alter the structure of the rope, it does change the characteristics of the rope as a result of the bend radius etc.. It just irritates me when something that can do the job better than a knot is made to seem less suitable as a result of paper-pushing litigation and jargon. I'm lucky to not have to comply with any of that! ...YET.
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So is there definitive proof that a factory made splice is stronger than a hand made splice? A hand splice is stronger than any knot, So it is sufficiently strong and suitable for the task, assuming it is made correctly. I personally think that a qualification in splicing would solve a lot of issues. Once a splice is made correctly it is impossible to make it go wrong bar cutting it. Every time a knot is tied there is some amount of variation involved. Yet it is perfectly acceptable to use a knot. Go figure...
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Cheers Judge. Just wondered if any splicers out there would be prepared to do some sort of splicing symposium/group thing like they are doing in the states at the moment. We need to get together and force the legislators to sort all of the jargon around splicing out!
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Whippendell Woods-
BenR replied to Tony Croft aka hamadryad's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Yee haaa!! -
BUMP, Could any magic Mods that may potentially see this change the title to Splicing Competence please? It might attract a few more of the splicing types.. I really should have thought about this at the time. Ah well.
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Brilliant film and so true..
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Tbh I don't really know what legislation it comes under and that is not what I am asking about. My question is: Are we any closer to having some sort of NPTC unit or other test that shows competency for splicing so that there is a clear standard to meet?
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Without getting into the debate around hand splicing and all of the legislation. I have a one question that I am hoping someone can shed some light on. Are we any closer to having some sort of NPTC unit or other test that shows competency for splicing so that there is a clear standard to meet?
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I do the same sort of thing, but my bag is a rock climbing chalk bag that has a draw string on top. I stuff the lanyard in but tie a slipknot that goes in the bag too. The drawstring and the slip knot inside stop the excess being pulled out. If I need more line, just loosen the drawstring and the pulley pulls the slipknot out. Can re-stuff it really quickly by winding the excess in a figure of 8 pattern round my thumb and pinky. I also spliced the other end of my blaze lanyard (after milking it) so I dont need a stopper knot as the friction hitch jams on it. No jamming in crotches:biggrin:
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I do the same sort of thing, but my bag is a rock climbing chalk bag that has a draw string on top. I stuff the lanyard in but tie a slipknot that goes in the bag too. The drawstring and the slip knot inside stop the excess being pulled out. If I need more line, just loosen the drawstring and the pulley pulls the slipknot out. Can re-stuff it really quickly by winding the excess in a figure of 8 pattern round my thumb and pinky.
