BenR
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Saw them when he got down. I would say they were harder! one giant callus.
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It was scorching! around 40 degrees celcius every day! I think you had the right idea with going in the winter!!! Yea the sea is incredible. Did lots of snorkelling!
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Not another internet Gypsy tree butcher thread! Just got back from a holiday in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt. Besides being lazy and drinking cocktails on the beach, I managed to get some pictures of an Egyptian tree surgeon at work. Apparently the bags over the Dates are to protect them from being attacked/eaten by bugs.
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check out edina digimap by searching google. you can register, download maps and use it with GIS software. Do a lot of this at uni. The OS maps should be set out on the British National Grid transverse mercator anyway. Digimap is great. You can also get access to OS geological, historical and marine maps too.
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Thanks Monkey. Now that you mention it I can see the similarity ha. Cool stuff though! Some of the fungi in this thread are amazing!
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Not exactly epic fungi compared to some of the pictures in this thread but i guess here is as good a place to post as any. Just curios what fungi these are the fruiting bodies of? Im keen to learn some more about this subject. They are both on the same beech tree.
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Im always keen for a rec climb. Just PM'd you. By the way which woods are those? There are some tall beeches heading up out of caversham.
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You could also use a hitch instead of the middle ascender saving money and also making it dead easy to change over to DRT if you need to. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFbdY-vhOo]YouTube - Microwalker SRT Demonstration[/ame] the only difference is that he is using a microcender rather than a petzl ascension.
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WHen will it go on sale at main arb stores?
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Sugar drenching regularly might be a temporary solution to allow the plant the energy it needs while new roots develop? Don't know how well it works but it was mentioned to me by Glynn Percival in one of his lectures. I think the idea is that by giving the tree plenty of the sugars it needs for energy, the tree will focus more on developing its roots and puts less energy into producing sugar in the leaves? Might be worth a try...
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Daym! I just tried to watch this but it says there is an error. I guess you have taken it down Reg. Is there an alternative link or something?
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Yeah its always fun to climb big trees. But the twists seem to go into it when coming back down as the rope feeds into the hitchclimber/hitch, so I dont think it will help much. Never mind!
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Would be keen to come along. I have alot to learn
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also, do you find it twists the rope much? every configuration i seem to use with the VT twists my rope ALOT.
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what is the length of that cord then Tom?
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To my knowledge thats about right. It interfered with the vista down to the pagoda. There is a plaque that explains it all.
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Think you are right looks like a Lucombe Oak to me. There are different types though! There is HUGE one at Kew that was actually transplanted as a mature tree. Worth a look if you are ever near.
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Cheers for the advice guys. I think my makeshift fid was of too large diameter wire, so I will have another go with some piano wire. I guess 1mm is probably a good thickness. As for a course, I would love to get down to one, just the the old time and money problems Ah well! I will get round to it sometime.
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I had a go at splicing my xtc12 yale rope the other day. using this method http://www.samsonrope.com/site_files/12S_C1_EyeSpl.pdf from what i understand, i have to bury until mark 2 and 3 meet.. so im burying full thickness rope into itself plus the tapered fid length too? I didnt have much luck maybe i need a better fid. Any recommendations for a beginner messing about?
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i think copper does kill trees but as said above, codit and the oxidisation of the copper surface.. If you were to peel back some bark around the base of the tree and add some copper sulphate, I would think that would kill a tree as it would get into solution within the vascular system and spread throughout the tree. But copper nails apparently not.
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Yeah the xtc12 is a nubby hollowbraid too. I just wondered if it was a strong enough splice for the main rope because the stress is obviously shared between two splices on your footlocking sling. Its pretty interesting all this splicing stuff. Can see myself getting very addicted and spending lots of money on it! haha... bad!
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was it this? http://www.ars-grin.gov/cor/cool/sorbo.html
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You must spend a small fortune on rope!
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Im very keen to have a go at this after reading all of these posts. Got a 6m length of xtc16 spearmint that I plan to try and put a splice in? So piano wire fid? ....but how long should I make it? Should it be a class 1 splice? like so.. http://www.samsonrope.com/site_files/16S_C1_EyeSpl.pdf Also have an xtx12 hollowbraid. Would this splice be right? http://www.samsonrope.com/site_files/12S_C1_EyeSpl.pdf
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Would a brummel splice be ok for a Yale xtc 12 strand climbing rope too? looks a bit easier than some of the other splices i have seen on here.
