Adam Bourne
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Great stuff Ross, Don't listen to anyone else its your job you take ya time customers like to see you there and earn your money, great photos to mate:thumbup:
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Was not just aimed at you mate, just generally gone scuwiff -
Cut and climb best jacket I've ever worn for tree work only had it 3weeks
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The idea of the thread was for beginners to ask climbing related questions for a start it was ok then it got side tracked now its looking like it belongs in the rigging section.... Come on guys
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Awesome video:thumbup1: And a cracking speed climb drew:thumbup:
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ISA Art and science of practical rigging is a great start also a book that I was made aware of by rich rule of here is a good read also Gerry Beranek's - The fundamentals of General Treework
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Thanks dave for bumping this thread as I was not a member when this was out and what a great thread it is:thumbup1: Just sat and read through the lot and some great banter and some invaluable information. Great job Pete nice one
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Nice set up Ben, When you say hands free you mean your not using no upper body fuctions at all?
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De ja vu! Thought I was on Facebook for a minute then lol, looks great mate
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Just jonies show for me shopping wise, got a big list for there show if I don't buy them before! may meet up for a drinking session with some lads off here at other shows
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North hants council approved contractor wanted!
Adam Bourne replied to Adam Bourne's topic in General chat
Thanks to those who sent me a pm but have just received a call from her to say she has it sorted...... -
When will people learn to plant these things in a suitable place:001_rolleyes: It's the garden centres that do my head in....."oh it will only get to 6ft and stop growing"
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North hants council approved contractor wanted!
Adam Bourne replied to Adam Bourne's topic in General chat
Thanks mate I'll Give him a ago...... -
Had a phone call today from a lady in north hants, she said she been given my number as she was told I'm council approved, well I am but I'm in Lincolnshire, so I told the lady I would find a more local firm for her that is council approved. Anyone out there. Thanks in advance Adam
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Yes it's never wise to get anywhere near your climbing gear with anything sharpe??? I'm another on the never done it list:biggrin:
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I can't see them making something like that with out them being replaceable, I maybe wrong but I've not used or seen one in the metal! So I can't say for sure, when I posted that I was told by someone else who had used one, so again not 100%, if there not replaceable then they best be up for long term use!
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Your not able to get the arborist knot app then mate:001_smile:
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What phone do you have mate?
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Ok so maybe last night turned into a bit more of an argument rather than a debate, and no one is going to learn from that! So a little message for all beginners out there reading threads like this, is ok to try new things out but as discovered in lasts nights banter not every technique is for every climber, were all different and we all feel comfortable with certain techniques, certain styles, and certain gear, that's why there's a wide variety of toys to choose from, from different manufactures, So on that note I'll say this! What ever technique it is you want to change to, what ever gear/hitch/style you want to try stay safe practice and remember LOW AND SLOW!
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ascending 6ft before pulling any slack through Really?????? come on I'm sure he's been taught better than that, all my strength I've got all my muscle tone I've acquired over nearly 15 years of climbing have come from climbing its self I've never needed to build my strength up any other way and I've never had an issue with my arms and even more so using pulleys! It's really beyond me why people still insist on not using any kind of friction device you may aswel go back to using three strand which I myself have climbed on! Of cause your always going to get people who disagree in threads like this and it is only my opinion and others may vary! Like yourself all I was trying to show was how to make advancing easier into the tree, I feel it will do him no harm what's so ever to try either of the 2 things I showed him.
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Great stuff mate and thanks:thumbup1:
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Thanks mate:thumbup1: It's hard really to say there is a winner out the 2! In fact there isn't they both serve there purpose and both have advantages and disadvantages, Srt in rec climbs I would say had to have the most advantages as there really is not much you would need Ddrt for in a rec climb, where as work climbing some of the advances of Ddrt out way Srt, I'm hooked on Srt now and have only used Ddrt to descend out the tree when my TIP has been in the top and not based anchored. For me its better for others it's not and for a few it's a doorway open for them to discover.....
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Im sorry but although I agree with what your saying, the fact still remains that where ever the friction ends up there is less friction on a rope running through a pulley than there is running over a branch/limb/crotch! I know which one I would rather it be running through. come on let's keep things simple and not get into all this technical jargon..... The threads to help out beginners not scare them into thinking there hitch is going to set alight now they've added all that friction to there hitches
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I see what you both saying mate but when I posted that post it was in reply to someone's question on how to make things easier on his body, the post was describing how to remove friction from pulling down on the rope not where the friction displacement will end up!
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If my rope was running over a branch then I would have a lot if friction! Compared to that of running my rope through a cambium saver/friction saver, if I added a pulley into that friction saver then I'm taking at least 50% of that friction away, now if I ran my rope through just a pulley for example a pulley saver/ART rope guide then I've take nearly over 90% of the friction away I had when it was over a branch? Would you not agree?
