Joe Newton
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Or just allergic to money! -
Plus replicating mine was easy. Never needed much rope.
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Agreed, doesn't matter, it's coming down. Honey Fungus is always a good default, plus it means you can usually fell the rest of their trees.
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When you get bored you can make it into the shape of a willy on the coffee table and laugh to yourself.
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Actually a cracking idea bob! It'll keep people buying til the end!
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Midge, Go on amazon and buy the "Tree Climbers Companion" by Jeff Jepsen. About £15 I think, and it covers all the basics you'll need to start out. If you can gets yourself a couple of short bits of rope, you can practice the knots you'll need on the sofa, till you can do them with your eyes closed. From memory the ones you'll need to know are: Bowline (and running bowline) Blakes hitch Prussik Fishermans Fig 8 All simple knots, and the course should teach you them all, but if you're worried about trying to remember too much on the course, knowing these will help you out. Might want to swot up on idents as well.
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Don't think it's a weaver. Someone recently made a treemotion style harness with a thick webbing belt, but with adjustable leg loops etc.
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I've heard on here that paying subbies to deliver flyers works well... Oh wait...
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Yup. My lanyard is about 2.5 metres. Don't need any bigger unless I'm strapped to a thick stem, and I've got a flipline for that.
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He's got 3 krabs, and 3m prussik cord in his basket. Should be fine to make a lanyard from the tail of his rope.
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So just stuff it in?
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Cheers bud, you told me you wore a johnny last time. Thought it felt 0.02mm thicker than the time before.
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Whats the worst thing you've done to your rope?
Joe Newton replied to stihlmadasever's topic in Climbers talk
My short line (started as 45m) has been cut, winched, rigged, and pulled the loaded tranny/chipper out of axle deep mud. Still does me for connies/small trees. Wouldn't use it for big stuff, but funny how the mind works. -
Steve, could you elaborate on that a bit more? Just out of curiosity mind. I know you're a solid climber, and I like "outside the box" ideas.
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Wish I could put it down to healthy living and constant shagging, but no. Pretty sure I have bird flu.
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There's a lotta people looking to loose a few unwanted pounds recently! I must be the only person to have lost weight over Christmas!
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I know, perhaps I should stop being a pedant for new year. Hardly my worst habit though. I wonder what the fastest recorded ascent on a blakes would be? Could make a good competition!
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Doubt he'll be doing any quick ascents on a blakes mate
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How old is your rope? A cambium saver will preserve your rope, but it'll take a hell of a lot of use to wear your rope with natural crotches. As for SRT, walk before you can run. Learn and become competent on a simple doubled rope system first. These are the basic building blocks that you can then further your techniques on.
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I think it works out around £40 a day for under 21, which is £800 a month or so. For a dependant with no rent or kids, that's okay, especially since they're learning a trade, getting qualifications etc. There's nothing to stop you paying a good candidate more. As Eggs mentioned a discretionary bonus is a good plan. Try being the nice boss who pays trainees over the odds. Experience shows it doesn't pay off. IME it's good to keep people hungry, until they're at a stage where there such an asset you wouldn't like to lose.
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Rubbish. If you want a good wage work hard and learn and see your wage rise. Apprentices can be attractive as you can mould them to how you want them to be, instead of the fresh out of college hot shot climber who knows the job better than you, won't take instruction, and thinks he's worth £150 a day.
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D splicer scissors! And a 4srt tether apparently, but it got lost!
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Trust me, I'm not the only one. Or have you forgotten, sweet pea?
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Think we're talking about different things friend.
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It flipping well wasn't good for my maul! Split it whilst green, same as Euc.
