Joe Newton
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That stays on my harness whatever I'm doing. Is a spare ddrt system for the tail of your line, a redirect for either srt or ddrt, an srt canopy anchor, progress capture system for traversing with a hook or a light rigging system. Pretty versatile setup.
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One tape sling/crab and a pinto/hitch cord/crab is all I usually take up, apart from whatever I'm using for my canopy tie
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🤣 whatever works for you mate, having two seperate lanyards would make my life hell for most jobs! I don't have a dedicated conny kit in fairness! I was trying to work out what was going on with that spare bridge too.
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This harness gives me anxiety
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I'd be more concerned with what they're really up to.
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Because the white teeth and botox lines point to a gentleman of your advanced years mate
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Probably, but shit with a lifetime warranty
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Ah gotcha, hadn't seen that
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Mini prussik prevents the rest of the tail getting pulled out of the bag of the lanyard gets snagged. I'd be flaking It back in a lot more without it.
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Silver bull one from Honeys, got an elasticated vag-type opening.
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Definitely send to be more of a posers tool to put on Instagram. I think if I saw someone genuinely rocking one I'd have to write them off a a climber. Happy to eat my words though
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Not a massive concern. The only other option would be to prune the limb back until the stem, leaving a huge pruning wound, leading far worse decay potential. Personally I'd reduce the defective limb by 3-4 metres and install bracing.
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Yeah, basically. Cedars typically rely on all of their limbs and the dead branches to essentially knit together and bear the elements like that. If you remove dead or dysfunctional branches you will very often end up with more storm damage in the near future because branches that were previously supported are now vulnerable because the other supporting dead or dysfunctional limbs have been removed
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I felt it was entirely justified.
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I wish I was eloquent. That was beautiful.
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I tried the scuba clip thing, found I spent more time reclipping and assisting the rope. Gone back to a hip bag with a mini prussik. Quarter the price of that neat freak think, and at least I won't sound like a twat when people ask what it is and how much I paid for it.
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Strange new twist in hiring staff.
Joe Newton replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Business Management
I find it interesting reading a lot of adverts for subbies. Always includes the "must have"s and "good rates for pay" which makes my eyes roll. Very rarely do you find any reason why a subby would want to work for that company. With it being a sellers market in effect, just offering occasional work isn't enough, I need a reason to give you a day over everyone else. Job and knock, or "I'll buy breakfast" will usually do it. -
Yeah I'm pretty much booked through October now. I'm terms of changing days I'd expect a couple of weeks notice. I try and give more than that if I have to cancel a day. Because you're essentially a specialist with a long lead time is really difficult to call in sick or cancel because if the inconvenience to the contractor. And if a climber is available for tomorrow, there's usually a good reason why.
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Terrible idea. I want all my money after the day, not part of it because I've already spent some.
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Things you used to say ironically that you now say a lot.
Joe Newton replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in General chat
"Fuckers today don't know they're born" Some trainee complained that my 500! was a bit heavy to use up a tree. I'm slowly becoming they miserable fuck of a boss the I used to hate. -
I think there have been links to people having strokes from jumping in cold water from very hot temperatures.
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There's plenty of evidence to show that isotonic drinks can improve rehydration and performance. Can't find anything to suggest they dehydrate you.
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Don't you live in a part of the world that's technically underwater?
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Second Dioralyte It's minging stuff, tastes like salty blackcurrant. It does help lots though. Good for a hangover too
