born2trot
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R Cheers Tommy , I'll give you a shout if i come out ( geographically speaking ) !!!
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Neat little tip ..
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I would send it back and exchange it for the fimblsaver ? Job done ?
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Good reminder for vigilance if spending any amount of time in woodlands . There is a serious tick-borne encephalitis virus which is spreading in central Europe and there is no cure . It can be prevented by immunisation and i would urge anyone working over here to get it .
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It's not impractical .. you can shoot bears with it or get ready for a zombie apocalypse
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I've never installed it from the ground , don't see why you couldn't but it's rare to get the final top anchor first go , so I just install it when I get there . Fimblsaver I have . Another good thing about is retrieving it, you don't need to worry about smacking it off a hard standing or rock like the little lightweight alloy pulleys .
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I've got one , 11.7mm poison ivy goes through great . The plastic collar on that rope looks excessive ? Great combination if you don't want complete frictionless like me ..
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A traditional prussik you are climbing ' one-sided' so to speak . When using a device like the zig zag you climb hand over hand symmetrical with your body . Theoretically this should be easier on your limbs ..
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Checking screws on helmets every day I'm sorry doesn't fall into my safety check before i climb . How many people on here were climbing on the zig zag ( life support) and didn't realise it was compromised ? Climbers fault you are saying ? What's the deal with the ' I'm sorry for promoting safe practise' you addressing imbeciles or something ?
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It's not the correct advice . Commercial climbers have enough life support stuff to check on top of carrying a screwdriver around ? Correct advice would be to say the manufacturer is aware of the issue and will fix it imminently .
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Hi Tommy thankyou for the reply , it's good to here from someone with first hand experience , although all replies are much appreciated . My intention would be to go self employed , I really don't want to work for someone else anymore if I can help it , although initially it may be a needs must thing .Maybe I would need something else apart from treework. Yeh I've started learning a bit of Finnish and think it may take me about 30 years to learn !! If you're looking for another climber this year ( about summer time I'm recuperating from a knee op ) feel free to give me a PM and I can come up no problem , with all own kit . Kind regards
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Yes... And two plastic blood bottles dangling off my leg 😵 This was painful getting these removed but a relief none the less . Sent from my HTC Desire 510 using Tapatalk
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Well that's my ACL been replaced with part of my hamstring . Was a bit bigger op than what i thought but have had hardly any pain . Start of a long slow recovery i suppose but reading some of the posts again I'm optimistic about the future . Sent from my HTC Desire 510 using Tapatalk
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Absolutely nailed that one
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I was thinking of Oulu which has a population of about 190,000 .. That's as far north as is practical on my reckoning on tree size /population ratio if that makes sense ..
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Cheers Rich ..
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Especially in a wheelchair ( new cruciate ligament)
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Haha !! Brilliant ...
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I'm never off youtube ...
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How do you get started in splicing ? Is there a go to book or DVD that can get you on the way ?
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Very nice ..
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That's an insult ..360 ?
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This is what I use ..
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What's all this ' everyone's mortified ' business ? I've just seen this and to be honest thought Ken Block looked awesome . I personally could see nothing wrong with it and I'm a passionate military services recognition guy .
