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Hey there i would like to come down to gothenburg as I've spent all winter up north,but i hear on the grapevine the work leaders a bit of a bell end,can you shed any light on this?

Yea agree with all that,used to hate spikes, now use them almost every day,just a case of getting used to using them i think,but will admit still rather climb without them.No chance of that for a while tho,spiking icy poles in sweden

I have anchored round some dodgy stuff over the years but will say one thing if you push it too much you'll end up like a dog eating bicarbonate of soda..........A dribbling mess on the floor!!!

with you on that one its suprising what you can cover up with mud when ya learning

Had good fun today on the v.t. my friction cord turned to ice and and didn't want to grip at all.Must say its good to be scared up a tree its like starting again,got my rope next to the radiator for the big oak thats covered in snow we gotta dead wood tomoro

mate you really need to work for a good firm and do a lot of watching and learning,you may be able to climb but pruning doesn't come overnight. You need to know the importance of good cuts and good decisions for what the tree needs,you will only get this from working with people with experience.Most decent climbers start off being good groundsman and a good eye on the floor,then they know what they need to be doing in the tree.It's not something you can learn from books or arbtalk you need to work with people who can prune before you'll be able to prune yourself.Good luck with it,get with a good firm

yea he's right he had a proper paddy had to go get his dummy out the van!!

just what i was gonna say,think al just have to get used to rope like wire for the winter

Ram it!!

yea dont think the week of rain before the cold kicked in helped,good to know theres more people in the same boat,have a good winter mate bring on the minus twenties

Currently working in Sweden and now the winter has kicked in, the v.t. on the hitch climber isn't working too well on a frozen rope,does anyone have any suggestions without me having to use a prussik during the winter

hi mike the answer to your question really is nothing to do with gri gri,srt,micro pulley,vt,long prussik or kliemhiest. its really to do with how much you eat at lunch ya big fatty bum