TIMON
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Wish I was out today. Still rough so I'm going to do some LOLER checks on kit today indoors mate.
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Thanks Jon. Looking forward to some dry weather mate. Got lots on.
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
TIMON replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
I always wanted to climb but cos of some very bad life choices I didn't get round to it until I had the opportunity later in life. (48) A mate had his tickets and I used to work with him a bit and look at his knots and systems and thought "I'll never be able to get my head round these". Now I have been climbing a couple of years I have got quite good at knots. Took my rigging course and passed my Loler examiners course. Start simple. Steve Bullman's knot app is very useful. Get familiar with a some simple knots like a bowline and the different prussicks. Take a couple of bits of old rope home and practice. Don't be discouraged, you'll soon pick it up. If I can do it there's hope for anyone. -
At home in bed with flu-ish stuff going on today. Got completely soaked and freezing the other day and had to come away from a big connie removal for the second time. I find that medium sized open canopy stuff is do-able in the wind with a bit of rigging. It's the really tall whippy stuff I don't like.
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I've tried both on my 540. The saw is a bit livelier with a 12" but I find that the 14" balances it well. On dismantles it means that you can go a bit further before you get the bigger saws sent up. On reductions and thinning work I often think that I should have kept the 12" on.
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It's probably one of the most useful questions we can ask ourselves.... "What would I do if I DIDN'T win the lottery?" Apparently they took it quite well. At least they would have a payday from the tabloids for the story.
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I got one of these... Edelrid rocker . Its hard/impossible to get the spliced eye through the small ring and it doesn't look very solid. I gave up on mine.
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I just bought the new Marlow venom 11.8mm to use with my ZigZig. I find it quite springy especially with a high anchor point... I'm beginning to get used to the bounce and it tends really nicely.
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Untouchable
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Condescending
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Tribulation
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Underpowered
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Apologetics
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Deuteronomy
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John Crowder 😀. (Happy new year bro!)
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Yerevan
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This is along the lines of what I have done in the past when faced with a stem that is suspect. As long as you can get the customer to understand that you will be fair and not take advantage, generally they are sympathetic and you can come to some kind of agreement. Killed two brand new chains in a nail ridden stem last Thursday. One of them snapped which could of been nasty.
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Xerxes
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Great video. Looks like you guys were having a lot of fun. Tree work as it should be! 😀
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Offtobed
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Insomnia
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Psychopath
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Jasper carrot
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Castration
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Just subscribed to this. Really excellent with real depth... Very readable even to a relative newcomer. I'll enjoy reading and learning. Thanks for sharing.
