TIMON
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Smart looking hat Don. Kong stuff looks well made.
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Good work! I’m lucky to have got one of the last available copies. It really is the tree work “Bible”
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They’ll top them a few times at different heights then leave them for ages so they get nice and wide, then they’ll give you a call Mark. [emoji51]
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What's the longest you've spent throwing a throw bag?
TIMON replied to billpierce's topic in Climbers talk
One of my strong suits, which still amazes me ‘cos I can’t throw a ball to save my life. Basket method between the legs and I can usually get through the fork in 3 goes. (Not boasting). If I can’t get it in 10 mins it’s ladder or spikes. The first time I saw someone who was really good with a throw line was on a rigging course and the instructor hit a caribiner and rope that had got stuck about 50’ up in a tree. He hit it out in 2 shots, couldn’t believe my eyes and never thought I’d ever be any good myself. -
Good to hear you’re still alive and kicking, Paul [emoji106]
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
Sounds amazing....., you mean like Greece and Spain. -
Stood on top of a shed once to top out a windblown conifer. The saw landed 40’ away in next doors garden after the rootplate returned (rather quickly) into its original position! I discovered that day that adrenaline is actually brown in colour and stinks if it gets in your underwear.
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Not lately but a couple of years ago I nearly section felled a stem with my mainline still anchored in the top of it. I’d cut the gob and was about to start the backcut. (At the end of a long hot week in the afternoon). Sharp eyed groundie saved my bacon....
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
I always think of hand dryers. -
Yer..... it’s hanging up on the floor over there, Mark. [emoji51]
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Whenever I read of these terrible accidents I always think back to my 39 course and think that part of the course should have an “anatomy or breakdown of a top handled chainsaw kickback accident”. There is enough detail and information out there to put a training item together.
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I show this video to every guy who starts works on our crew, just before they start using the chipper. I doubt if the Timberwolf 150 would speed winch you in that quick but it still helps foster some healthy respect for the job in hand.
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
I agree with Kevin, we should start playing hardball with them. They don’t hold all the cards. -
https://www.frjonesandson.co.uk/products/stein-copious-tac-eye-2-eye-technical-accessory-cord-65cm/
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I found the Stein blue eye2eye hitch cord to be super grippy on a VT even on 11mm Marlow Aeris.
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Mumbles Head to Brandy Cove on the Gower Peninsular
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Probably been replaced with cheap membrane and pea gravel for low maintenance.... will look a treat once the weeds start coming through.
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Brexit ! what will this mean ? ( lets get a good thread going )
TIMON replied to digaholedumper's topic in General chat
It seems to me that all of the bullets are coming from across the Channel and the North Sea. If ever there was any doubt about the intentions and integrity of those in Brussels then surely they have been laid to rest now. It’s very plain to see that they are out to shaft us. -
The usual suspects! [emoji33]
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Er.... long walk to the truck Steve! [emoji51]
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I’m opening our Remembrance Sunday church service and minutes silence. It’s a good reminder not to take for granted the freedoms that we enjoy in this country thanks to the sacrifice of so many.
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I found it hard to transition from prussic/Blake’s to HC because I was used to holding my weight on the trailing end of the rope under the hitch. I ended up on my backside more than once because I wasn’t letting my full weight load the hitch. (I don’t know if this is what you are experiencing?) One way round the problem of having the HC so close to the bridge is the O-rig system. This guy explains it well. In the end I got a zig zag, I never got round to using SRT.
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That’s really generous! I imagine anyone laying a bowling green would be glad to pay for the haulage.
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Good question. Does it have a checkable date of manufacture and date of first use?. Secondly, can you be sure that no one has used it beyond it’s SWL? I would be wary to be honest. Say for example if it has been used by a fellow climber working on your team and you can vouch for it’s working history and it came with a complete record of its LOLER checks, then that is one thing.. BUT.. if it has an unknown history I wouldn’t risk it. How could you be sure it hadn’t been shock loaded or used to pull a truck out of a ditch? I would be extremely wary, myself. If someone came to me with this I would be reluctant unless they could provide some kind of verification of its working life and storage conditions. The real question should be, would you want to climb and feel safe on a second hand rope with no checkable history.. ??
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Back leaning sycamore stem growing right up a wall. Used a letterbox and cut a small snipe under the gob to kick the stem away from the wall.
