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Just found a couple from the other end of the stick... here's me! Off tomorrow, back in on Friday, and I've got a full-time job after that, which is pretty freaking cool.
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Most fun I've had at work in the last four or five years, without a doubt. So happy to be out of bloody kitchens. Fallen sycamore limb, around 400kg worth I guess? Hung up on a big beech at one end and a baby beech in the middle, with a climber at each end. Not allowed to mash any gravestones, obviously, not that you'd notice with the condition that some of them were in.
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Theoretically, if you were to seek out and work with someone who already had their spell of bad luck, does that increase your own odds of getting through without a scratch?
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Gizza photo then...
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No no, all comers taken. I find that with the attached organic farm shop at Gloucester services I could be a bit more discerning about the clientele anyway, and jack the prices a bit. Who wants to blow ten five quid schlongs when you could instead blow a single fifty quid schlong? It's simple economics. Anyway, I think this particular line of nonsense has run its course. I'll try and get a picture of Wednesday's job and you can all see the beautiful bit of Ireland I've landed in. Peace out, yo.
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No pictures of today because I don't want to be the twat with a gopro on his lid on his first day in a new job, but I had a fun half day dismantling a manky old ash so the boss could see if I was physically capable yet. Most of my aches and pains held together fairly well, I could even throw a tophandle around with my (previously broken) left hand quite a bit (not that you'd use a tophandle one-handed, or anything...) He's only got a 2-man job tomorrow, but he wants me in on Wednesday for a job that needs 2 climbers, so I can't have annoyed him too much today. Which is good to know. Hopefully if I don't kill anyone on Wednesday I'll know if there's any full-time hours going in the future, or if I'll have to go back to sucking off truck drivers at Gloucester Services. Unfortunately I did trim the nose off a plastic wedge. But he had it coming anyway. Anyway, cheers for all the support on here, you guys are rad.
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Looks nice, where abouts are you? That's on Truskmore, highest peak in County Sligo, west coast of Ireland. Stunning scenery whatever the weather.
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Went for a stroll in the post-apocalyptic winter wonderland. There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad parenting.
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If you truly believe that, then you have no idea what current technology is up to. Anyone here have a Huawei phone? Everything you say, type, look at, and hear is being recorded not only in your good old British data centres, but also the Chinese ones. A decade ago people would just laugh at the suggestion that everyone's phone calls were being monitored... even though they were... and still are... but to a much more invasive extent.
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Two very funny pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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Can I have it?
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Jesus, 25 years? And the rest! I've some similar looking that are well past 40... I'll start throwing away biners when all of my hammock attachment points, light fittings and gear hooks in the shed, dog leads, and mushroom basket/seaweed bucket lanyards are all triple locking alloys with micro pulleys. Until then, they all have a use.
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Best of luck with the new dog Buster, fun times ahead. He looks like a great dog. Pity to lose your previous, but 10 is a fine age for a big dog. Some members of the team were happier with this walk than others.
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Well that was pretty rad. I can see my house from up here!
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I absolutely cannot cope with this. From now on I'm wearing protective glasses twenty four hours a day, whatever I'm doing, inside and out. Jesus.
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
peds replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
Set up to do that anyway and sell tickets to the neighbour's children. -
I generally replace aluminium biners once they've had two of three millimeters of wear, depending on the shape of it. Steel gets replaced if they ever take a knock serious enough to leave a mark or a burr. If it isn't visibly damaged after a fall, aluminum doesn't, as I stumbled upon some research a few years ago that suggested aluminum biners actually get measurably stronger after a sharp knock. If there's no specific need to retire a piece I don't. I've inherited a couple of oval biners that are still in regular rotation for racking things on that are older than almost all but the most senile members on here. They get cleaned and lubricated occasionally and still work just fine. (edit: the biners, not the senile members. I don't know how often they get lubricated...)
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
peds replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
The only time I can see that being of any use at all is when you've forgotten all your micro pulleys and other bits of kit, and have to do a 90' pull up a rope in mid air... Well if you've got that far to go and you're doing that, you might as well leave another few feet of tail on the second Blake's and tie a third one below the first, with a foot loop coming out the bottom of it. In for a penny, in for a pound. -
Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
peds replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
All right, another quick question. I'm brushing up on my knot theory at the moment, and I've stumbled upon this little treat: Obviously, it's a self-tending Blake's hitch. My question is this... considering how many times you'd need to re-tie the entire knot to make progress, would it not be quicker to just... wait for the tree to fall down? -
Worst-case scenario, one for each limb. If you need more than that, you're probably beyond help.
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Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
peds replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
You're not wrong, up by the Devil's Chimney and around Glencar lake, beyond into the Dartry mountains, every inch of coastline... it's all bloody brilliant. I've been coming here for a decade now and barely scratched the surface, I love the place. Donegal is just a short hop away as well, as we are the far side of Sligo. Great climbing, fell running, seashore foraging... we are off to Donegal next week to harvest our winter supply of nori seaweed. Hoping to get down to Galway for the oyster festival this year, spending some time in the Twelve Pins along the way. Stunning landscape. But yeah, big tall trees are definitely in short supply, unfortunately. I'll go and have a look in Hazelwood one day, thanks for the tip. -
Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
peds replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
No cutting of anything living by me, it's a tree I borrowed from an uncle by marriage. But I might offer to trim some deadwood off it for him, just for shits and giggles. I'm near Sligo, my wife grew up here, we've just moved back to be near her family after a decade of living in France. Whereabouts are you? It doesn't go through anywhere, no. If I could ever see daylight out the other side I definitely wouldn't climb it! The stem was very upright, but I did use it as an anchor for branch walks on the lower limbs, which looked healthy enough. If I use this tree again I'll pick a different top anchor. Many thanks for all the advice dudes, every day is a school day. -
Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques
peds replied to Adam Bourne's topic in Climbers talk
What up dudes, advice sought for a beginner climber. I'm recovering from my recent injuries, and as part of rehab before returning to work in January, as well as lifting weights and wasting time on a stationary bike, I'm going up a couple of trees a day. Climbing this... ash?... just now, and I found these cracks going up the main stem. It felt solid enough and I climbed it anyway, but really, I wouldn't have a clue. I guess it looks like old damage that's healed over. I was just wondering if these kind of cracks have a specific name, how badly it can weaken the wood you want to climb, and how much I need to be wary of it in the future. I only ask because the cracks continued stop-start up the stem until where I would have had a final anchor, two wrist-sized bits, but instead I felt as though I had to stop a few feet lower, and here in the west coast of Ireland where tall trees are in short supply, every inch counts. Cheers for any info chaps. -
Maaan, remember being 14 and not feeling sick when you went on the roundabout at the park when drunk? The wife and I had a go on the roundabout near where I grew up a couple of years ago, we nearly threw up. Getting older is bloody hard! Edit I'd never actuality heard of stugeron, I'll look into it. Sounds like the kind of thing that'd be good to have around for a quiet night in anyway.
