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Are the rates honestly that good down south? Don't want to cause one of those repetitive rates arguments, I just see whispers like this and the figures bandied around are eye watering.

I knew I would not get away with my misclassification for long on the internet

Not the first ufo over the capital. During the Civil War an early hot air balloon was used as a lookout point over the flat plains of DC

ISC Plummet DMM Free fall

Picked up a big tin of Kiwi Dubbin from Yorkshire trading for £1.50 last week. Ever tried Leder Gris?

@peds@mitchel: Hobbs Lowering Device block rigging tree surgeon arborist WWW.EBAY.CO.UK Used but not abused, plenty of life left in it. With sensible use the block will handle anything a 3/4 lowering rope will handle. (Sorry Peds, it wouldn't let me delete your tag) @Dan Maynard This bloke spliced and certified me a safebloc on an ultra a few years back. Never got to use it before selling it on though. He seemed pretty open to commissions: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/natsmit-53

Here it is, had a rebrand - much like Treekit, where I got it originally... : https://www.elagage-hevea.com/en/approach-hook-arborixx.html Edit: I stand corrected. I've wrongly referred to my old hook as and Eppel when it was not. Sorry Ronny

I stopped using my Eppel hook after similar happened to me. Snapped back off a branch, the point of metal where you can tie the fishermans knot pierced my prescription safety glasses and hit just below my eye socket. It could of either blinded me in one eye or knocked my teeth out again. If you're grappling, consider wearing eye protection to deflect any mistakes.

After continued weird spring noises from my RRP and the bird failing to engage I've bought a metal wrench tether. Rope walking today was an absolute slog, the wrench doesn't flex down fully as it did with a rope tether. Does anyone else use one & can offer any tips/ shared commiserations? Running it on a wet and icy Yale Poison Ivy

Cheers Dan, mine is a 04/21. Seeing as the 03/21 and 05/21 are both recalled it doesn't fill me with confidence.

I'd bring two ropes and a galvanized ladder for those hourly rates...

Many thanks for all the help folks. I've forwarded it to Woody and Tom at HB as well It is the non-ce one also and I've had a lot of dirty limes recently so could be that. I've rinsed, air-lined it and lubricated it. Might buy one of those ultrasonic jewellery baths. Cheers Gand, hopefully they'll get some answers 👍

Anyone else experienced this unsettling noise? Noticed it a week ago Lubricated with WD-40 and 3-in-1 every week Maybe life on my hitch climber wasn't so bad..? VID_20241102_223909~2.mp4

Yes, I think he is just on about connecting the two anchors for simple retrieval. His American Clacker anchor is interesting for two rope retrieval. If the connecting ring had a low enough breaking load to separate the two systems in event of anchor failure then it might be a bombproof choice for UK climbing regs (if anyone actually bothers with two ropes)

I saw Paul Poytner discuss extension tethers on his website and it definitely is worth giving it a try