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    Best Arborist Username

    i think 'Stephen' carries a certain panache but yet somehow leaves the viewer wanting more!! !! Hmmmmm.....Stephen.. go on...say it...Stephen...feels good doesn't it!!! Stephen
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    Felling curiosity

    Re: Advanced dutchman masters program all I can think is that all these cuts are being made from the bottom of the diagram I assume, leaving the last renaining hinge or holding wood 'climber side'. Is it not a bit of a vague science leaving the hinge or last wood holding fibre 'climber side'...
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    Best Rope Ever!

    I've been using Amsteel on my Landrover Winch for over 4 years (first used the Plasma equivalent). We use it for self recovery (of vehicle that is, and winching timber and trees or skidding out timber lengths. It is curious stuff!! It gets kinked, flats, beds on the drum through its upper...
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    retrievable redirect

    AMMENDMENT TO PREVIOUS POST. I made an error in the above post regarding retrievable ree-dee. I should have said clip the double pulley with a krab into the bottom of the Bachmann Hitch's loop and NOT CLIP IT INTO THE OVAL STEEL KRAB AROUND WHICH THE BACHMANN HITCH IS TIED!!! OOPS!! Sorry!!
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    Just for Fun

    Nice balanced turns!! Loved it !!!It truly does convey that glorious weightless feeling of being perfectly balanced below your anchor point.Normally we are all too busy getting the job done to truly appreciate the wonder of our environment fully, this video reminds me of what its all about...
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    Chainsaw Cam

    Master Blaster you crease me dude!!!
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    Possible Petzl Ascenders Design Flaw

    I just can't help but chuckle at us all backing up our state-of-the-art ascenders with good ole rope an hitches!!!! I've got a digital watch which I totally rely on for everything, but I make sure I also take a sand based egg timer, a rooster and a wind up clock as 'back-up'!!!!! Ya get me on...
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    retrievable redirect

    I shall try to explain my tweeked ree-dee which is a hash of other wiser peoples ideas that I could never hope to be clever enough to lay claim to! Take a length of climbing line (I use about 2 metres or 6 feet), I tie one end to a rated ring (like a cambium saver ring) with a double fishermans...
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    PETZL AMERICA RECALLS BALL LOCK CARABINERS

    I know for a fact that in the UK the same carabiners have been recalled (Although I heard it was just the A'MD type here). At the recent AA show here in England, I went to the Petzl stand (Lyon equipment)and casually toyed with a new Alloy sleeved krab whilst chatting, only to stop short in my...
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    Post Lunch Lethargy Syndrome?

    Is it just that you need a big poo??!!!! You may laugh, but my body clock went a bit out and my morning 'evacuation' didn't happen till after lunch when the food train pushed the curious turtle out!!! Ta Da, I felt great again and totally without lethargy or any of the previously felt...
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    Best Rope Ever!

    I've been on Velocity for over two years now and i love it- UNLESS IT RAINS!!!!!!! Bit tricky to grip when slimy and wet. Watch your fingers if you climb without gloves, the 24 strand outer tends to get a bit abrasive and can glaze your fore fingers quite nicely . MMMMM, steak!!! Weirdly the...
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    New method, not recomended

    I'm glad i'm not the only one using this state-of-the-art method!! It's the 360 degree freedom of movement, the lack of carbon emissions using an electric chainsaw and the pre-installed speed-line masquerading as the clients utility service line that makes this method shine out over all the...
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    Possible Petzl Ascenders Design Flaw

    From my hazy recolection of the intructions that come with the Petzl ascenders, i'm sure there is a cleas picture and instruction advising/insisting that the ascender should never come into contact with the rock face or in our applied case, the tree and it's branches. When ever I use such an...
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    carrying a ropeguide

    I have the roped verion and have found the best way is to chain hitch the rope length with a succesion of marlin spikes I suppose, and then pass my pear shape petzl krab through the last 'link' of the rope and also through the pulley, ring and retreiver clevis thingy!!. It sits very snag free...
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    'Hitch Climber'

    Re: \'Hitch Climber\' !!???
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    Tree Flex?

    Hi Larr!! I think it's fantastic that you are pushing the envelope of harness design and challenging the 'died-in-the-wool' previously conceived logic of all that we held sacred!! My hips now click and generally ache and so your words of wisdom (?) are of quite some comfort as are your designs...
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    Product re-call

    THE PETZL BALL LOCK 'AMD' SHAPE (OVAL) WITH THE NEW METAL SLEEVE HAS DEFINATELY BEEN RE-CALLED. CHECKED WITH UK SUPPLIER AND LANTRA INSTRUCTOR JUST THIS WEEK. NICE OF PETZL TO LET US ALL KNOW THROUGH THE MAGAZINES AYE??? AFTER ALL, IT'S ONLY THE THING THAT CONNECTS US TO MISSING THE...
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    Handsaw preference

    Hi Tom, The space on the right is reserved for my 020 as being right handed thats where my better muscle groups seem to be and is a shorter journey to it's target than when hung at the back or anywhere alse!! I know what you mean about the 'dressing to the left' situation with pruning saw. I...
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    climbing gloves

    Thank you for link to the climbing site and your response to my question. How do the gloves fair in the wet on a thinner rope, Velocity for example?? Do you find they 'burn out' easily and quickly as they look a bit pricey? What do you pay in Euros?? Thanks again for your assistance my...
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    climbing gloves

    Thanks for your detailed response!!! The gloves you mention look similar to some nitrile gloves I have tried before but a different colour. My pair with their grey palms were v comfy but lacked the ultimate grip of the Ugly's, esp when wet. Are the ones you use different to this or is it...

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