Advice to bust out some of the dead limbs with a throw line is a good one if it can work in that situation. That will tell you lots before you even climb, and also possibly save you. I've worked in dead trees where I haven't worried unduly about the base or even my tie in, but that an unstable...
I suspect that these women felt like applying at Kathy's company might work out, compared to the usual hacker joints with half trained guys doing cowboy shit. And then, wow, they did work out.
It's really, really common for women to be unwelcome on a typical crew. They get driven off by insecure...
So I'm a year late. But things change.
THE Charlotte (more affectionately called da muddafuggin Charlotte) is a world class non-ISA sanctioned TCC, and last year we decided that there was no separate women's division. Women compete head to head with the men.
I asked women climbers what they...
I'd like to see more harnesses with lower D's. I think that'll make me feel better on skinny ass little spars on hooks.
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I'm maintaining them. Two were put together after lying in parts for years and years, including a 200T that fell 70' onto rock.
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Saw pants all the time. It's pretty unusual that we won't be running a chain saw.
Same disreputable wrecked up pair of Pfanner Gladiators for these last 4 years.
I'm not styling, that's for sure.
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The world isn't necessarily a safe place. Copperheads are common here. I just pay attention, like I do when I cross the street, and wear appropriate clothing in the woods, which is work clothes - boots, long pants and often gloves.
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I installed tapatalk again. Let's see if that makes it better.
A picture of a copperhead in my garden last week.
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