He's got some balls that bloke

George · 2008-01-29T15:50:35+00:00

Top of the street an aerial erector just erected an aerial and has justwalked down the slope of the roof to the ridge of the roof to take a coil ofaerial cable offa his mate at the top of the ladder.No roof ladder and its raining.Thought I had balls but he takes the biscuit.

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Ron Lowe 18 years ago

Yes, this is the same psychology at work in climbing.

Leading a route with several meters of runout and a serious chance of decking it if any of your gear unzips is a *totally* different prospect to doing the same route solidly protected from a tree-based belay from above.

The moves are the same, the climb is no more difficult.

But the consequence of screwing it up are substantially significantly more serious. And it has a profound effect on what you will attempt.

-- Ron, a 'Dope on a Rope' from time to time...

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John Rumm 18 years ago

Bit like Dan Osman (before he cocked up a rope jump and went spat), incredible to watch:

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tony sayer 18 years ago

I think that got cocked up .. I meant from the aerial mast?..

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mick 18 years ago

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Si 18 years ago

X-Newsreader: PMINews 2.00.1205 For OS/2 must be one weird newsreader - you've managed to mangle two separate articles into one. Tony didn't respond to Andy's post with that comment.

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geoff 18 years ago

In message , tony sayer writes

Not in this universe

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Clive George 18 years ago

Would you accept your rate of fall depends on, among other things, your weight?

cheers, clive

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Dave Liquorice 18 years ago

It's called copy 'n paste and count the >'s. My comment applies to the "Bloody amazing!.. where did that happen then?.." one needs to read the double quoted sections properly.

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Dave Liquorice 18 years ago

No, you still need to read what is written.

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<me9 18 years ago

If you are being retarded by stitching coming adrift, then it's true.

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geoff 18 years ago

In message , Clive George writes

mass ...

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Clive George 18 years ago

Weight, actually...

cheers, clive

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Andy Dingley 18 years ago

I've a couple of those stitched lanyard fall arresters and they're labelled for different weights with sufficient precision that skinny women need to be attached to the odd one, not the usual pair for hairy-arsed lardbucket chippies like me.

And of course your rate of fall depeds on your weight. The whole point of these things is that you're no longer falling freely, so Galilleo's equally falling balls aren't applicable.

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tony sayer 18 years ago

In article , geoff scribeth thus

Lets put that another way the rate of it being ripped would depend on the weight and speed of the body it was restraining..

i.e. my 18 odd stone is likely to rip it differently to someone who's say 7 stone..

That do;)...

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tony sayer 18 years ago

In article , snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net scribeth thus

It is stitching coming apart !...

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tony sayer 18 years ago

In article , Dave Liquorice scribeth thus

Yes I have .. its obvious that it was off some mast or possibly building?..

Just curious as to where...

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meow2222 18 years ago

I wonder if a car tyre sole would make great grip. People sometimes resole shoes with a piece of car tyre.

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<me9 18 years ago

SC original, early 1950s.

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tony sayer 18 years ago

In article , snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net scribeth thus

Right...odd that Ray Cooper didn't mention it!..

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Andy Dingley 18 years ago

No. Car tyres are designed for a ton of car at 70mph. That needs a harder rubber, which compromises the grip they deliver. They're not good at grip, in comparison to shoes.

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