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StuMsg
Jul 13, 2011, 1:04 PM
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A friend needed to cut some branchs off a tree near his drive and was going to call an expert to do it. It got me thinking, 'I could do that, I have a rope, harness and ability to climb the tree etc. I can easily place slings round the limbs for pro... All I need is a saw.'
I also saw a picutre of someone rescuing a sheep or goat after a farmer asked some climbers to help.
What else have you done (or thinking of doing) with your climbing skills?
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superchuffer
Jul 13, 2011, 1:18 PM
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did the sheep get caught in a fence, and the lonely dirtbag climber 'rescued' them?
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StuMsg
Jul 13, 2011, 1:32 PM
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In reply to: did the sheep get caught in a fence, and the lonely dirtbag climber 'rescued' them?
Thats how mountain goats were bred!
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sungam
Jul 13, 2011, 2:03 PM
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superchuffer wrote: did the sheep get caught in a fence, and the lonely dirtbag climber 'rescued' them?
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spikeddem
Jul 13, 2011, 7:40 PM
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sungam wrote: superchuffer wrote: did the sheep get caught in a fence, and the lonely dirtbag climber 'rescued' them? Hey, man, the sheep was begging for it.
Did you see the way it was dressed? Puh-lease!
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squierbypetzl
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Jul 13, 2011, 8:07 PM
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sungam wrote: superchuffer wrote: did the sheep get caught in a fence, and the lonely dirtbag climber 'rescued' them? Hey, man, the sheep was begging for it.
The fact that you're a Scotsman makes this funnier.
edit: meant as a jest, don't take offense, some of my closest confidants are Scottish (good ol' Mac, Bruich and Glen... good times)
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irrational
Jul 13, 2011, 8:22 PM
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I've worked for the last 5 years as an arborist removing trees. I got the job because I would give my soon to be boss a hard time each time he came to the climbing gym. I've also done rigging at various events. Most notably fashion week were I stuck out like a sore thumb. 
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potreroed
Jul 14, 2011, 1:49 PM
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I had to rescue a friend's dog once that had fallen into a 40 foot deep pit.
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saint_john
Jul 14, 2011, 2:28 PM
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i climbed up a support beam in my friend's loft and impressed his wife.
that's it.
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sungam
Jul 14, 2011, 3:45 PM
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saint_john wrote: i climbed up a support beam in my friend's loft and impressed his wife. that's it.
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saint_john
Jul 14, 2011, 3:54 PM
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sungam wrote: saint_john wrote: i climbed up a support beam in my friend's loft and impressed his wife. that's it. Did you send?
No man. That ain't how I roll.
Besides, he was standing right there too.
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sungam
Jul 14, 2011, 4:23 PM
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saint_john wrote: sungam wrote: saint_john wrote: i climbed up a support beam in my friend's loft and impressed his wife. that's it. Did you send? No man. That ain't how I roll. Besides, he was standing right there too.
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jbone
Jul 14, 2011, 4:24 PM
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When you fix Air Conditioning and Heating units in Phoenix every house you pull up to is a boulder problem until you bust out the ladder. Can't tell you how many times I needed to get one last piece of info off a unit AFTER I had already put the ladder away. Also working in some attic's I find that avoiding putting holes in the drywall makes for some interesting moves within the A-frames.
Also got paid to rappel off the roof of an Applebee's to paint the hanging lamps right above the eve's. Used the A/C stand for an anchor (I nailed it down just to cover my ass)
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saint_john
Jul 14, 2011, 4:31 PM
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jbone wrote: When you fix Air Conditioning and Heating units in Phoenix every house you pull up to is a boulder problem until you bust out the ladder. Can't tell you how many times I needed to get one last piece of info off a unit AFTER I had already put the ladder away. Also working in some attic's I find that avoiding putting holes in the drywall makes for some interesting moves within the A-frames. Also got paid to rappel off the roof of an Applebee's to paint the hanging lamps right above the eve's. Used the A/C stand for an anchor (I nailed it down just to cover my ass)
Does OSHA know about this?
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jbone
Jul 14, 2011, 4:32 PM
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I guessing now they do...
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acorneau
Jul 14, 2011, 4:38 PM
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potreroed wrote: I had to rescue a friend's dog once that had fallen into a 40 foot deep pit.
Similar story here: ex-girlfriend's dog chased a cat into a nearby concrete drainage ditch. The cat ran up the other side but it was too steep for the dog.
Crawled down there with a scrap of climbing rope, tied a bowline on a coil around the dog's chest and hauled that 50-pound pooch out of there.
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johnwesely
Jul 14, 2011, 5:51 PM
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sungam wrote: saint_john wrote: sungam wrote: saint_john wrote: i climbed up a support beam in my friend's loft and impressed his wife. that's it. Did you send? No man. That ain't how I roll. Besides, he was standing right there too. Fair enough, can't argue with a good moral compass.
Try me.
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Toast_in_the_Machine
Jul 14, 2011, 6:47 PM
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saint_john wrote: i climbed up a support beam in my friend's loft and impressed his wife. that's it.
Is this you?
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saint_john
Jul 14, 2011, 7:57 PM
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Toast_in_the_Machine wrote: saint_john wrote: i climbed up a support beam in my friend's loft and impressed his wife. that's it. Is this you? [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/images/photos/assets/1/81261-largest_61071.jpg[/image]
No. I never climb with a shirt or without a beanie.
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NJSlacker
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I put up a string of holiday lights behind my buddie's house in a tall pine tree back in college. We had to ascend a rope because the lower branches had been trimmed, and from there used branches like a bolt ladder as protection. It was kind of janky looking, but sweet that we'd done it ourselves. Campus groundskeepers got a little pissed about it though, and had to rent a cherrypicker to get it down. If they'd asked us we would have been happy to climb back up for them 
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wolfeman
Jul 18, 2011, 2:07 PM
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I regularly climb onto the roof at the health food store where I do maintenance to perform various tasks because I don't want to carry the 8-foot ladder outside and set it up (heavy, pain in the ass getting it past customers/stock).
The sequence is: guard for gas input, top of gas meter, to unused shelving unit to top of storage cage to lower roof to upper roof.
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shimanilami
Jul 18, 2011, 3:15 PM
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I've done a few jobs here and there. I can't provide any details, however, lest I incriminate myself.
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brews
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Got all of you beat. Before I start, I am declaring I am mentally competent.
I was on vacation at an organic farm where the owners had recently started raising honey bees. The owner had told me that the hive divided (by a new queen swarming with half the workers), a week or two previously. He said they left the hive and gathered on a big tree branch in a bunch the size of a basket ball. They sent out scouts to find a new place to start a hive, while waiting in this staging area. He didn't want them to go so he put a tarp on the ground and cut the tree down, aiming the tree so the swarm landed on the tarp. Then he gathered up the corners of the tarp and put them in a new hive. He said that contrary to belief, swarming bees are not aggressive because they are entirely focussed on staying with the queen.
So anyway, I was working in the garden and the bees start swarming again, gathered in a big tree ~40' up in the air. I told the owner & he frustratingly declared that he couldn't go around chopping a tree down every week to keep the damn bees. Enter less than fully thought out comment from keen to help out climber; "well I have my stuff in the truck & pretty sure I can get up there and cut the branch they're on". Soon I was up the tree doing a via ferratta style ascent with a daisy around the trunk of a big douglas fir. The whole beekeeping outfit was not really an option because it restricts movement, vision dexterity etc too much & it was a really hot day already. I got up to the branch & was starting to question my wisdom as the bees were pretty thick in the air, but David (owner) reassured me from below. "just don't swat them and they won't sting" "OK. I guess" Remembering that he only recently started the bee operation so did he have much personal experience to draw on? So I cut the branch quickly and then got down as soon as I could without any stings. Unfortunately the branch I cut landed on another branch and we it didn't fall to the ground. I went up again & this time put a rope from the ground around a higher branch and and tied it to the branch with the swarm on it.
Then we were able to slowly lower down the branch & get the swarm into a new hive. Nary a single sting.
After lunch I went out and was coiling up the rope upon which one solitary bee was resting & the fucker bit me in the hand. Holy crap it hurt, if that happened while I was in the tree I would have jumped to get away. So the next time you're near a beekeeper trying to retreive his swarm, don't tell him you climb.
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Not only do I recreationally rock climb but I also climb in industrial settings. I use my mad skillz for climbing on roofs. Abseiling down the sides of buildings, silos, sheds to conduct repairs. I train electricity workers on using ropes and harness to gain access to existing roofs. I also build high ropes courses at outdoor ed centres. I've also created some unique mechanical advantage systems to shift heavy loads in 3 dimensional space.
If I am caught short and the ladder doesn't reach high enough then I simple mantle up and over on to the roof. That usually happens near a sturdy vent pipe on older houses.
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rgold
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Along with a biologist who is an experienced climber, I've helped with annual peregrine falcon surveys at various cliffs at the Mohonk Preserve and Minnewaska State Park.
Depending on the location of the scrape, we either rap down or climb up. I was just out doing this yesterday at Millbrook. The approach to the scrape was complicated, involving a rappel, a traverse, and a second rappel to get to the scrape and then a climb back out.
The biologist collects prey remains and documents the location and nature of the scrape.
Most years this is done after the chicks have fledged, but there has been one or two banding expeditions as well.
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