snowleopard
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
wainwright, brown, i think.
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wainwright, brown, i think.
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all tied up.
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Robin
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
That's the guys, good job someone still has all the little grey cells in place! Now for a bonus point who was the Everest man Chris..... did mountain rescue later in Glencoe area, met him briefly on a path one foul day just before our tent was cut off by floodwater - typical Scottish July weather!
Ah just remembered - Bonnington like the beers oooh no that's not right either!
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That's the guys, good job someone still has all the little grey cells in place! Now for a bonus point who was the Everest man Chris..... did mountain rescue later in Glencoe area, met him briefly on a path one foul day just before our tent was cut off by floodwater - typical Scottish July weather!
Ah just remembered - Bonnington like the beers oooh no that's not right either!
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Birdseye
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Taken my knife to someone else's ropes! Some old fool rafted alongside me at QAB, without fenders. When leaving, he contrived to hit my boat then to set off at speed whilst still tied on to one of my cleats by a spring. Spring he did and was heading back to me when I cut through the middle of his rope. And pushed him off with the metal end of the boathook. Not very civilised behaviour but I was tamping at the way he and his crew had acted.
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gandy
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
Dougal Haston?
Tony S
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Dougal Haston?
Tony S
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philmarks
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So true!
Ex-SWMBO would not let me use my 4" flatbraid mooring lines so as not to spoil them.
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Phil
Ex-SWMBO would not let me use my 4" flatbraid mooring lines so as not to spoil them.
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Phil
pragmatist
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Maybe we should bond together - HWMBO deprives me of lines - I have to beg to get a new set ! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif I occasionally rebel and demand enough for all 4 corners so I don't have to rush around like a loony when he decides to change which side he's going to !
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pragmatist
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Another one ! Plainly I need to educate HWMBO !
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Robin
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From an overspecced dia reefing line arrangement, we now have some very lovely (read naff) solid green and solid red lines in the warp locker. However I would feel embarassed to have port and starboard coloured lines on display even if they were on the right sides so we only use one of them at a time, with the 3rd bright yellow ex reef line as the other one of the set. Bit like wearing port and starboard socks isn't it!
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ShipsWoofy
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Can't throw the stuff away.
I don't think I have ever left a boat jumble without buying rope from the 'rope man'. Bring it on board and store old rope in stbd locker. Currently
2 x 50m anchors
2 x 15m mooring
2 x 25m springs
4 x 16m spare sheets, but on spare sails.
god knows how many coils of 10mm old halyards ( 3 strand pre stretched nylon)
100m of 10mm brand new pre stretched 3 strand nylon (to become a kedge anchor rode
a string bag
a bungee bag
15m 12mm multiplait for lifting gear up and down harbour walls
oh god I am boring myself now.
too many lockers on a cat.....
At the beginning of the year the trot in front of me became vacant, and as is normal behaviour the last owner did not tie the buoys together. I sacrificed some of my old line and tied the 30ft gap with 10mm 3 strand, on returning the following week some git had robbed it. I wont be doing that again.
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I don't think I have ever left a boat jumble without buying rope from the 'rope man'. Bring it on board and store old rope in stbd locker. Currently
2 x 50m anchors
2 x 15m mooring
2 x 25m springs
4 x 16m spare sheets, but on spare sails.
god knows how many coils of 10mm old halyards ( 3 strand pre stretched nylon)
100m of 10mm brand new pre stretched 3 strand nylon (to become a kedge anchor rode
a string bag
a bungee bag
15m 12mm multiplait for lifting gear up and down harbour walls
oh god I am boring myself now.
too many lockers on a cat.....
At the beginning of the year the trot in front of me became vacant, and as is normal behaviour the last owner did not tie the buoys together. I sacrificed some of my old line and tied the 30ft gap with 10mm 3 strand, on returning the following week some git had robbed it. I wont be doing that again.
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BrendanS
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
Cor, now that brings back some memories! Blacks mountain tents (how much did those things weigh!?), wool and cotton clothing that never dried out when wet, Blacks smock anoraks, Joe Brown rucksac.Haven't things moved on with goretex gear and ultralight weight tents etc
Prompted me to go and read Joe Brown's biography on his website, wonderful stuff. Now why can't they do some televised climbs like that these days.
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Cor, now that brings back some memories! Blacks mountain tents (how much did those things weigh!?), wool and cotton clothing that never dried out when wet, Blacks smock anoraks, Joe Brown rucksac.Haven't things moved on with goretex gear and ultralight weight tents etc
Prompted me to go and read Joe Brown's biography on his website, wonderful stuff. Now why can't they do some televised climbs like that these days.
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pragmatist
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We have some very smart (awful) pink stuff - it makes a great dog lead. However we also have pink bungie (bungie is my other fetish - I'm in good company with Des) and I shall when time permits start a thread on the multiple uses of bungie - and bright pink bungie in particular.
Anyone who wants to speculate on potential uses is v welcome !
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Anyone who wants to speculate on potential uses is v welcome !
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powerskipper
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ER um
No kim would pull it /forums/images/icons/wink.gif
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Julie
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Robin
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
At different times I had a Black's Tinker mountain tent and a Black's Wanderlust a special version too with outside 'A' pole and an extended flysheet, real luxury. Also had the mountain smock anorak in orange, and brown cord knee breeches, real designer gear! Strange thing too is I don't like heights anymore and send SWMBO up the mast.
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At different times I had a Black's Tinker mountain tent and a Black's Wanderlust a special version too with outside 'A' pole and an extended flysheet, real luxury. Also had the mountain smock anorak in orange, and brown cord knee breeches, real designer gear! Strange thing too is I don't like heights anymore and send SWMBO up the mast.
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Haddock
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Ropes? Ropes?! What sacrilege.....
Lines/warps on board - ropes on shore! Harrumphhhh pah fah
Next you'll be calling a head - a urinal or the loo.....
Right now I'm going before someone comes back with a very legit and smart answer....
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Lines/warps on board - ropes on shore! Harrumphhhh pah fah
Next you'll be calling a head - a urinal or the loo.....
Right now I'm going before someone comes back with a very legit and smart answer....
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Sgeir
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
Re nostalgia, let's not get too carried away - Viking No4 was still the ultimate right into the 70s, mainly because it was a damn sight cheaper than kernmantel ropes. Mind you kernmantel might have been new-fangled, but it was easier to coil and could unfankle more easily.
So, it's No4 for the shore line, and bits of cut down No3 (the winter rope) to pull/lash down the dinghy, etc, etc.
String is a very important thing;
Rope is thicker,
But string is quicker
- Spike Milligna
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<hr width=100% size=1>I had a very nice link until Kim told us off about it. I'm not bitter mind.
Re nostalgia, let's not get too carried away - Viking No4 was still the ultimate right into the 70s, mainly because it was a damn sight cheaper than kernmantel ropes. Mind you kernmantel might have been new-fangled, but it was easier to coil and could unfankle more easily.
So, it's No4 for the shore line, and bits of cut down No3 (the winter rope) to pull/lash down the dinghy, etc, etc.
String is a very important thing;
Rope is thicker,
But string is quicker
- Spike Milligna
the well-known typographical error
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Becky
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HWMBO has a great love warps, and rope in general. But to be fair, I rather subscribe to the concept of there never being too much rope on board. I read about all those intrepid yachtsmen who trail miles of warps when rushing down huge waves, and wonder where they kept all this stuff when just sailing. Mind you, I can't resist the piles of offcuts in Marine Superstore which are really relatively cheap, and where we have bought all opur warps.
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BrendanS
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
Went from a Blacks mountain tent, to a Vango ForceTen (one of the early ones, they still make them, with cotton inner, and cotton flysheet!!!) etc. etc. Compare that with my current Terra-Nova Quasar, 4 season mountain tent, but only weighs 3.3kg.
Yep, had the knee breeches too, oh yeah, and leather boots which got dubbined regularly - now have gortex/fabric boots, and me who swore blind that nothing could ever replace leather boots!
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Went from a Blacks mountain tent, to a Vango ForceTen (one of the early ones, they still make them, with cotton inner, and cotton flysheet!!!) etc. etc. Compare that with my current Terra-Nova Quasar, 4 season mountain tent, but only weighs 3.3kg.
Yep, had the knee breeches too, oh yeah, and leather boots which got dubbined regularly - now have gortex/fabric boots, and me who swore blind that nothing could ever replace leather boots!
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Sgeir
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
Robin/Brendan
This all becoming a bit strange. We (ie my Mum 'n' Dad) bought two second Black's Tinker tents round about 1960 - camped all over Jura, Skye, Mull, Torridon, Wester Ross - Sheneval etc. Couldn't afford the the fly-sheets so my Mum made them with her old Singer. I'm sure that either we, or our kids, still have them somewhere. Great tents.
Brendan, I used to use (and still have) a very small lightweight (Ultimate) climbing tent c. 1975, but later on I bought the apogee of luxury - a Vango Force 10, cotton inner, and a choice of cotton/nylon flysheet. We chose the nylon flysheet as it was then poss for two people to carry the whole caboodle, spread between two sacs.
I suppose nowadays there's very little between the opposite ends of the spectrum - either a super light goretex bivi, or a whacking great home-from-home.
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Robin/Brendan
This all becoming a bit strange. We (ie my Mum 'n' Dad) bought two second Black's Tinker tents round about 1960 - camped all over Jura, Skye, Mull, Torridon, Wester Ross - Sheneval etc. Couldn't afford the the fly-sheets so my Mum made them with her old Singer. I'm sure that either we, or our kids, still have them somewhere. Great tents.
Brendan, I used to use (and still have) a very small lightweight (Ultimate) climbing tent c. 1975, but later on I bought the apogee of luxury - a Vango Force 10, cotton inner, and a choice of cotton/nylon flysheet. We chose the nylon flysheet as it was then poss for two people to carry the whole caboodle, spread between two sacs.
I suppose nowadays there's very little between the opposite ends of the spectrum - either a super light goretex bivi, or a whacking great home-from-home.
<hr width=100% size=1>I had a very nice link until Kim told us off about it. I'm not bitter mind.
BrendanS
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
I used to carry the Vango (cotton inner and fly) myself! /forums/images/icons/frown.gif which is why I'm now so keen on the Terra-Nova, which is a fraction of the weight.
Still plenty of choice in that range of the market though - this is my Quasar for example
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I used to carry the Vango (cotton inner and fly) myself! /forums/images/icons/frown.gif which is why I'm now so keen on the Terra-Nova, which is a fraction of the weight.
Still plenty of choice in that range of the market though - this is my Quasar for example
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/terra/quasar.shtml>http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/terra/quasar.shtml</A>
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Sgeir
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Re: OLD CLIMBING ROPES
Not the 3 person one surely? Anyway, nice to know there are kindred spirits out there.
Funny how these threads go.
<hr width=100% size=1>I had a very nice link until Kim told us off about it. I'm not bitter mind.
Not the 3 person one surely? Anyway, nice to know there are kindred spirits out there.
Funny how these threads go.
<hr width=100% size=1>I had a very nice link until Kim told us off about it. I'm not bitter mind.