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Beam me up Scotty

Is it wise to encourage MPs to get involved? They'll probably just introduce loads of new regulations, red tape and diversity targets. Propose fining people for getting lost and make all fun illegal unless you are supervised by a qualified professional. We will have to file risk...

You can use GPS coordinates in What3words https://support.what3words.com/en/articles/1522754 or download Locus maps or Outdooractive

You may laugh but it doesn't occur to everyone

Sorry but we were looking for a role model, not a roll model.

This is Bob. He is your trainer today for your Bushcraft course.

You have done a first class job - thanks!

I prefer the top half of the double fisherman's to be a capuchin knot (or half a double fisherman's on a byte). Then thread the lower rope through the middle and complete the double fisherman's as normal. So you end up with a double fisherman's with a clip in loop built in. NB: The capuchin...

Yes, been there, done that. But it wasn't whilst prusiking, I was crouched in a passage above a rift and ended up doing yoga above a 50ft drop to free myself. Every time I lifted my knee up to try and free it I ended up in a more contorted position with my knee somewhere near my ear.

I prefer me 'donkeys dicks' to be long enough to hang below my feet when prusiking if attached to my D ring (or harness). Yes, you can have additional knots so that you can attach it at different lengths or use the knots as grip points to yank it up. The other main consideration is don't thread...

Mine was an attempt at a joke

If you read it more carefully I think you'll see that it's transphobia rather than misogyny.

Kenny Taylor was in the CRO around then and was a potter. So maybe.....

https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?threads/psm-and-berger-access-advice.14690/

Doesn't the BCA club policy cover you?