Caver Anatomy
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blackshiver
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Come on Amy - you are teasing, where's the link to the pictures of girls in caves then.......
Les W
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Blakethwaite
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Les W said:
Shame about the stitches in your hand Blackshiver. You'll have to use the other one tonight now! :tease:
blackshiver
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Seriously, I think we should put a copy of the book at the bottom of the pit in Simpsons......it should fill in a couple of hours and provide valuable protection against hypothermia.
RobinGriffiths
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If. when prussiking, you could synchronise the sequence with the breast bobbage frequency, it might be possible to use breasts as an energy storage device, a bit like a self oscillating capacitor inductor circuit.
Rachel
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mmilner said:
I seem to get by with srt, but ladders are completely impossible ....it really annoys me when male cavers tell me that all I have to do is keep my chest close to the ladder. Yes, I do - but my arms are almost at full stretch! I'd love to see a bloke try to climb a ladder efficiently with a couple of footballs down his oversuit catching on every rung :-[
martinm
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Rachel said:
As an afterthought, this probably explains why a female friend of mine struggles climbing ladders. (She's not competent in SRT.) She's a generous C cup, your comment has made me rethink about why this was so. My male friends have just said, "Oh, she's rubbish climbing ladders." But now I think I know why. (Lots of extra effort for the arms in keeping yourself upright, etc.) Thanx Rachel. 8) It would be cool if we could find a way of overcoming this problem... Maybe making them stiffer so they don't flex so much when u r climbing them? But I guess that would make them a lot heavier and more difficult to coil up. Hmm. :-\
blackshiver
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I know a few blokes who's bellys give them the same issues on ladders, but I suppose the centre of gravity's a bit lower and its definitely going to be less photogenic.
Glad this was helpful =)
In further news...I'm working on debunking vertical myths because OMG - not all body types are the same! I'm on a mission now....
Females and top-heavy males, anyone who falls away from the rope...perhaps this will help....comparison of high vs low attachment points (where the d-mallion/halfround sits) on caving harnesses. Thus far emphasis, at least here in the states, is that espcially for frogging a low attachment point is required. Well...not true... watch for more info!
Vertical Mythbusters: Seat Harness Attachment Point
In further news...I'm working on debunking vertical myths because OMG - not all body types are the same! I'm on a mission now....
Females and top-heavy males, anyone who falls away from the rope...perhaps this will help....comparison of high vs low attachment points (where the d-mallion/halfround sits) on caving harnesses. Thus far emphasis, at least here in the states, is that espcially for frogging a low attachment point is required. Well...not true... watch for more info!
Vertical Mythbusters: Seat Harness Attachment Point
simonsays
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Amy said:
Amy,
firstly can I just say thank you for going to the time and trouble of making and posting this video. Bravo!
I had to watch it twice, the first time I spent the whole video trying to work out if that really was a pink duo on your head.
I too have centre of gravity issues when in harness. I don't share your body shape but the end result (head lower than feet) is all too familiar... I continue to address the issue one salad at a time.
I've spoken to loads of very skilled srt practitioners and sellers of equipment trying to make my life on rope easier but they all seemed to share the same quality.... They were either stick-thin or if they did have a few spare pounds then they would have arms like popeye!
I have been wondering about the low attachment point = efficient srt equation for a while now and your video has hit the nail on the head for me. To be honest I could care less if my steps are a little smaller than someone else's. Better that than having to do the equivalent of a continuous sit-up all the way up the pitch.
I now need to work out how to modify my existing harness to raise the attachment point a little. Any ideas? Anyone?
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