 Poster: A snowHead
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Guvnor, just found this,
which seems worryingly on the side of the manufacturers.
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| .....recent research and tests by the BMC Technical Committee and Leeds University on plastic shelled climbing helmets from a variety of manufacturers has revealed worrying failures. Privately used plastic helmets over four years old are likely to suffer from brittle fracture when subjected to low impact levels. Precise reasons for this deterioration with age are unknown but factors may include evaporation of the plasticiser, work hardening of plastic and mechanical age hardening. ..... |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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9 pages now and none of it any better 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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uktrailmonster, same reason people change their ski's, jackets, boots etc every season - wrong colour, new technology available blah blah blah....surely the only reason you would change a helmet is if if had taken a serious blow, and was therefore possibly broken?
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I've been through three different helmets in the last five years. What seems comfortable in the shop sadly proved to be not so comfortable on the hill. I think I've finally got it right now and I have no plans to change it.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Winterhighland, and ropes attached. What a Rodney 
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He should be wearing a helmet. He also needs to be carrying a spare pair of pants. Some people just don't take safety seriously!
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Yes but if that cornice goes, a helmet is not going to do him much good...
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Surely not a competent and qualified guide! If he is I would not let him in charge of the mother in law! I do however like her!
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Winterhighland, that is an amazing photo - of what appears to be a complete eejit.
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| Roy Hockley wrote: |
| Surely not a competent and qualified guide! If he is I would not let him in charge of the mother in law! I do however like her! |
I should point out that the person in the picture was not a client of the guide that took the photo and it was taken from some distance away at the opposite side of a gully.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Winterhighland, How tempted was he to shout ' JUMP' and see if he did 
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