keir
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Tell me about it, i used trad for 9 years, in that 9 years had 4 falls/bail outsThat sounds like a very close scrape keir.
Looking back all 4 were down to me taking calculated risks over and over till complacency kicked in, as i get older i realise that my body wont let me get away with what i used to ask of it, basically as a kid i seemed cat like when it came to potentially dangerous scenarios, then as a teenager got more confident and in my twenties totally got to the indestructible stage.
Three of the four falls i just landed on my feet like spiderman or something lol, the other one was pretty terrifying, big set of 16's fully extended but punching off a wall 3 foot tall, done it many many times but this time as i arrived at the window next thing i know i'm surfing my ladder down the wall, i just thought when this stops my legs will go through the rungs and snap, it was too high to bail and even if i did it would've been onto a flagged back yard!
But it all slowed down to a gentle stop and i just stepped off the then horizontal ladders!! The ladders had pierced a wheelie bin which was pushed across a gravel drive and into a garden bed hence the braking effect, you know the yellow end caps of the styles? Well on the wall to this day there are two yellow skid marks down the wall lol.
Thats why i love wfp soooo much because there is no risk any more which seemed to bring the daredevil out in me, when i used to scaffold i used to take horrendous risks looking back, but it was the perfect job for me in those days just to scratch that danger itch.
Not anymore i'm safe as houses, too old for all that lol