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Steve Gray Sep 10, 2003 17:14:52
Replying to nigelswift

OK, if we go up a hill, we go straight up it. No fannying about with cross-falls.

You're quite right, of course, it would be a problem to deal with logs rolling away on a cross-fall. Also, half of the team would have it easy while the other half have a bigger load to lift. I think the ancients would have surveyed the route fairly carefully in advance to avoid such problems.

G GordonP
GordonP Sep 10, 2003 21:30:57
Replying to Steve Gray

Definitatly straight uphills, travassing is a no no. 1 in 8 is no problem, Steve could probably tell you what the limit is, I haven't got a clue without a means of trial and error.

I am confident we'll get the OK from the museum for trials (should know after the next board meeting end of this month) but just in case maybe we should have a plan B.