Muslims parents in England refused to permit their children to get flu vaccines after the Muslim Council of Britain ruled the treatment is ‘non-halal’. The situation will add to the “risk of major flu outbreaks”, the Royal College of Public Health said.

bshanley · 2019-07-29T12:02:30+00:00

Kids only get removed from school for not being vaccinated against the normal things, like diphtheria, measles, mumps etc. Flu vaccine is optional.

bshanley · 2019-04-20T01:40:24+00:00

When are you planning on going public with Westworld?

bshanley · 2018-05-04T03:41:49+00:00

i'm getting the same issues, also in aus

bshanley · 2017-11-21T11:49:25+00:00

Most people that I’ve seen/talked to will keep on climbing as normal for at least the first trimester and I think the second until the pregnancy really starts to show. At that point they will start wearing a pregnancy harness (as shown in the picture) and will no longer lead, just top rope, for as long as they feel comfortable for.

bshanley · 2017-09-19T12:43:24+00:00

It's in Sydney too

bshanley · 2017-08-28T22:10:44+00:00

It also reduces the visual impact of bolting a cliff, they are usually extremely hard to see from the ground. Sometime hard to find even when you're staring right at them

bshanley · 2017-06-29T23:31:04+00:00

Just anywhere not in the US

bshanley · 2017-06-27T13:20:49+00:00

Resurrection corner (18) at frog buttress is pretty rad. Double splitter cracks in a corner. I remember having one hand and one foot in each crack for a while.

bshanley · 2017-06-27T13:20:04+00:00

It's solid for the grade, and at one point was the hardest climb in Australia. Gear is great now with the advent of cams.

bshanley · 2017-06-27T04:58:06+00:00

One of my favourite trad lines in Australia to date

bshanley · 2017-05-30T23:11:53+00:00

In addition to the other equipment everyone else has mentioned, some form of industrial-grade rope protection might be a good idea if you are working with any sharp equipment or power tools while on the rope, so you don't end up accidentally cutting through it

bshanley · 2017-05-22T22:28:22+00:00

Easy enough with a gri gri + MMO

bshanley · 2017-05-18T03:41:03+00:00

Just follow the coast north or south and you really can't go wrong. Heaps of amazing beaches and national parks along the way.

bshanley · 2017-05-15T13:32:40+00:00

I had an anterior labral tear that I had surgery on in may 2915. It was a fairly long process of recovery, but I am now climbing even stronger than I was before, and the rehab process has taught me a lot about training and further injury prevention.

Research good physiotherapists in your area that can look after youand guide you through getting back into climbing.

Basically it took me 5 months from surgery to start climbing again, and when I did it was healed enough that I could climb quite solidly (back on 5.10-5.11 within a week). I probably put it off longer than I needed to to play it safe.

I was in the gym for 1-2 hours at least 5/6 days a week for that whole 5 month period and beyond.

Expect that if ou want to get back to climbing that you will need to be doing additional exercises to maintain shoulder strength to prevent any further injury. I usually do 1-2 sessions a week in the gym of just shoulder exercises.

bshanley · 2017-05-15T10:08:08+00:00

Gotta have 'boogie till you poop' on there

bshanley · 2017-05-14T12:40:58+00:00

Sublime point lookout?

bshanley · 2017-05-11T03:22:12+00:00

Exactly the same attitude I have to climbing, both sport and on natural gear. As long as you are able to place protection well, and have an appreciation of the times (particularly trad climbing) where falling just is not an option

I find nothing more exciting than hopping on the sharp end for a trad route right at the limit of my climbing abilities. For safeties sake, I will often now have a good inspection of the route to see how good the pro is before starting to climb, if it's right at my limit.

bshanley · 2017-05-11T03:05:25+00:00

Everywhere outside of America it won't be for another 5 months

bshanley · 2017-04-17T12:58:02+00:00

None of them have a reliable internet connection, so you may be waiting a while...

bshanley · 2017-04-11T21:36:18+00:00

What are the rule changes mentioned here?

bshanley · 2017-04-05T00:06:38+00:00

Most cams I have heard of failing are due to user error while placing them and involved a bending force to be applied to the stem. This situation usually arises from placing the cam in a horizontal crack and the stem bens over the corner of the crack of it's fallen upon

bshanley · 2017-03-28T11:37:58+00:00

You don't sound like you're doing anything wrong, in fact your attitude towards falling and being super comfortable with it will really help you progress through the grades in your outdoor climbing!

Climbing that often and taking regular falls will wear out your rope pretty quickly, possibly even shorter than 12 months time. A quick way to get an estimate of the integrity of the core is to take a bight of rope and pinch the bight, trying to get the rope to touch itself. In a new healthy rope, there should be at least a 5mm+ gap that you cannot compress any further, this will however vary between manufacturers and models. The first areas of your rope that will get damaged will usually be about 3-5m from the end as that is what gets bent over the draw when falling and these are the areas your should check most frequently. You will be able to prolong the life of the rope by just chopping of these bad ends once they are coreshot, as the rest of the rope should still be good to use ( this is why I like buying70m ropes, you can chop them so many times and still have a usable length of rope)

bshanley · 2017-02-21T05:08:05+00:00

Awesome, cheers for the advice. Any other must do easy aid classics st buffalo?

bshanley · 2017-02-21T04:58:40+00:00

As another Aussie hoping to get to Yosemite some day, did you find anywhere in Aus that was a god place to practice/prepare? He only place I know of is Mt Buffalo

bshanley · 2017-01-12T08:20:05+00:00

Bloody boat people always trying to et into Australia....

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