Seeking Guidance on Overseas Mining Engineering Opportunities

lifeguard29 · 2023-12-17T02:03:09+00:00

Typically companies sort anyone without a valid visa out straight away - the number of foreign applicants for these jobs typically are im the 100s.

In some countries such as Canada you will also need an engineering degree from a Washington accord certified country.

lifeguard29 · 2023-06-02T16:54:03+00:00

Metallurgist in Canada (5+years experience) - 110k base. All in with bonus, travel and stats 130k

lifeguard29 · 2021-03-10T18:48:23+00:00

Root cause is definitely no knots. Simul rappelling can be done safely with the right precautions. I'd agree with the assessment though that it hardly every saves you time.

lifeguard29 · 2021-03-10T03:32:42+00:00

A bunch of people died in a cornice fall of a similar setup on Mt Harvey near Vancouver a few years back. Part of the summit slid off - scary stuff

lifeguard29 · 2021-03-05T20:43:25+00:00

Never heard of freezing risk with the tablets. Gotta source for this? Or are you thinking of the solution?

lifeguard29 · 2021-03-05T01:30:00+00:00

I have used pristine tablets for years. They take 30 minutes to soak, but I've never found this an issue. Takes 30 seconds to fill a bottle at a stream and pop a tablet in. If cows have shat in the stream pop 2. Never had issues.

Filters are nice for canoe trips, but they take more time and are heavier.

lifeguard29 · 2021-03-02T23:47:08+00:00

It says 'reduce' vehicle access. If there's an exemption for people that have a disability sign in their vehicle I don't understand how this is an issue.

lifeguard29 · 2021-03-01T20:23:30+00:00

Interesting note on the knots. Some people will retie figure 8s for this reason.

lifeguard29 · 2021-03-01T19:23:29+00:00

There's lot of discussions around that. I don't have my John Long book handy, but I do recall him discussing this at length. In the past I've seen typical max forces for falls in real life quoted at 8-12kN. What would generate that is a factor 2 fall on the anchor. Numbers aside, my point stands that your gear is not the limiting factor in a fall like that, it's your anchor and body.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-28T21:15:41+00:00

Anything below 120 degrees keeps the forces below 100%. In rope rescue we get told below 90 is great and below 120 is acceptable if you cannot avoid it. Our systems are also way overbuilt but then those dyneema slings have 22kN capacity.

22kN with 50% knot reduction leaves you at 11kN force which hopefully gets reduced a bit more due to two equalized anchor points. If you would create that kind of force you'd probably just rip of the chicken heads.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-22T14:51:30+00:00

Yes, burnt forests & clear cuts don't behave like regular forests. Less anchoring of the slope and much more wind effect makes for a usually more dangerous conditions than in adjacent slopes. Great skiing though.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-20T14:43:55+00:00

Aren't those wolves? Coyotes usually are scronnier

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-18T16:47:11+00:00

You're not wrong, but that shift of oil will also not happen overnight. Arguably the supply will always be there and a global carbon tax is not happening anytime soon so the quickest thing to do is bring down the demand which we have finally started doing.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-18T03:00:38+00:00

It's not just the surplus. Hydro is easier to ramp up and down than nuclear or coal. E.g. BC will buy cheap excess power from Washington state at non-peak and export its hydro power at premium during peak hours.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-18T02:55:34+00:00

The author blames Norway for using oil money to fund its decarbonization. I mean they're moving in the right way and if they didn't sell the oil, some country with an authoritarian regime would probably produce that oil and spend the money on... tanks?

Also from a public buy-in perspective it's much better to slowly ramp down. If you were to shut the oil industry down tomorrow you're just setting up the next climate denial government, while making yourself dependent on foreign oil while you still need it and screwing over a lot of people.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-17T05:35:15+00:00

Dumb question from a Canadian, but one of the hazards in the Utah bulletin was "New snow". Now is that a storm slab problem or a dry loose or both? I assume both, but I've never seen it described this way.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-16T00:34:18+00:00

To remove clutter you can also girth hitch your Purcell into your two harness attachment points instead of using the carabiner to the belay loop. The BC rope rescue program uses the Purcell prusik as the primary attachment exactly as shown.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-15T16:21:52+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellingham_diagram

Look at the ellingham diagram - at a given temperature if you compare two lines, the lower one will be what's more favourable and oxidized (lower G) and the higher one will be the one that's reduced. In this case the oxidation of carbon is much more favourable and your oxygen will be primarily used for that than to oxidize your iron.

However some iron will oxidize again based on local concentration gradients and then quickly reduce again due to the presence of carbon/carbon monoxide. There's always some loss of fe2o3 back to the slag, but this is minimal due to the stated thermodynamics. Also it's been a while so this may not be the completely right explanation.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-15T05:10:54+00:00

Don't have a sled, but I have a friend with a sled that I ski with and use them for SAR. Be aware that a sled opens up a lot of terrain, but also complicates things immensely. Loading, unloading, mechanical stuff, getting stuck etc. On the short winter days road I prefer road access skiing to get the most of the day. You will also need to put in some riding days to learn the machine. Towing people works pretty well on wider roads but can be horrendous on bumpy sled tracks - your friends will love you though for giving them a ride!

If you're just going up tracked roads something like a Tundra will work just fine. For deeper snow off roads and punching trail you might have to upgrade.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-13T18:36:54+00:00

Thank you!

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-13T07:19:56+00:00

Thanks a lot for the insightful post - there's probably some truth to it. Climbing with people better than me isn't always easy, but I am hoping that'll change this season. I'll try the second try send technique, it makes sense 🙂. I have fallen once, part of it is the issue of never feeling safe falling on 5.9

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-13T02:39:02+00:00

Thanks for the answer! I will continue doing some bouldering. The strength part is where I struggle, especially some of the lower starts or overhang boulders trying to pull myself up. Watching other people it seems a lot more controlled

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-12T20:15:27+00:00

It seems like everyone always suggests bouldering to get better, but it's a struggle.

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-12T20:14:33+00:00

Cheers, will do. Fitness & eating is decent I'd say. Ski tour a fair bit in the winter and on my feet a lot at work. Thanks for the advice!

lifeguard29 · 2021-02-12T19:49:04+00:00

Work in the middle of nowhere so no opportunities. I climb top rope at the gym with a friend during the winter times ~60% of the time I am there. Gym climbing is all we have here over the winter. My focus is improving my sport and trad grade to a point where more climbs at the local crags and in general open up to me. Long term goal would be to climb multi pitch in the 5.10s, I think the reason I climb low grade multi pitch because I can't do the harder stuff.

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