What Preps are you doing this week? Part 10

[jansman]

No blue cheese for you then no rare steak

Exactly that. What a game!

[diamond lil]

It was much more fun being pregnant in the old days. You could eat whatever you liked and they told you to drink Guinness..

[Frnc]

It was much more fun being pregnant in the old days. You could eat whatever you liked and they told you to drink Guinness..

Bloke I used to know, his wife did the North Face of the Eiger when six months pregnant. It's still one of the hardest, most dangerous climbs in the world.

[Frnc]

For anyone wondering, Eigerwand Station isn't a joke name. It's a hole drilled from inside the mountain. There's a railway tunnel with an underground station. It used to stop for 5 minutes. Visitors could look through this hole to see the view. Some climbers pop out of the hole to practice bits of the route or do filming.

[GeeGee]

For anyone wondering, Eigerwand Station isn't a joke name. It's a hole drilled from inside the mountain. There's a railway tunnel with an underground station. It used to stop for 5 minutes. Visitors could look through this hole to see the view. Some climbers pop out of the hole to practice bits of the route or do filming.

I watched a film about this just 2 nights ago ..about 4 men in the 30s who tried to climb it and all perished and the ones who nowadays take the train to the doorway in the mountain to climb ...it was fascinating ...

[Frnc]

For anyone wondering, Eigerwand Station isn't a joke name. It's a hole drilled from inside the mountain. There's a railway tunnel with an underground station. It used to stop for 5 minutes. Visitors could look through this hole to see the view. Some climbers pop out of the hole to practice bits of the route or do filming.

I watched a film about this just 2 nights ago ..about 4 men in the 30s who tried to climb it and all perished and the ones who nowadays take the train to the doorway in the mountain to climb ...it was fascinating ...

Yeah, loads died in the early days. One person died dangling on a rope right in front of rescuers. If I remember right, there's a traverse they used to do using lateral rope tension, and it can't be reversed! This route is hit by flying boulders in the afternoon as the ice melts (hence more people opt for winter these days, especially with global warming). Also it's concavity makes it prone to localised storms. Of course the early climbers had extremely primitive gear and fairly primitive methods, which makes the early attemps remarkable.

Unfortunately the woman I mentioned died a few years later in a storm after summitting K2. She did Everest solo without sherpas or oxygen as well. Also she did a solo of all 6 Alpine north faces in one season.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Few little jobs ticked off the list

New CCTV camera in the garden as the cheap 2nd hand wireless ip indoor camera that I put up 2 years ago outside kept faulting can't grumble i paid £5 for it

Well the new one (same imou brand) WOW! 1080P HD video quality far better ir night illumination .. added bonus it's got inbuilt software human detection so everytime the cats go through the garden my phone doesn't ping! Added security that if someone human shape gets into the garden I get a notification on my phone it's quick at responding, the blooming micro Sd card cost close to the price of the camera

I've got a week's free trial of cloud storage I'll keep that for when I go on holiday later in the year

I'm that impressed I've ordered another to replace the camera front way

https://www.imoulife.com/product/detail/bullet2c


Restocked on batteries much to little man's joy as I got every blooming toy thrust at me that needs batteries

Picked up a can of spray paint to mark the bramble stumps on the allotment ready for further battles


Had a bit of a tidy up of the house and 4 blooming loads of washing


Reviewing cold weather preps added some more hand warmers to the pile

Charged up some rechargeable batteries from the assorted toys , plus a few power tool batteries that have been sat on the workshop bench wanting charging ..

Car got a good bath and under body wash and engine bay clean, to get the road salt away a quick coat of ceramic "wax" rain repellent on the windows and lights found a few minor issues that I've addressed wiper linkages got a good clean and lube as they are notorious for seizing on my model ..
all door hinges greased prevention is better than cure


Picked up some silicone oil if the weather turns really nasty the door seals will get dressed to prevent them freezing shut

[DustyDog]

Going to order a new GHB for up and coming birthday, one that has clips on the outside for attaching stuff and fancy a new headtorch, looking at a Fenix HM70R, little bit pricey but I’ve had a Fenix torch, the original PD35 for years now and it’s still top notch, other Oreos were fresh compost for planting veg seeds, while got few days off work, will list what we’re growing when me snd OH decide what we’re going to grow this season.

[Nurseandy]

Making more raised beds here, have six, planning another four. Starting to run out of material to fill them so contemplating putting a straw bale in and planting into that (you make a series of small holes in the bale, fill them with compost and plant away). Never tried it but it appears to be an accepted way of growing.
Also looking at ways to cover the beds to turn them into cloches to get a head start on the weather.
Oh, and of course process some firewood, tinker with my motorbike then forge community links by watching the rugby at a neighbours with a few beers.

[jennyjj01]

Making more raised beds here, have six, planning another four. Starting to run out of material to fill them so contemplating putting a straw bale in and planting into that (you make a series of small holes in the bale, fill them with compost and plant away). Never tried it but it appears to be an accepted way of growing.
Also looking at ways to cover the beds to turn them into cloches to get a head start on the weather.
Oh, and of course process some firewood, tinker with my motorbike then forge community links by watching the rugby at a neighbours with a few beers.

compost is £stupid. But check out the range and aldi. Spuds supposedly work ok in a mostly straw bed. God only knows where they get nutrients from.
This is how I converted my planter into a cloche poly tent. 20 mm electric pipe softened into how shape over a heater.
https://uk-preppers.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... 00#p209199