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Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

Scuba anyone?

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    Giles
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    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    @goosehd It's not load-bearing.  I have a load of stuff hanging off the lower ring, some of which (like my torch) are on extenders, which means when I am swimming horizontally they hang quite a long way down (which is an issue when I am close to the bottom or going through small openings.  So my idea is I attach the extender to the new upper ring and thread the extending cable through the lower ring.  I'll take a photo of the rig when it is set up….

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      goosehd
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      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

      The reason I asked is that you always see a bar tack or some sort of X-stitch for reinforcement on nylon webbing?  Always wondered why and if it's due to stretch and potentially weakening in the webbing itself.

      I also wonder given the environment that you'll be using it would be cause for potential problems if load bearing.  Might be fine for attachments…

      One of those why do they do it kind of questions...

      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        I'll stick a couple of IH rivets through it if I get worried  🙂

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          @goosehd It works…..

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            I don’t carry a camera, I like to concentrate on surviving in an alien environment. But I’m pretty good at spotting shit, and Hemi my friend is brilliant at capturing what we find….

            Nudibranch

            Ribbon eel (Moray eel family)

            Leaf Fish

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              goosehd
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              Joined: 8 Apr 2016

              Those fish? are beautiful!!

              "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                @goosehd I've updated the post 2 & 3 are fish.  1 is a Nudibranch which means naked lung.  The family is massive and it is a delight to find new ones (to us)….

                https://www.google.com/search?q=nudibranch+bali&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB940GB940&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM25SilMn6AhVBRUEAHU8PBjAQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&cshid=1664975393645290&biw=1527&bih=782&dpr=2.2

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                  Ghost Pipefish….

                  Porcelain Crab (for reference, the carapace is no more than 1cm across)…

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    Jett129
                    見習いボス
                    Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                    Those are pretty freakin amazing!

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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      Another Porcelain crab….

                      Another Nudibranch

                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        goosehd
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                        Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                        Love these pictures…so Giles, you ever had crabs.... 🙂  Hope you're enjoying the trip!

                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          Yes actually.  University in the late 70's….....

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            goosehd
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                            Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                            😃 😃  30 years ago…I had just started dating Laura, lived in Ottawa Canada and had friends who just returned from Baltimore, Maryland.  They had brought back some blue crabs for a big feast and invited me.  I phoned Laura to invite her to come along and asked her "have you ever had crabs"....still laugh about that one today.  🙂

                            ...note: probably not a good question to ask someone who you've just started dating.... 😃

                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              Ha….

                              About 25 years ago when I was in corporate life, I went to some sort of business seminar.  I sat down next to some random guy.  As I settled down, he leant over a whispered in my ear, "Got rid of those crabs yet Giies?".......

                              Turns out he was my roommate for my first year at Uni, we had not kept in touch, but he sure did remember my travails....

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                Frogfish…..

                                Seahorse

                                Mantis Shrimp

                                Nudibranch

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  Cuttle Fish

                                  Nudibranch

                                  Crab (carapace 2mm across)

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    Giles
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                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    More Nudibranchs….

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      Pygmy seahorse - yeah it's effing tiny….....

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        Jett129
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                                        Joined: 17 Aug 2011

                                        I can’t imagine how difficult it is to get a shot like that,or for that matter,any of the insanely beautiful pictures you’ve been posting.

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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          None of them mine of course 🙂

                                          Harlequin Shrimp (about 1cm carapace)….

                                          Mantis Shrimp, my favourite reef-thug.  One of them hit my pointer stick yesterday and I felt the jolt, and the things are no more than 3" long….

                                          Factoid (stolen from the web).....A mantis punch arrives with the acceleration of a . 22-caliber bullet, 50 times faster than a human eye can blink. Underwater, the low pressure bubble left in the wake of the punch collapses upon itself in a burst of light and heat, reaching an estimated 8,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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