This multi-purpose ascender is lightweight and works great for hauling systems, ascending ... more
fixed lines and as self protection when climbing with a fixed rope. The chrome-plated steel cam with angled teeth and self-cleaning slot securely grips the rope, ...
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The Basic Ascender by Petzl is a lightweight, compact ascender. This is a great piece of ... more
equipement for using as self-protection when climbing with a fixed rope, ascending fixed lines, and for use in hauling systems. COLOURS AVAILABLE WILL VARY.
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Advantages: Strong characters, tightly written Disadvantages: The occasional glaring line, probably best to read Book One first...
Science-fiction has come a long way since H G Wells first looked up at the night sky and thought how cool it would be to have giant Martian tripod war machines trampling all over the Home Counties. Now that the most daring innovations of even quite recent science-fiction can be found readily in your home - from videophones to genetically modified food - the genre continues to evolve and develop.
'Space opera' is just one of the newer sub-genres of science-fiction - and covers just about anything that involves a galactic empire while pretending frantically that it's not just knocking off Dune or Star Wars. Sean Williams manages to steer clear of the Herbert/Lucas influence better than most, as his Earth Ascendant focuses more on what it means to be human in a universe where you can live for tens of thousands of years and split ...
Advantages: Brilliantly directed and acted film Disadvantages: Slightly unbelievable towards the end
Director John McTiernan is well known for action films such as The Hunt For Red October (1990) and Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995). His 2003 film Basic is a thriller with a twist: not so much an action film, although there are moments of action, it being a military-based film.
The Plot
Tom Hardy is a Drugs Enforcement Agent with ties to the military from his days as an Army Ranger. When he gets a call from an old friend, asking for help solving the disappearance of a special forces instructor, Sergeant Nathan West, and various members of his squad. Hardy soon realises that all is not as it seems, as he has a minimum of resources and witnesses, and it will take all of his experience to extract the information from marines hiding secrets! Set in Panama, Hardy has to battle against the conditions as well as some underhand goings ...
pmcds 24.03.2008
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