Thanks everyone, and well done to Eric too!
The rocks were very rough Stig, hence the chainsaw trousers, which by the way were compliments of TreeStuff, Francitals and they held up extremely well, even the black colour in all the heat was ok due to the fabric wicking properties.
I used that conduit saver to guard my rope...that's the picture in the hitch hiker thread.
Gary gets an assist for sending me the 150...he got it to me just in time for that job!