Also applied for a tree stuff party in Toronto, I'm surprised I haven't heard back yet considering we have an active Rec climbing club and a massive bustling commercial arborist community here. Although T stuff is probably pretty busy at the moment
I'm getting that put on a t-shirt. "Eat a fucking shark". That might be the best motivational speech I've ever heard. You sir just got me out of my funk.
Good advice, the place I went to is one of the top in the city for this kind of stuff, but a second opinion is always a good idea. It started impacting my climbing ability for the first time last week. Maybe I should get a robo knee.
So after suffering from some stubborn knee pain for a little while I decided to get it checked out for a diagnosis. Turns out that I have a degenerative condition in my left knee that is causing softening of the cartiledge in the joint. Other than a constant limp, it's causing poor tracking of...
Can't wait til you and I get to slay some trees together. I swear this is the only job in the world where I would wish I wasn't at the cottage when I get a contract call.
What better thing to tie off to when working on a badly decayed, skinny ass tree of heaven then ANOTHER badly decayed, skinny ass tree of heaven?! Sometimes you just can't win.
Typical inner city bullshit. 32" dbh ghetto Palm (ailanthus altissima) about 6 inches from a cinder block wall in the back corner of a busy lumber yard. Oh yeah throw in a big communications bundle for fun too.
Dude jacked 5 of my rigging rings, a DMM large rigging block, 200 feet of rigging rope, 20 stitched slings with caribiners for speedlining, a mini porta wrap and an custom welded AFB. Not to mention the whole thing was in a big teufelberger bag. Still recovering from that loss. Hope that fucker...