I got scared out of nowhere... Seeking advice.

rico said:
God NO!. There is no such thing as a Reuben without sauerkraut, and shame on you for even suggesting such a thing. WTF is wrong with you JD?

On a side note I believe a really good Reuben to be one of the crowning achievements of humanity. Right up there with a killer batch of Liver and Onions, with bacon of coarse.
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What a waste of onions and cheese!
 
rico said:
God NO!. There is no such thing as a Reuben without sauerkraut, and shame on you for even suggesting such a thing. WTF is wrong with you JD?

On a side note I believe a really good Reuben to be one of the crowning achievements of humanity. Right up there with a killer batch of Liver and Onions, with bacon of coarse.
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I had a Reuben for lunch today. I switched the corned beef out for a heavy dose of roast beef, soooo good.
 
My Grandmother had a great liver recipe. I think it involved lemon juice and horseradish. Liver is one of those things like bag pipes, country-western music, Volkswagens, etc. where one either loves it or hates it; there is no in-between.
 
Tom Dunlap said:
To me..the liver is the bodies filter...why would I make a beer mug out of an oil filter...not matter how many times I rinse it out.
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According to a couple thousand years of Chinese Medicine eating liver is good for your liver, your eyesight, and building your blood. Plus is very cheap at the grocery store because nobody wants to eat that shit! Me I could eat it everyday.
 
rico said:
According to a couple thousand years of Chinese Medicine eating liver is good for your liver, your eyesight, and building your blood. Plus is very cheap at the grocery store because nobody wants to eat that shit! Me I could eat it everyday.
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I love liver.....love
 
RBJtree said:
Stay on the top side, keep your feet as wide as possible, keep your lanyard long enough to be able to move fluidly and stay upright on slight leaners, on hard leans it might be necessary to lean over and use your hands for balance. Sometimes on a real hard leaner I will hook my lanyard with my thumbs so I can advance my lanyard while still using my palms on the tree and walk out on all 4's. When its time to make a cut you can take a double wrap with the lanyard to lock yourself in. Kneel or sit on the limb/lead if needed. If its possible, tie into something above, or a higher neighboring tree. Even if your tie-in point if fairly far away, you can keep your rope tight and it gives you something to lean on and more stability. And of course, with years of practice, it becomes much easier. I used to find a leaner with a twist or a big dog-leg to be very challenging. After 5 years or so of daily climbing it became much easier. Now, its almost all just 2nd nature. I almost never find a situation I haven't been in 1000 or more times and I have strategies for all of them. Experience is king.
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As above, but with hard learners I find it easier sometimes to just climb underside to where you want to go and then use climb line or second lanyard cinched above you, then spin cinch to top side and pull on that to get you back on top.
 
RBJtree said:
Whats up fellow Pittsburgher! I've been climbing a lot longer than you and sometimes I get a little spooked by something. We need to listen to our intuition as a factor in our decision making but not let it overwhelm us. Fear is a part of tree climbing, unless you are a damn fool or have a severe chemical imbalance. Our brains are funny things. They can get affected by all kinds of things. If you never had significant anxiety in a tree before, perhaps there were other factors outside of climbing causing your brain to have a predisposition to anxiety on that particular day. My advise is to look at the situation as well as you can and logically find any reason for your feelings about it. If after a good examination it proves to be irrational, chalk it up to being human and don't let it bother you. Keep moving forward and keep your wits about you. Good luck and be safe!
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Thanks I think you nailed it. Maybe it's just Cherry's for some reason they always make me uncomfortable. I was having a bad day and was upset about get both throw balls stuck, losing time plus the job deadline had me worried, I had to drive back to the shop to get my gear, I felt bad because I wasn't making production for the company.
 
Lazy Pollock said:
Thanks I think you nailed it. Maybe it's just Cherry's for some reason they always make me uncomfortable. I was having a bad day and was upset about get both throw balls stuck, losing time plus the job deadline had me worried, I had to drive back to the shop to get my gear, I felt bad because I wasn't making production for the company.
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I tell my self to let the ball come down and take it off before I pull the string back through every time so it doesn't get stuck, again, but I only do it about 10% of the time, lol. The two scariest things that ever happened to me climbing happened in cherry trees. One was also quite fun. But it was never the trees fault. I have found them to be fairly well behaved trees, but the bark will certainly scrape you up if you slip and bear hug one!
 
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