Daniel
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Suburban Philadelphia (Wayne)
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=8HBE36MH
You all might want to consider posting your longer videos at megavideo.com as google has discontinued uploads. For some reason the video is temporaroly unavailable at the time of this posting. Hopefully it will be back up soon.
Video is also available for download for another couple days at:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=dVlwVWRnT01ENlNGa1E9PQ
This is a 26 minute wmv file, 96 MB... shot with sony mini dv, a week ago friday.. surprisingly good sound on the camera mic. ONly my second video edit.. nothing fancy, no music and only one voice over..
Pat Epps is the climber. There are hints of a lot of good techniques he uses... little stuff that saves time here and there. It all adds up. I think Pat could have saved some more time by switching from the ms200 to the 440 as soon as he got into the wood. We ran out of light for the last few cuts, and his saw handling could improve, but overall he is a very experienced and efficient climber. He hit those 90'+ crotches by hand with a 10 oz bag and 1.75 zing it!
Video might be a little slow for some, as I tried to leave in as much detailed info as possible, including the part where he reprimands me for not tying on the block and lowering line properly. I wasted 25-30 seconds of his time by making him untie and retie the rope from the block. Those little inefficient moves really add up over the day and can make hours of difference. On the first lowered piece the limb was on the ground within 20 seconds from the time the cut finished and in another 20 seconds the lowering line was tied back on to the climber's line. Striving for that kind of effieciency in every repetitive move throughout the day makes a huge difference. Video is a nice teaching tool for improving efficiency. Fun to look at and time all the little details.
The tree gets side loaded significantly on the first cut on the wood. That is a major mistake and I should probably edit it out, becasue I wouldn't want people to think that is good tree work. The butt line was only supposed to control the swing, but the newbie groundie didn't let it run. If you look carefully, you can see the shock load pulls the tree so the climber's line and lanyard take some of the force and actually stop the tree from moving. The second cut on the wood shows proper rope control, letting the piece run smoothly to a controlled stop. Would have been better for me to run the butt line myself, and let the newbie control the second line. Either way, I should have set up a redirect or found another tree directly 180º against the lean to use for a ground anchor point, rather than sideloading the tree. That is actually one of my big safety peeves. Side loading a tree has killed many a climber!
That is the kind of thing that I think should be edited out of videos, so people don't get the wrong odea about what proper tree work is.. as per Bob Villa.. What do you think, should I take that first cut on the wood out?
You all might want to consider posting your longer videos at megavideo.com as google has discontinued uploads. For some reason the video is temporaroly unavailable at the time of this posting. Hopefully it will be back up soon.
Video is also available for download for another couple days at:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=dVlwVWRnT01ENlNGa1E9PQ
This is a 26 minute wmv file, 96 MB... shot with sony mini dv, a week ago friday.. surprisingly good sound on the camera mic. ONly my second video edit.. nothing fancy, no music and only one voice over..
Pat Epps is the climber. There are hints of a lot of good techniques he uses... little stuff that saves time here and there. It all adds up. I think Pat could have saved some more time by switching from the ms200 to the 440 as soon as he got into the wood. We ran out of light for the last few cuts, and his saw handling could improve, but overall he is a very experienced and efficient climber. He hit those 90'+ crotches by hand with a 10 oz bag and 1.75 zing it!
Video might be a little slow for some, as I tried to leave in as much detailed info as possible, including the part where he reprimands me for not tying on the block and lowering line properly. I wasted 25-30 seconds of his time by making him untie and retie the rope from the block. Those little inefficient moves really add up over the day and can make hours of difference. On the first lowered piece the limb was on the ground within 20 seconds from the time the cut finished and in another 20 seconds the lowering line was tied back on to the climber's line. Striving for that kind of effieciency in every repetitive move throughout the day makes a huge difference. Video is a nice teaching tool for improving efficiency. Fun to look at and time all the little details.
The tree gets side loaded significantly on the first cut on the wood. That is a major mistake and I should probably edit it out, becasue I wouldn't want people to think that is good tree work. The butt line was only supposed to control the swing, but the newbie groundie didn't let it run. If you look carefully, you can see the shock load pulls the tree so the climber's line and lanyard take some of the force and actually stop the tree from moving. The second cut on the wood shows proper rope control, letting the piece run smoothly to a controlled stop. Would have been better for me to run the butt line myself, and let the newbie control the second line. Either way, I should have set up a redirect or found another tree directly 180º against the lean to use for a ground anchor point, rather than sideloading the tree. That is actually one of my big safety peeves. Side loading a tree has killed many a climber!
That is the kind of thing that I think should be edited out of videos, so people don't get the wrong odea about what proper tree work is.. as per Bob Villa.. What do you think, should I take that first cut on the wood out?
