Little too big of a pick

[deevo]

Oh and a bit of a shock load also. Very very lucky to survive that!


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[sherwood7]

I always find myself swinging between, I hope he is ok, and what the fuck was he thinking! It looks like he might have notched the piece and basically dropped it into the rigging?

 

[flying french man]

This have happen in France, and from what I've heard the guy is a strong contract climber. He had a really long day , he wanted to notch the whole thing but the boss said do a last piece. His climbing line was set high to help him work with the big saw, maybe he did not left enought wood... He told he crane operator to wait while he was removing his climbing line from the pick. The crane operator mist understood and pull on the piece before he was untie....

 

[dbl612]

This have happen in France, and from what I've heard the guy is a strong contract climber. He had a really long day , he wanted to notch the whole thing but the boss said do a last piece. His climbing line was set high to help him work with the big saw, maybe he did not left enought wood... He told he crane operator to wait while he was removing his climbing line from the pick. The crane operator mist understood and pull on the piece before he was untie....

the biggest part of the problem is that he slung the piece way below the CG and gravity doesn't take a day off. he is very lucky to survive that.

 

[squad143]

Yes, very lucky indeed........... and now has a cool story............. and most likely, dirty shorts.

 

[jdhoward]

I think I would have some harsh words for that operator when I got down.

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[dbl612]

I think I would have some harsh words for that operator when I got down.

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just wondering why you would be mad at the operator. the climber is supposed to know how to sling his picks. the operator should have slapped the shit out of the climber for doing such a stupid move. thankfully,the crane had enough capacity to withstand that shock load without collapsing.

 

[jdhoward]

just wondering why you would be mad at the operator.

Flying french man said the operator picked up to early. The first thought I had before reading the flying french man's comment was " why the hell would you take such a large piece."

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[classictruckman]

Looks cut off to me, don't think the CO picked it at all, just went along for the very short, very small but extremely exciting ride

 

[dbl612]

if the piece was slung properly, the piece would of lifted off properly. the crane would of handled it, it took that awesome shock load.

 

[classictruckman]

Just rewatched the video(hadn't seen it in a while, maybe a couple years) and I forgot about the ride the climber took too, yeah he's really lucky to be alive.

 

[flying french man]

Lucky he is alive. I just don't understand what have come to is mind to rig a piece like that? It's like the worst scenario imaginable...Crazy french

 

[Gorman]

That pick had soooo much mass to it. If it even just glanced him floating around he would have gotten very hurt.

 

[chris_girard]

the biggest part of the problem is that he slung the piece way below the CG and gravity doesn't take a day off. he is very lucky to survive that.

Agreed. This is the worst pick that I've ever seen, but I know that there are many more that are even worse, but weren't caught on tape.