Wow, well I guess I will start with leaving the cracked part up there. Yes, that was the only cut that was made. If it was my tree or my call I would have left the tree alone all together. As it is, I dont make that call due to I work for someone. The customer who has enough money to call us out to make the one cut in a tree that is truely in the middle of no where that has no traffic at all under it wanted that one cut and nothing else. I do belive that if there was a chance of the tree causing harm when it does fail.. because it will for sure, then more would have been taken out.
For the wire gate biener, nope like I had stated before not the right thing to do, it has been changed over (the next day when I had bought a new biener to replace it). The only tree that that lanyard setup was used in was the one you all had seen. The danger in my mind was VERY low of failing.
What I would find hard to belive is that anyone that climbs long enough can be honest with them self when they say that they have NEVER EVER done something that wasnt fully by the rules (and I am not saying that as you have done it for a long period of time). I place the video up not as a "how you should do the job" but more as a "this sucked to have to do" job.
Trust me when I say that I dont always agree with what may have to be done at work or how I may have to get it done. I will always be tougher on myself then anyone person can ever be. You may choose to think that I am a dangerous climber, that is fine. The people that have worked with me would say different.
