Rookie mistake
- Thread starter Yimboob
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No. I pulled an @evo. When I put my foot out, I got the log to pivot and roll harmlessly in a residential road.
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
The fence fared much better than my ass and tail bone. I sustained most of the injury. Ever have some one explain in detail what is takes to set a tailbone? Lets just say that it takes the proper amount of back pressure to get it to set right. Never went in for a X-ray after the chiropractor gave me the graphic details. However, the home owner brushed off the $4 cedar fence board once he finished laughing his ass off.. Guess he got his $4 worth of show, not the tip I was looking for
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southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
F it. Let the fence take the blow.
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
I was less than a year in as a groundie at that point, now I know why the crew were just shaking their heads with smirks on their faces..
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
I knew someone who blew out her knee trying to stop a round of wood.
A lot of energy there.
A lot of energy there.
I watched a groundie chase an oak round downhill. He tackled it and rolled with it a couple of times before stopping just before a house. He came to rest, looks up at me and says, "What's my face look like?!"
He was fine other than a small scrape. That round had so much momentum it would have blasted right through the wall. Talk about energy @southsoundtree, you hit the nail on the head.
He was fine other than a small scrape. That round had so much momentum it would have blasted right through the wall. Talk about energy @southsoundtree, you hit the nail on the head.
Jem4417
Branched out member
Might have said this on another thread but I tied off one limb and cut a different one. Sorry fence
jmaher
Branched out member
- Location
- new brunswick, canada
Been there. Sorry patio furniture.
Raven27
Participating member
- Location
- Pittsfield, Ma
Ok, I'll fess up, first day out, no instruction, just watched a guy take my tree down 10 years ago, I was hooked, deep. I had to know it all, but I had just come back from Combat in Iraq, so there was no time for patience, I wanted to jump right in, bought a linesman belt and an 8' lanyard, up a severely curved cherry for $100, I was also on pole spikes, gaffed out slipped, belt up to my armpits before I stopped. Thought " something just isn't right, but kept on up to about 20' wasn't thinking about the spring action that was about too throw me when I cut off the cherry mid arc of the bend, what a hit.
I cleaned up, went home, and started REALLY, REALLY, doing my homework. Man I was an idiot, now I'm EXTREMELY safe, and a complete 180 from that stupidity
I cleaned up, went home, and started REALLY, REALLY, doing my homework. Man I was an idiot, now I'm EXTREMELY safe, and a complete 180 from that stupidity
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Ok new to the board so I may as well reveal myself for the idiot I am. Just a guy with a midlife crisis (62) trying to take a few leads out of an 70ish foot willow oak. Got all my combo climbing kit and picked up a rope wrench, foot and SAKA knee ascender as I am way too old to learn to hip thrust LOL.
Made my way up the rope practicing with no big problem then I unclipped my SAKA from my boot and my foot ascender from my line and started my descent.....nice and smooth till it stopped when the SAKA which was still attached to the line jammed up into the bottom of my hitch tending pulley......was pretty scared and sweating bullets trying to unjam the cam before I figured out to foot loop the rope to unload the SAKA from the bottom of the pulley.
Made my way up the rope practicing with no big problem then I unclipped my SAKA from my boot and my foot ascender from my line and started my descent.....nice and smooth till it stopped when the SAKA which was still attached to the line jammed up into the bottom of my hitch tending pulley......was pretty scared and sweating bullets trying to unjam the cam before I figured out to foot loop the rope to unload the SAKA from the bottom of the pulley.
SomethingWitty
Arkansawyer
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- LR
I bet you remember that one next time.
I learned to take the ascenders off the rope with my cmi foot ascender. I descended right down on my foot at the end of the day when my arms were jell-o.
That's a fine first post. Welcome.
Yes, welcome to the buzz @New2trees
Yeah, I embarressed the sh*t out of myself once by cutting upward with my Silky through a fallen Crepe Myrtle stem. I cut through with such force I smacked my self in the jaw line. Just a little of blood through the beard but trying to explain to the rest of the crew without looking like a idiot was fairly difficult. ( They kinda had that "your a dumbass" look the rest of the day).
TimBr
Official Well Known Greeter
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- Northern Virginia
