Saterdays job

[klimbinfool]

I bought a lot next door to my house and thought this would be a great oportunity for my twelve year old son to learn how to a little more then recreational climbing. So i slapped some spurs on him and sent him up a Black Oak to limb on the way up.

 

[klimbinfool]

says he looks like a geak with those glasses on...lol...oh well I said , at least it keeps the sawdust out.

a determined look .....

 

[klimbinfool]

stemming between limbs

 

[klimbinfool]

getting ready to set das line

 

[klimbinfool]

getting ready to take out the upper spars

 

[klimbinfool]

Austin bucking the log

 

[klimbinfool]

Slab of Quercus Kelloggii

 

[davespencer]

nice job, you must be proud!

Here I am excited that my son (just about 3) wore the same pair of underware for 1 whole day. I bet watching him do tree work would be pretty wild.

Congrats

Dave

 

[Tom Dunlap]

It's fun to see a new generation of arbos growing up.

If he can handle doing treework, driving will be an easy thing.

Thanks for posting!

 

[Norm_Hall]

I have 4 sons, none of which followed dads footsteps. They all had the opportunity to rec climb at about 14 or 15 years of age. The 2 youngest even did some 90-100' rappels off a cliff.
Awesome pics. Thanks.

 

[Jim]

Great pictures. It's good to see father's take an interest in and spend time with their children.

If he turns out to be 'klimbinfool - the next generation' /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif great! If not, you've given him some valuable lessons, not just in climbing, but in life.

Jim

 

[R_Schra]

Thats fun on that age. I started driving cars and working with a chainsaw at twelfe. Also some climbing but only when i was 20yrs i started profesionaly.

This is my son (2½ yrs) hanging around. He wants every evening again go out in that small tree.

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[Jim]

Hey, Ron, guess he takes after his Dad, huh? /forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif Strong looking little fellow. No fear. looks happy in the trees.

Jim

 

[davespencer]

this is my little guy from last year. He is always bugging me to go again.

Dave

 

[klimbinfool]

DAve , sturdy looking fella you got there. nice pics. Thanks everyone for the compliments. Funny, he tells me he doesn't want to do tree work and if he doesnt , thats ok with me. It's hard work as you all know.

He's been with me on many jobs dragging brush and ropping out material and by the end of most jobs, he's ready to quit again and never work with me on weekend jobs again...So , by mixing it up a little, ground and climbing it keeps his interest up. The lot I bought next door has alot of good beginner climbing, cut and drop material. It will be good for him if he likes.

Thanks
Greg

 

[cory]

Very impressive post and pictures, Gregg!

 

[Colin]

Now that's danged cool!

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Looks great to me too Greg! Not that I need to say this, but keep an extra eye on him when he's on the job. Too many injuries and such happen. /forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[klimbinfool]

Thanks for the reminder Mark. It never hurts to reitterate the safety aspects of our work .

Greg