Still here, whew!

[boreality]

Maybe a doable rig or chuck with no rigging on a calm day?

 

[treehumper]

The reasons for endangering ourselves, in hindsight, never hold up to scrutiny. The combination of them is lethal or at the very least painful. It's a difficult lesson to learn and one that will stick with you for at least a while. Even after the pain is gone.... Specially the "greed" justification. In the end, it's costing more than it made.


I'm like you, doing the sketchy jobs and very few that I won't do. I did walk from one last year when I just couldn't see any way to back myself up. We had a bucket truck come in and do it.

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

As a young climber, i think about how, as one gains experience, it gets easier to assess a situation and say, "aaahh... i think this ones going to work out arlight" and i get nervous that its hard to draw the line when its so disputable as to where the "line" is. ive worked trees that two years ago i'd be like nah.

may sound like a crazy comparison, but someone who shoots heroine most likely didnt just start shooting heroine. there was probably a period where fear and concern for such dangers such as overdose, HIV, or whatever else, begins to fade, until one is keeping some narcain around just incase.

working on hazardous trees is one area i wish i had a mentor for.

props Raven for keepin us all in check, and i give some of you guys credit for the stones you guys got for some of the things you tackle.

"It is hard to explain where 'The Edge' is because the only ones who knew where it is are the ones who have gone over" - Hunter S. Thompson

 

[boreality]

That edge is there regularly. Inches of clearance, glass in every direction, unknown life support structure, couple power lines, windy. And then we get to drag it all out.

 

[treehumper]

I think the difference is that with the experience gained you know when you can go big or not. in some instances bigger is not better and other times it is the the one that almost counterintuitively makes more sense. The confidence to know which way to go comes from the shift in focus from trying to do what you think the boss wants and doing what you think is best knowing that the boss will listen to your rationale.

While it may be his business it's your life up there.

 

[classictruckman]

Thats right, production isn't everything, its hard to produce anything from 6' under.

 

[BigWood]

Compost maybe.

 

[TreeLogic]

Nah, even compost needs air

 

[boreality]

One last chance to poison the water with your embalming fluid and McDonaldland grease. A legacy.

 

[Daniel]

always set up the rigging to take the most force with multiple overhead rigging points being the most common method.. Do that as SOP to build your experience both at setting it up and seeing what it can handle..