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Hey Steve. Nice cutting and rigging throughout....nothing really wasted, that's good.

Whats wrong with imovie? I wouldn't know so I'm just asking.

Also, the initial clip of you ascending looked like somewhat of a struggle. Would you not just spur up the tree with a flipline ? You can still pre-set your climb line if you want for extra support, then just lean back in your saddle as you walk up the trunk. You'd use a lot less energy than trying to keep yourself upright with that mid air ascent thing.

And as for your little stumble....that was nothing man, don't worry about it.
 
On logs like that I prefer the ol Daniel Murphy near balance point rigging. If you had tied the piece so it was just barley tip heavy the momentum of the tip falling would take the log gently away from you and down even if the rope is not run properly. I have a climber I work with often that is obsessed with tip ties on logs. It has caused a number of close calls with him in the tree. Not saying that your piece was purposefully tip tied but if the knot had been moved a foot towards the trunk of the tree the outcome probably would have been much better. I know Daniel made a video on this topic showing brush but it is a very useful technique on logs. The better you get the smoother the log will float away from you and not snap back as something tied above the balance point would.

Looks like you did a great job on the rest of the tree!
 
I movie isn't really user friendly. It's though to edit and shorten clips. Lots of finger movements to shorten clips and to see the length of each clip it's not as simple as the drag of a mouse. Each clip has to be added then shortened and then decide on how you want the clips to merge. Lots p's splitting clips and deleting what you don't want. I may just not be good at it.

My initial tip wasn't central to the main stem. I set so I could get out on some long branches and that kept me about 10' off the trunk. I don't use a steel core line so I find flipping up big trunks is a total pain. I use a spikecender on my right gaff and have made one that mounts on my left. Sorta like a knee ascender but soft mounted on the shin pad. I'm still tweaking it and don't get a good stride with it. Had I just used the saka it would have been less of a struggle walking up the rope. It's in test mode and I'm not ready to scrap the idea yet. That was what was slowing me down. Other than that my ascent is usually effortless.

Thanks for watching Reg. I dislike being upside down and having the line running across my life safety stuff. No real harm done and a quick recovery.
 
TheArborMan said:
On logs like that I prefer the ol Daniel Murphy near balance point rigging. If you had tied the piece so it was just barley tip heavy the momentum of the tip falling would take the log gently away from you and down even if the rope is not run properly. I have a climber I work with often that is obsessed with tip ties on logs. It has caused a number of close calls with him in the tree. Not saying that your piece was purposefully tip tied but if the knot had been moved a foot towards the trunk of the tree the outcome probably would have been much better. I know Daniel made a video on this topic showing brush but it is a very useful technique on logs. The better you get the smoother the log will float away from you and not snap back as something tied above the balance point would.

Looks like you did a great job on the rest of the tree!
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I see what you're saying. Thanks for the input!!! I'll keep that in mind! Makes total sense
 
Steve Connally said:
...put too many wraps on the porty, didn't flake out the line and didn't address the hockeling so the piece locked up.
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This makes me feel validated after being looked at sideways often over the years for being fussy with flaking, frequently milking hockles off the end between pieces, and taking the time to put on leather gloves and take off half a wrap.
TheArborMan said:
On logs like that I prefer the ol Daniel Murphy near balance point rigging. If you had tied the piece so it was just barley tip heavy the momentum of the tip falling would take the log gently away from you and down even if the rope is not run properly.
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x2, and the beauty is you don't even have to be that accurate on the center of balance, just horseshoes/hand-grenades. I call it tying tippy (like tip over not like tip tied) and it can help to get awkward pieces past obstacles sometimes because the piece will tip past stuff on either side of the load line just by continuing to lower it.

Here's some Murph-o-vision:



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Well he made that look like nothing! Some big ole long branches. I'll have to watch that a few more times. I've always felt like there was a very fine line between tip tie and balance in terms of the butt flying back at you in the tree. I suppose the key is the point of your overhead rigging point in relation to the wood being lowered. Also, just as important, he had a rope man who obviously knew how to keep him in a safe zone by controlling the speed at the rite times. Good video. I'm sure the're more like that.
 
Oh, yeah... I gotta get some video editing software, probably a Go-Pro thingy, probably a decent regular camcorder and a bunch of other expensive crap I'm probably not thinking of... will naked women in the videos help increase google ad revenue on ScrewTube videos? I don't know how any of that crap works. I only go there to see funny animal videos and people dropping trees on their cars.
 
Steve Connally said:
When I do it will appear the piece is tied out too far. It is if you're not gonna lower it. The rope man, who is the second climber put too many wraps on the porty, didn't flake out the line and didn't address the hockeling so the piece locked up. Walked away with only a bruised leg and ego plus the overwhelming desire to punch him in his throat.
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Is this like baseball, when a batter is hit an opposing batter is going to get hit, and soon? Seriously though, some strange work dynamics when one climber is messing up another by not paying attention. Thx for the excellent vid.
-AJ
 
Strong work man ... The few that are not afraid to upload video and show the world what goes on up in the tree have been a inspiration. Thank you for making the extra effort. BTW what are you using for camera and mount setup ? Any input from others as what there using for filming and editing ?

Jesse
 
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