whoa!

[Gord]

what do you suppose happened here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy0bXsn4_MM

 

[treestyler]

what a drop....he sure didn't see that one coming. I thinks íts just a case off not understanding and knowing what he is doing and wich forces he triggers.

climb safe
wouter

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

Well the way he bounces it looks like he didn't have all the slack out of his high tie in point?

 

[Maui Palm & Tree Care]

dude! was he lanyarded in? O_O

 

[Treezybreez]

It looked to me like the tree was resting on a porch so when he cut the trunk loose it dropped. He might have had his lanyard on the part that dropped. His rope looked like the slack was pulled out of it to me.

 

[boreality]

Hmm good question. He went big and paid. I'd say there was some kind of a flaw with the TIP. Looks like another case of a "I can do that" guy. He should of been on the roof cutting below as well. Then he wouldn't of taken the butt in the face.

The way to go is from the top down. Firgure out what's supporting the tree, stabalize it with rope, clean off as much as you can above it, then lighten the stem even working from the base up if you can. Then lift the small spar off the roof. They usually lift themselves off as they are lightened. The rules I follow.

 

[southsoundtree]

There was a rope hanging below him, which possibly got snagged, along with a climbline without all the slack out??? High stretch climbline?

 

[treeness]

Yeah I thought I saw a lanyard go down with the piece, maybe he roped into a fairly spindly tree, him bouncing at the end may be just the dynamic loading of his line?

I agree with boreality, start at the tip. It even looked like his climbing line orientation would have put him right over the crown to begin with, which would have made maneuvering much easier and could possibly avoid lanyarding in... even though its frowned upon to not lanyard with using a chainsaw, I believe there is certain instances where being lanyarded in might put you in more danger (tree's don't always give us the best cards in the deck to work with).

He had that big hunk of section that dropped secured with rigging rope too which makes you think about how big of a piece he took, what rope he was using, rigging point, tie-off? Theres a lot of variables that we can't really see which could explain how it happened, and how it could have been done differently.

 

[theXman]

his friction hitch slipped the whole way, is my answer. Old prussic knots, like i use. nice and slippery and loose.

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

Did we discuss this one already?

 

[theXman]

I've never seen it.

or else i don't remember it.