l2edneck
Small Job Specialist
Last year rite after my baby was born i was gung ho i would climb any thing. a home owner asked me to remove an oak tree that had 2 small limbs over hanging the primary.i quoted it sold it and then called the crew to do it.(this is main reason i try not to climb as much any more)My guys said no way call the local power company so i did n they sent a man out to "evaluate" he deemed it to be fine <was to far away to do any thing>ok so no prob i been doin this fer many years its just 2 lil limbs i can go in other tree with stick saw and get way up and snap cut them<sorry im not good on terminology>ok so all goes well except for 1 lil limb that decided to fall n hang there ok no sparks no flame i got it<WRONG>i reached out to flip the limb and <POW> i was gettin lit up up excuse the pun.NEVER before had i felt anything like it.I remember thinkin if i dont do some thing im goin to die.Felt like my eyes were goin to explode.With all that i had in me and a gift from the man up stairs i was able to throw the saw over my head.Wow it was over i thought.But no i managed to bridge the saw on the line between me n my ladder now mind you i was at least 8 feet above the primary no higher point to rope in so i just had saddle and buckstrap.Within a matter of minutes the tree had been juiced ladder was
doin a neat little dance (i was now standing and am guessin my boots were keepin me from feelin any juice not to mention it would prolly take a lot after what i had been thru)when i would reach out to touch a limb i could feel it but wasnt enuff to hurt kinda like a spark plug from a saw that has exposed wire.so i start lookin fer a way down below me was 2 smaller limbs i figured hey i can just tarzan down to those and be good.survival took over i believe and i guess i just dropped. well i couldnt catch myself on the first 1 and the second was like a frikkin twig at that speed so down i went.thru the neighbors service drop and the cable line head first onto a birdbath in the middle of a damn turtle pond<SPLASH>so now im under frikkin water scared to death the line is goin to break (sticksaw still bridged) so i drag myself out and get to my feet my scalp was ripped open and coverin my left eye.My groundman was in shock he couldnt say any thing but holy S***T <not sure who was shocked the most me or him<parden the pun>So while he called rescue becuzz i looked like i had been thru a frikkin warzone and was pourin blood<i can only imagine>i flipped my scalp back up wrapped my shirt around it and went to get a smoke. My legs were burning like i had the worst crotchrot ever.Come to find out that the juice burned 2 quarter sized holes in my legs just below my unit<real close i had my ole lady check it out at the hospital cuzz they had me on a backboard and by the time we got to the hosp it was hurtin so bad it was numb>very scared i was, didnt dawn on me till bout an hour later what had happened 2 days trauma unit 121 stitches to my head and 2 of the nastiest lookin, feelin wounds on my legs i ever had<and i have done a number with a saw on my self a few times>
they said good thing i fell because the muscles break down and your body cant filter it<prolly would have just went home had not been for the fall>
Basically i posted my story becuzz it happens so fast i felt this was a good place to share
The fall nothing, The Juice OMFG i have night mares to this day just reliving those 10 secs makes me shaky and i cant explain it.
I just hope that maybe 1 climber will think twice about bein as stupid as i was and just not do it
True story thanx for listening
doin a neat little dance (i was now standing and am guessin my boots were keepin me from feelin any juice not to mention it would prolly take a lot after what i had been thru)when i would reach out to touch a limb i could feel it but wasnt enuff to hurt kinda like a spark plug from a saw that has exposed wire.so i start lookin fer a way down below me was 2 smaller limbs i figured hey i can just tarzan down to those and be good.survival took over i believe and i guess i just dropped. well i couldnt catch myself on the first 1 and the second was like a frikkin twig at that speed so down i went.thru the neighbors service drop and the cable line head first onto a birdbath in the middle of a damn turtle pond<SPLASH>so now im under frikkin water scared to death the line is goin to break (sticksaw still bridged) so i drag myself out and get to my feet my scalp was ripped open and coverin my left eye.My groundman was in shock he couldnt say any thing but holy S***T <not sure who was shocked the most me or him<parden the pun>So while he called rescue becuzz i looked like i had been thru a frikkin warzone and was pourin blood<i can only imagine>i flipped my scalp back up wrapped my shirt around it and went to get a smoke. My legs were burning like i had the worst crotchrot ever.Come to find out that the juice burned 2 quarter sized holes in my legs just below my unit<real close i had my ole lady check it out at the hospital cuzz they had me on a backboard and by the time we got to the hosp it was hurtin so bad it was numb>very scared i was, didnt dawn on me till bout an hour later what had happened 2 days trauma unit 121 stitches to my head and 2 of the nastiest lookin, feelin wounds on my legs i ever had<and i have done a number with a saw on my self a few times>
they said good thing i fell because the muscles break down and your body cant filter it<prolly would have just went home had not been for the fall>
Basically i posted my story becuzz it happens so fast i felt this was a good place to share
The fall nothing, The Juice OMFG i have night mares to this day just reliving those 10 secs makes me shaky and i cant explain it.
I just hope that maybe 1 climber will think twice about bein as stupid as i was and just not do it
True story thanx for listening
