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[MasterBlaster]

Hey Carl, howd'ja know real climbers wear red?

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by xtremetrees
smoking pic!
Yeah I know MB Lightening struck sucks.

I did a dead forked tree once. Lucky thing I went left and not right . When I roped the left the right broke out and bombed the house. Blowed into such small pieces couldnt rake it off the roof had to blow it clean.

Home owner came out what was that..! I said that couldhave been me!

It wasnt forked, but it had a corkscrew that made me slightly nervous (I was just starting out). Lightning struck.

Look kinda goofy in that close up. Check out those skis that I am sportin.

 

[MasterBlaster]

You have every right in the world to respect any corkscrewed type of tree involved in a TD. Corkscrewed trees don't like to play by the rules.

 

[Lumberjack]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
You have every right in the world to respect any corkscrewed type of tree involved in a TD. Corkscrewed trees don't like to play by the rules.

BTW, the tree that I was talkin about has about a 3/4 corkscrew. Just to add to the mix.

 

[xtremetrees]

MB
Im on the gibbs accender to. But I'm on a steel core flipline. Like it fine unless I nick it then the cloth surrounding the core slips. Looks like your safety is a 1/2 inch rope MB.?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yea, no call for a steel core flipline around here. The trees aren't Beranek enough.

 

[ORclimber]

FIELD GOAL!!

I love this work. Would have made a better picture with the brush on though.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Good shot!!!

I woulda never done that, though.

 

[ORclimber]

Other side.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I class something like that as a 90 -95% probability of doing it without hitting the fenceposts. Or, 'taking a chance'. Those are darn good odds, but I'm too old to play em.
I woulda worked it down a little farther.




I just looked at your second pic... ignore the above!

 

[ORclimber]

It was a storm damaged siberian elm. I didn't want to mess with rigging out the long spindly weak limbs. I used the instant credibility from that shot to talk the homeowner into keeping the silver maple behind it.

 

[xtremetrees]

MB
Arent you afraid that roping big stuff will burn your safety into?
I have seen pole werkers utility belts burned into from the running ropes. A rope safety is even easier to burn into.

 

[MasterBlaster]

If you look close, you'll see the bullrope is not really making any contact with my lanyard to do any damage. It just looks like it is. And I still have my climbing rope(left hand?).

But thats not to say that hasn't happened before! I just replace my lanyard when it shows signs of wear. About twice a year, usually.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

i have pairs of shoes and boots with a line melted through where i guided a owering lline a few degrees away from obstachles as things were lowered.

Here is some old pics that one of yours reminded me of.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Is that you, in the yellow, Kenny?

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Guilty

 

[MasterBlaster]

I thought you were five feet tall!

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Well, i kinda find that when i stand and walk, i am so short my legs barely reach far enough to scrape the ground. My waist size struggles to top JP's competition thigh size.

Now about callin'moi yellow:Monkey:

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I'm told that without the hardhat, he resembles an over caffinated squirrill.

Those mutual aqaintances sure are not nice

 

[MasterBlaster]

Easy day

I love pine TDs.

Eh?