My brush with disaster today.

[John Paul Sanborn]

and didn't treat me like a dummy

I try Bruce, In my book, only dummies treat others lime dummies.

Every so often I fall off the wagon though

 

[Bruce Hopf]

I try Bruce, In my book, only dummies treat others lime dummies.

Every so often I fall off the wagon though

Thanks Paul. Have yourself a Good, and Happy Independence Day tomorrow.
Bruce.

 

[Slvrmple72]

Very glad to hear you are okay John! I have had a few of those heart stopper moments. Very scary. I use the Blakes on a split tail w/ figure 8 stopper and always see it come undone. I have thought about the VT on Velocity w/Beeline eye to eye but don't know. Been pretty comfortable w/ Split tail setup. Very good point about complacency. My uncle did taxidermy for years and ran the bandsaw blade right down the middle of his finger. Kept a picture of that nasty little number taped to the housing after that. Rookies and veterans seem to be the fellas highest up on the incident pyramid. Learning from others close calls can save a life. Thank you for sharing.-Kevin

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Rookies and veterans seem to be the fellas highest up on the incident pyramid. Learning from others close calls can save a life. Thank you for sharing.-Kevin

One of the big companies did a statistical study and injuries declined after 3 years and peaked again at around 8.

 

[fireman]

check knots

John I'm glad you are ok I personally check my knots every morning and every time I make an aggressive move.I learned once during a training exercise and like you with the experience you have, the groundie grab the belay.Your knowledge and experience saved you good job.Be careful and stay safe.Getting the new trailer at the end of week 30ft flat bed for lift and bobcat and atv will be nice to pull everything with one truck.got the grcs going to use it for the first time tomorrow on 75 ft oak storm damage.sorry haven't been on site to much we have been so busy with regular work and storm damage trying to catch up.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

You will have to bring me down again so I can train everyone to use The Winch more efficiently