took a fall or sumthin kinda like one in tree removal today
Dismantling a crotchy old multi trunked more dead than alive gum for the bro in law, twas over home roof fence you know one with the lot tricky only 40 plus foot but dozens slender dead sucker limb no perches to get on so spurs flip line into dead wood is tiresome. All sections needing handling anchor and puller rope to get down. My best TIP was a 30 foot up a dead fork. To my surprise that bit went mostly well so feelin happy I took a short cut risk to haul over the last head it had to go north but was leaning south head roped torque it up with two blokes on the ground side pulling I climbed into forks to scarf it up and said to my dumb self, dont need no flip line to secure me here, I want to get outta the way fast if it goes south.
My scaf effort above me head was terrible I got frustrated that it was not working out and worrying about this let my supporting foot slip,,, oh oh ops I,m going down over saw in hand that awful feeling of this is gonna hurt at the stop. Ended upside down running saw in ma crotch legs above me jammed in the forks lookin like a fool, damage my pride and a good bruise to my butt cheek. this was the biggest fall or chance to harm to myself in years it really woke me up I,m getting old not so fit n fast and feel needed for the tree & climb is getting end of useful life
lesson tie in even when ya think yer cannot go far tie in.
