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I firmly believe that what divides shit loggers and climbers from good ones is not speed in the task, but efficiency of movements. Ive seen guys race up a tree and spend the day racing around the same tree to get it down. Then comes the older guy that takes his times getting up, but wrecks the...

Most of my climbing skills I didn't learn from him. When I came of age to get into the tree I lived 130 miles away. I learned most (of the stuff you CAN learn by watching) from a guy named Ed Dowd. A 30 year climber for Bartlett and Davey that moved back to this area for a few years. He is a...

That's my only neat trick. Im pretty mediocre.

Glad I offered something aside from the heinous babble I spew out usually.

the two kerfs you make when you make that wedge, allow that wedge to drop into the log and half inch or so and act as a slightly driven in wedge.

I learned that from him when I was 16 on a lot clearing job bucking fat tulip poplars. pressure on top of the trunk, tension on the bottom. Saw into the top 8 inches. stop. saw in at an angle so that first cut becomes a wedge. Tap it downward with the saw bar. Stick your bar through the log and...

Cut a notch in your stump. Take the saw bar and smack the notch into the stump. It acts as a wedge. Saw in from the other side. When the reach where you cut the notch, the stump is held up by that notch. Pull your saw out and call it done.

Saw wrench.