Aside from being online with you guys I can survive without electricity. After that little recharge I'm overly cautious around power. I'll work around it but if things are to close I will have zero contact or a make safe done. That's what I pay an electric bill for.
Sure. I was young and stupid. I planned on spiking a top out of a maple with a POS saw and it died on me. Top leaned over instead of falling. It came free but not how I planned. I was in the center of the tree so I didn't notice it had made contact. I reached out to pull it down. I remember it...
I've thought about this as well. I always reposition the shot as Butch suggests. I very rarely isolate my tie in and do a basal anchor till I get up there anyhow. I'm happy to get close to my final tie in and then switch to a canopy anchor.
And I don't think I'd touch it if it's contacting...
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