chris_girard
Treehouser
I was really saddened to hear from Don Blair this morning about the passing of the legend, Ed Hobbs.
As most of you know (or should know), we have Ed to thank for bringing the modern lowering devices and arborist blocks to our industry and for bringing us out of the dark ages of rigging with natural crotches and taking wraps around trees (and no, I am not by any means knocking old school rigging).
He brought us the Hobbs Lowering Device, Hobbs Block, Bry-Dan Harness (which the modern harnesses are based on), etc.
Ed was a true maverick and made a huge impact on our industry and then quietly bowed out.
As most of you know (or should know), we have Ed to thank for bringing the modern lowering devices and arborist blocks to our industry and for bringing us out of the dark ages of rigging with natural crotches and taking wraps around trees (and no, I am not by any means knocking old school rigging).
He brought us the Hobbs Lowering Device, Hobbs Block, Bry-Dan Harness (which the modern harnesses are based on), etc.
Ed was a true maverick and made a huge impact on our industry and then quietly bowed out.