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Kids these days who call themselves "contract climbers" a lot of times aren't worth half the price that they are asking for, don't have the insurance or the experience and are more a liability than an asset on the job. I know, I have worked with enough of them. Yes, So true. Just cause you...

So true. Can not play w others. Contract Climber is such a deep black hole. Though I've seen so much of the universe thru contract climbing or travel climbing or gypoclimbing :) I've met many more people and experiences by travel climbing than staying at the same same same same same same...

Never delete the dead. Live for the dead. Walk for the fallen. Jed told me that everything i touched turned to gold. Crazy, dropping some tears here... cause they're aren't a whole lot of solid motherphuqers these days. Yeah Jed i hope you making the rounds checking in on your loves...

Thats Sandy. English Shepherd pup.

I took a little hike today behind the sawmill. 18" of snow on top of 8" of crust. Very challenging. About an hour, and I didn't drop dead. :lol:

Does it have a name?

Yup.

I ran an Asplundh crew for 2-1/2 years. I climbed alongside my crew frequently. I got very bored just watching.

I tell people routinely that I like to squeeze the trigger as much as possible to get the wood on the ground, using as little hand handling or rigging/ extra tools as sensible. Binding means pulling extra gear from the truck, hauling to the tree, install, removal from a log that may not need...

That was always a method I employed. Not exclusively, but often. For one reason, it helps me notice what minor missteps the student may be making, that are difficult to see from the ground. For another, just standing and watching can get very boring...and makes for a sore neck :).

I think the back cut is asking for a chair. I’d go all face. Pull or prop up first to avoid face pinch since we can’t all be @gfberanek

The desert is going off. Had lots of rain Green fuzz and flowers everywhere

Awww

'Contact climber' can mean an Ace or someone who can't put together a small company who works illegally. Many points in between.

Here’s Pretti the week before. I guess Bruce missed this one. https://fox11online.com/news/local/new-video-shows-alex-pretti-appear-to-spit-on-break-tail-light-of-federal-agents-vehicle-green-bay-minneapolis-protest-immigration-cnn-broken-rib-gun-department-homeland-security-border-patrol-ice

I don’t have Jed’s number but I do have numbers of old friends and family member who are no longer with us. Those numbers will be in there forever or till I lose the phone. What’s that old saying? people only truly die when their name is spoken for the last time. I like to think of my mobile...

I agree with Kenny. Use a back cut, just put in a thick enough hinge, AND secure the trunk with a load binder strap, even if you bore cut, or you risk barber chairing. Yes, this is really hard to do on short, fat diameter trees.

I was just thinking of Jed this morning and trying to figure out how something like this could have happen to someone like him? Then I realized that I would never find a reason and just have to accept that bad things happen to good people every day, like the saying goes. I am just so happy to...

I get paid between $600-$800 dollars a day to contract climb. I carry both liability and workers comp on myself. I bring all my own equipment (both climbing and rigging) along with 40 years of experience in the business. I am also an ISA Certified Arborist, Master Rigger and can write legal...