I used to work for a climber with only a little gas pickup and old school everything else. We couldn't get as much done as with modern equipment, but at the same time, we didn't have all of the accompanying expenses and maintenance to worry about.
It would be interesting to know the common breaking strength of saddles. I'd have to pull mine out to look, but hopefully the pressure was more on the front of the harness than the back in which case he might be just fine. Otherwise that could be a few thousand pounds of force crushing his back...
It only fell that way because half the stump had no hold of the ground. It looks like it was supposed to go to the left of the other trees. I guess just be aware that if the tree starts falling in an unexpected direction, forget the saw and get away.
While trying to find what prompted me to think Stig doesn't use earplugs I found an entertaining bit of thread and a great video (on the next page) by August with some nice steering at 2:50. Tree felling vids - https://www.masterblasterhome.com/threads/tree-felling-vids.11368/post-771585
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