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  1. chris_girard

    Ed Hobbs - Passing of a Legend

    Boy, I hear ya there Jer! I need to take time to smell the roses, before I'm gone and, in the ground, pushing up daisies!
  2. chris_girard

    Ed Hobbs - Passing of a Legend

    After reading some posts today on the TH, it made me think of the late great Ed Hobbs and how lucky I was to get to know him and to be able to call him a friend and mentor in his last few years. Mentors and elders are so important to both young and old and I show them nothing but respect. I...
  3. chris_girard

    Ed Hobbs - Passing of a Legend

    I just rewatched it on YouTube. That really looked like a fun day!
  4. chris_girard

    Ed Hobbs - Passing of a Legend

    Hey Frans, was that a big Youngs block that you and Ken hung in the tree for the shock loading? Is that one of yours Jer?
  5. chris_girard

    Ed Hobbs - Passing of a Legend

    Awesome pictures Jer, thanks so much for sharing! I became friends with Ed around 8-9 years ago and we would correspond through emails, and I could tell right away from them that this man was special and still knew more about rigging and tree work, than a lot of these "Johnny Come Lately"...
  6. chris_girard

    Ed Hobbs - Passing of a Legend

    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...
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