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I describe it as a stunt because that's what it was really. It had to be painstakingly set-up in order to actually pull it off without something getting tangled up requiring a downclimb. Like limbing on the way-up, one wayward limb could screw up the whole plan.

Different areas and jargon I guess. Because to me a spar is a tree, steel towers on yarders are just that. Like Treebogan said backspars or intermediate spars are still being rigged daily. Treebogan I've never seen/heard of a tail set-up like you describe there. Got any pics of that rigging?

Guys the same size as the skyline seems kind of oversized to me for spar guys. 1,1/4" no way for pulling by hand that's some big rigging. 5/8ths was the biggest I pulled up myself, or to rig it once off I'd climb with two of them attached to the belt and a rope with the third guyline on one...

We always referred to the block hung in the tree as a tommy mohr block. I'm unsure of the spelling on that too. I would guess the block around 50-60pds plus the strap to set it. I rigged literally hundreds of spars and many by myself. I didn't mind pulling the block so much as it was the...