I wonder if there is anyone that has worked in the woods that can't say that they were saved by luck in a situation. I would hope so, but I have to thank luck. Slipped and fell and a tree was comin'.
There may be, but I haven't met said person so far.
Sometimes it is the smallest things that saves us.
As for the whole "run or look" discussion, I've found something that works.
Get a partner like Richard!
He is a veritable magneto for things coming down from above.
When we went climbing with Jerry and he showed us how to shoot REAL high with the bigshot, we har the fishing line greak and the 300 gr. lead sinker just go into space.
Then we heard this "Plop" sound, and it was buried in the ground about 15" in front of Richard.
Same thing happened when we climbed Sequoias last year.
Last summer we were logging old beech trees and he had just sat down to gas his saw up, reached out for the cannister and a huge branch fell out of the sky, blowing the cannister to hell.
And so on and on and on.................................................!
Luck has a lot to do with it, I think.
Last week he got hit by a widowmaker and had to go buy a new helmet.
He is not an unsafe faller, God just has decided to use him for target practice.
So I just stay near him, and I'm safe.