Greg gave me a beautify framed picture of the Henry tree with me at the top, Andy Taylor in the middle and Greg himself hanging off on the low side of the tree in space. Louie Syhoius, greek and misspelled, took the photo. We remained in those respective positions for nearly 5 hours as the sun change the lighting. Louie took over 500 pictures in that time. Film.
I gave that framed picture to the corporate forester that did the paperwork for us do all this on their lands. It was like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. As Greg said, "Fun project"
12 years before this I had two misadventures with the Henry tree. Both failed attempts to reach its top. On one the fellow that was following me up froze at 160 feet, and I had bail on the climb to get him down. On the other episode the fellows that were going to climb with me never even left the ground. After I fliplined the tree 170 feet and set the rope for them to ascend up using SRT. I was pissed on that one.
But the last time with Greg and Andy at the tree there was no problems. It took 12 years to do it. I'll tell you what, it's great to have real professionals to work with.