pantheraba
More biners!!!
My niece's husband called me last Thurs. late afternoon...they had just noticed that an ivy covered oak in the back yard was starting to lean towards the house. I loaded up some gear and got there about an hour before dark...found the ground upheaving, roots starting to erupt thru the ground. A probe found air pockets in the upheaval area.
I set a line about 50 feet up (9/16 stable braid) and guyed the tree back against the lean with some blocks for redirects. I went back Saturday and set a high line for access...didn't want to climb a possible "faller" and couldn't have gotten thru the ivy anyway.
The high line was a bit higher on the left side which meant I would "zip" a bit, and positioning would be difficult. I set my Poison Ivy line at 70 feet and used it to climb to my work height plus as a side belay while on the tree.
Once I got a few big limbs off the tree I felt OK about safetying to the tree..I still kept the guy line on as long as I could.
I haven't accessed a tree quite like this before and thought some of y'all might find it interesting.
Question...this was a 32 MB video upload to Google video...quality is so-so. How does one get better quality...larger file size? What size files are necessary for clarity?
<embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-7214668571601822956&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed>
I set a line about 50 feet up (9/16 stable braid) and guyed the tree back against the lean with some blocks for redirects. I went back Saturday and set a high line for access...didn't want to climb a possible "faller" and couldn't have gotten thru the ivy anyway.
The high line was a bit higher on the left side which meant I would "zip" a bit, and positioning would be difficult. I set my Poison Ivy line at 70 feet and used it to climb to my work height plus as a side belay while on the tree.
Once I got a few big limbs off the tree I felt OK about safetying to the tree..I still kept the guy line on as long as I could.
I haven't accessed a tree quite like this before and thought some of y'all might find it interesting.
Question...this was a 32 MB video upload to Google video...quality is so-so. How does one get better quality...larger file size? What size files are necessary for clarity?
<embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-7214668571601822956&hl=en&fs=true" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed>