Alcoholics have often proven to be outrageously talented climbers in a lot of instances to......... Sometimes its the guys that just don't give a shit. They just live rough, and work hard.
You are on a roll tonite.
Alcoholics have often proven to be outrageously talented climbers in a lot of instances to......... Sometimes its the guys that just don't give a shit. They just live rough, and work hard.
You are on a roll tonite.
Okay guys, laugh at an old tree sloth, brushin euc removals with a handsaw!
Jomo
Looks good, those Eucs seem deceptively big. Windy day!
It's kind of an angry post but yeah, I understand what you're saying.Hey, its how I see it. This isn't a glamorous industry. The internet tree guys tend to be more polished and churched up, but they represent a tiny fraction of the business. The industry is loaded with some grubby folks. Its loaded with addicts, dysfunctional family men, poor business men, and people with depression issues. BUT, in those guys, there's a lot of men that just don't care. A couple hundred bucks and they'll bang out anything you point at. And quickly too. Those men aren't showboating themselves. They don't give a shit. Point at the tree and get out of their way. They'll never be recognized outside of the guys in the business in their community. Its ashame to see some of those climbers never get anywhere. They often don't have the ambition to go out on their own, and even if they did, they are too dysfunctional in their personal lives to manage any sort of business let alone get loans for equipment. But they exist, and they're some of the best. They're usually not draped in fancy gadgets and toys from a catalog. Outfitted with basic gear, they bang it out, and bang it out hard and fast.
Im not saying we all need to go hire the local bad ass climber who has a crack pipe in his lunch box. What I'm doing is elaborating on my response to Cory's question. Yes, there are better climbers the Reggie Coates. A lot of them too. But they hide in the shadows of the industry, as many of them don't have a computer, and cant afford Go Pro's. Many of them are rather dysfunctional, and somehow that dysfunction seems to go hand in hand with some real, no bullshit production. It stinks. But its true. Anyone around this business long enough knows what I am talking about.
Hey, its how I see it. This isn't a glamorous industry. The internet tree guys tend to be more polished and churched up, but they represent a tiny fraction of the business. The industry is loaded with some grubby folks. Its loaded with addicts, dysfunctional family men, poor business men, and people with depression issues. BUT, in those guys, there's a lot of men that just don't care. A couple hundred bucks and they'll bang out anything you point at. And quickly too. Those men aren't showboating themselves. They don't give a shit. Point at the tree and get out of their way. They'll never be recognized outside of the guys in the business in their community. Its ashame to see some of those climbers never get anywhere. They often don't have the ambition to go out on their own, and even if they did, they are too dysfunctional in their personal lives to manage any sort of business let alone get loans for equipment. But they exist, and they're some of the best. They're usually not draped in fancy gadgets and toys from a catalog. Outfitted with basic gear, they bang it out, and bang it out hard and fast.
Im not saying we all need to go hire the local bad ass climber who has a crack pipe in his lunch box. What I'm doing is elaborating on my response to Cory's question. Yes, there are better climbers the Reggie Coates. A lot of them too. But they hide in the shadows of the industry, as many of them don't have a computer, and cant afford Go Pro's. Many of them are rather dysfunctional, and somehow that dysfunction seems to go hand in hand with some real, no bullshit production. It stinks. But its true. Anyone around this business long enough knows what I am talking about.
Chris didn't slam Reg in the least, imo.: