What a rush!!

[Treeaddict]

The first few trees had me shaking with adrenaline when I took out a large limb or made a felling cut. I’d have to wait a minute to gain composure to move on to the next task. 50 trees later and I still get a rush when setting large wood in motion although it’s more muted than what it was at first. I have to admit, the adrenaline in these scenarios is lovely. Although, I wouldn’t say it’s a necessary part of the job.

Does the adrenaline go away over time?

 

[gf beranek]

Thing is... once you set it in motion there's no stopping it.

 

[Treeaddict]

Thing is... once you set it in motion there's no stopping it.

Measure twice, cut once!!

 

[Underwor]

The rush of the tree climber convertible: "Drop the top and go for a ride!"

 

[Nutball]

Does the adrenaline go away over time?

Ask Stig

 

[stig]

My partner came down after dropping a big Beech top and said:"it's funny, I must have done a hundred of these and my heartbeat still goes to 300 when I trip one"

So no!

 

[SeanKroll]

When I have a large piece to drop into a tight spot near something important, it's there.

 

[Burnham]

Never gets everyday, ime. If it does, watch out...you probably are getting complacent.

 

[stig]

About 25 yeas ago I had an apprentice top out a huge double leader hazard Beech.
A simple enough job, just big.
He dropped the first top ( I had climbed up with him and gone over the procedure with him, then rappelled down and left him to it) and everything got dead quiet up there.
So I yelled up:"Are you ok?"

"Well, my legs are shaking real bad."


Eventually he got himself together, climbed over and did the other top.

Dead quiet again, then: " Now my legs are shaking again!!!".

 

[Burnham]

Seems like a pretty normal reaction, to me .

 

[Treeaddict]

That was exactly like my first experience. I was going to drop a leaning poplar top. I sat perched thinking about all that could go wrong and how I needed to go about it. 10 minutes went by and then I started cutting. Once it dropped, my knees and arms were violently shaking.

The next few trees were dead ash and had me shaking after each large limb drop. I had to wait to put my saw on my hip and move to the next one.

I still get the rush but the shaking is very minimal.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Like my last apprentice.