Last time I dropped up hill I got my backside chewed to pieces. Boss at the time told me there is never ever is there a reason to drop up hill. OK. So down hill they went, busted darn near to everyone of them too. To steep and to much swing time to gain speed. Up hill, roll'em off the stump to the far side and get back outta the way. Didn't break a single one. They will sweep ya right off the map though if'n you're not paying attention. Starting at the bottom makes for a lot of crap to work through though. Oh well he WAS the boss.
Domino always makes me nervous. Sometimes you can't hardly get away from it, but you don't have to like it. I like having guys tell me why it's a good idea to lean them up and then trigger off, while standing under them triggering the last straw. So many things can go bad and you can't watch all of it. Bad ideas, begat bad ideas and bad practice. That whole 1000 and 1 time thing. Stay away from it, you're doing the same amount of cutting any way, just avoid it, unless you just can't. My experience tells me 99% of the domino cuts are 100% ego.
Owl