A couple of weeks ago, when we had an early finish at work, we set about doing bits and pieces around the yard. Towards the end of the day, I was going to spike a dead poplar stem that had been left for wildlife down from 40feet to about 10-15feet. When I got to about 30feet I could really feel the stem shaking and bits of bark were shedding every time I moved my spikes to reveal plentiful amounts of insects living in the stem. It was at this point I decided to not climb anymore and decend before even cutting any wood. I felt quite defeated but convicted in my decision, but some of the lads did take the mick abit. Was I right not to do this job, or would more experience have helped? I have been climbing for around 2 and a half years. Any thoughts?