So whadja do today?

[SilverBlue]

Ok over to the party thread!

 

[Chucky]

Just reinforces my notion that the best are always the most humble.

Chucky

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by SilverBlue
HA HA we also talked about our friend Butch

As well you should!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Ha!

Originally posted by Chucky
Just reinforces my notion that the best are always the most humble.

Chucky

Ya ain't met many climbers, eh?

 

[Chucky]

Ha! Butch!

I've groundied for my share of climbers and I'll have to say, in general, my statement holds true. The really good climbers were happy that at the least I knew the knots, filled the tanks, sharpened the saws, and kept the landing area clean. Only once have I've groundied for a real a**hole excellent climber. I could've sent lobster rolls and a naked girl up the rope to him and he woulda complained the naked girl wasn't a blonde!


Chucky

 

[Jumper]

Ditto. Those same people are still trying to attract and hold onto their groundsmen....the good employers do not have such a turnover rate IMHO.

Off to the arena at 1215 for another pickup game...so much for work .

 

[jimmyq]

4 hours, 1 silky Zubat pole saw, 1 silky gomtaro pole saw, 9 plums, 9 cherries, 2 pickups full of debris, $40 at the green dump, 2 shoulder weary people.

 

[jimmyq]

mostly just dead wooding them yesterday. pruning to thin and correct is scheduled for a couple months away. New homeowner to cattle farmer tended trees. They were chopped and topped out probably 5 years or more ago leaving 8" diameter stubs up to 6 feet long, some completely mushed out and rotten.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Cool.

How's the body-thrusting going?

 

[jimmyq]

Wife is fed up with me.

I am picking up my 120' rope w/ eye splice tomorrow afternoon and heading out on Sunday to climb the London Plane at my parents place again and do some thinning higher up and such. I picked up a micro pulley and another biner as well as a split tail. I am going to try a few different methods of entering the tree then might try to move around a bit in it. I had/have a 50' climbing rope, but I found I cant get much beyond about 15-20 feet up for a crotch on this particular tree so it limits me to like 10 to 15 feet off the ground, I am getting the bigger rope so I can go a bit higher and if needed and when warranted, more higher still.
I will be trying: foot lock ascent (got a pantin for my boot so it should be easy), body thrust ascent (Ie. Butch Ballowe), secured free climbing. Then to move around I am going to try to change to a split tail and try it with and without micro pulley. Should be a hoot.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Wow. I just throw my rope in the tree, and pull myself up.

 

[jimmyq]

to think it can be summed up so easily.... I bought a book about knots and climbing and stuff, all I had to do was throw my rope in the tree and pull myself up. sheeyite.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Well, I may have oversimplified it a tad.

 

[jimmyq]

well, I can always fall back on your way if the fancy aluminum thingies and unpronouncable knots dont whisk me up the tree with minimal effort.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Haha!

Yah, me too!

 

[NeTree]

Aww, all the new stuff sure is fun, and I like playing with unpronouncable knots and stuff...


But old school is still cool.

 

[Menchhofer]

Here is a large oak we were removing last week:

 

[Menchhofer]

Try this again

 

[Menchhofer]

Another

 

[Menchhofer]

One more