murphy4trees
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http://www.megavideo.com/?v=8HBE36MH
You all might want to consider posting your longer videos at megavideo.com as google has discontinued uploads for some unknown reason.
This is a 26 minute wmv file, 96 MB... shot with sony mini dv, a week ago friday.. surprisingly good sound on the camera mic. ONly my second video edit.. nothing fancy, no music and only one voice over..
Pat Epps is the climber. There are hints of a lot of good techniques he uses... little stuff that saves time here and there. It all adds up. I think Pat could have saved some more time by switching from the ms200 to the 440 as soon as he got into the wood. We ran out of light for the last couple cuts, and his saw handling could improve, but overall he is a very experienced and efficient climber.
The tree gets side loaded significantly on the first cut on the wood. That is a major mistake and I should probably edit it out, becasue I wouldn't want people to think that is good tree work. The butt line was only supposed to control the swing, but the newbie groundie didn't let it run. If you look carefully, you can see the shock load on the tree pulls it down so the climber's line and lanyard take some of the force and actually stop the tree from moving. The second cut on the wood shows proper rope control, letting the piece run smoothly to a controlled stop. Either way, I should have set a redirect up or found another tree directly back against the lean to use for a ground anchor point, rather than sideloading the tree. That is actually one of my big safety peeves. Side loading a tree has killed many a climber!
You all might want to consider posting your longer videos at megavideo.com as google has discontinued uploads for some unknown reason.
This is a 26 minute wmv file, 96 MB... shot with sony mini dv, a week ago friday.. surprisingly good sound on the camera mic. ONly my second video edit.. nothing fancy, no music and only one voice over..
Pat Epps is the climber. There are hints of a lot of good techniques he uses... little stuff that saves time here and there. It all adds up. I think Pat could have saved some more time by switching from the ms200 to the 440 as soon as he got into the wood. We ran out of light for the last couple cuts, and his saw handling could improve, but overall he is a very experienced and efficient climber.
The tree gets side loaded significantly on the first cut on the wood. That is a major mistake and I should probably edit it out, becasue I wouldn't want people to think that is good tree work. The butt line was only supposed to control the swing, but the newbie groundie didn't let it run. If you look carefully, you can see the shock load on the tree pulls it down so the climber's line and lanyard take some of the force and actually stop the tree from moving. The second cut on the wood shows proper rope control, letting the piece run smoothly to a controlled stop. Either way, I should have set a redirect up or found another tree directly back against the lean to use for a ground anchor point, rather than sideloading the tree. That is actually one of my big safety peeves. Side loading a tree has killed many a climber!