Ha Ha, Yea I remember a lot of close calls on the July 4 th shutdowns in Ketchikan.
I think that my best logging close call was when I was a green choker setter and working on a shotgun carriage. Real peckerpole patch so we had all 3/4' chokers. Just myself and the rigging slinger. I had just set a choker on a very small cedar pole. It was a new choker and it was'nt snoosed up tight. The slinger blew for slack and I stepped over this big noose (Iknow Iknow) Might have been Tightline Harry on the yarder. Anyway instead of slack we got a tightline and the snare got my foot perfect, somehow I was able to grab the line instead of falling over. I'm sure it was a 40' pole, but it did'nt come off the ground. There I was ten feet in the air looking at my foot choked in with the log. Must have hallucinated because I thought I saw my boot sole seperate from the upper. Sure glad the whistle worked to stop and get slack. I was okay other than a sore foot for a couple of days.
That would have been a sight going into the landing.
I think that my best logging close call was when I was a green choker setter and working on a shotgun carriage. Real peckerpole patch so we had all 3/4' chokers. Just myself and the rigging slinger. I had just set a choker on a very small cedar pole. It was a new choker and it was'nt snoosed up tight. The slinger blew for slack and I stepped over this big noose (Iknow Iknow) Might have been Tightline Harry on the yarder. Anyway instead of slack we got a tightline and the snare got my foot perfect, somehow I was able to grab the line instead of falling over. I'm sure it was a 40' pole, but it did'nt come off the ground. There I was ten feet in the air looking at my foot choked in with the log. Must have hallucinated because I thought I saw my boot sole seperate from the upper. Sure glad the whistle worked to stop and get slack. I was okay other than a sore foot for a couple of days.
That would have been a sight going into the landing.