The High Climber.

E' il 1990 e il tree-climber John Leavitt lavora con la sua motosega Jonsered sulle Montagne Rocciose nel Nord-Ovest Pacifico. Lavoro duro ma davvero emozionante.
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[@joshanderson9952]

I rigged trees with that guy 20 years after that was filmed great climber 5 foot 3 and mouthy like a big man taught me alot

[@danieltrummer3498]

Most climbers usually are

[@danieltrummer3498]

But u do something like that...U kinda can be

[@hammertreemasterchief6447]

Because we're fearless

[@michellepugh2859]

@@hammertreemasterchief6447 fearless??? Try absolutely fucking crazy. Think that fits better.

[@hammertreemasterchief6447]

@@michellepugh2859 it's not that bad once u have done it enough times. Definitely a good work out ..

[@azrielofearth9406]

What kind of job do I need to have to do this. I'm guessing something in logging. Id really like to do this.

[@willduby8062]

Become an arborist. I started 3 months ago it's exciting to say the least.

[@scottboller8686]

Get with a reputable tree service and start as a groundsmen. Learn how tk be a great groundsmen first and watch and learn from the climbers. I think thats the best way to go

[@carsonquintero5649]

@@scottboller8686 that’s only way to go can’t run the ground if you don’t know what are doing and you can’t run a chainsaw in the air if you can’t run one on the ground

[@rectorkirk1158]

loggers top alot of smaller trees now. but still 60 70 feet in air.

[@4.0gpa44]

They should have dropped this one from the ground. It didn't look like their were any houses around. It would have smashed right through the smaller trees.

[@Faith-vl4lv]

They are using that tree for rigging

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

It's a spar tree. Kind of useless on the ground.

[@Whiteknucklebear]

Not only did he climb up with that saw and gear, he had to carry those huge balls of steel

[@miketreadwell5654]

Hap Johnson 16 times world champion tree topper!!! Castle Rock Wa

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

Unless your a climber you will never feel that rush when you blow a top off a 200 ft + tree its amazing!!! 22 yrs climbing and i still get an amazing rush from that ride!

[@Faith-vl4lv]

I climb but I'm in south Louisiana so I have never been in a 200 ft tree but I still get a rush when topping pines. Most time I'll scream like a cowboy, "yeehaw"

[@fuckoffcunts1473]

37 years nd im over it .

[@georgelake1972]

That is so awesome I aspire to get there one day I mean. Its my rookie year of climbing although I have done tree work 15 years rigged and cut out of a bucket.and rigged and worked with a climber using a porter wrap .Took out a massive broken codominant stem the other day that was failed onto a house and resting in another Oak got it down finally at 8:30 at night was doing my stump cut cut Lord I tell you the relief I had the whole family was out watching me the whole day was quite rewarding not to mention the look of relief on their faces . im thanking God at Church. This Sunday! May God bless all you tree workers out there be safe

[@samuelluria4744]

@@georgelake1972 - Sounds good! What state are you in?

[@georgelake1972]

@@samuelluria4744 good morning Samuel I'm in beautiful sunny Florida not too far from Destin

[@Polaris1448]

Bet if his saw didn't start he'd bite the tree in half.. lol tough as nails!

[@insurancedice]

With the music I thought Danny Glover was gonna come out and tell us he's getting too old for this

[@theaxeman4035]

lol, I was thinking with the music it's like X-Files meets lumberjack!

[@ksmgmedia]

Hahahaha

[@andypettit5869]

Nothing like getting that saw off your hips for a little bit.

[@Thizzfilm]

Wow that is a very old gear.Climbing up with that big saw is no joke.Very different today day climbers have the option of using the Raptor or a crane if possible to get that bad boy on the ground.Much respect for those that started the old school way.

[@tittyrino]

Anyone watching this who has never climbed before really has no idea how tiring that is!!! His legs n back muscles are probably like concrete!!

[@stihl_joking570]

I climb SRT but!! I have never climbed anything out west but anytime I can preset a line on a removal and climb up my rope on my ascenders I do I personally hate spiking up lol 😆 so much easier and faster to SRT up set my block and then have the groundies send it up to me on the rigging line, I don’t know any old school climbers personally wish I did! Tho! And I have never run a Johnsered saw only place I have seen them for sale was at a local ace hardware that’s not a Stihl dealer

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

I've been there. Hard on the back. It's not for everyone.

[@lucassaueressig1411]

@@gunzoutnodoubt6627 try 120tons on a truck down hill

[@AussoOnePlus]

This was so 80s❤

[@shaunpreston2839]

Brilliant and skillfully iv just retired after 25 years climbing we don't have big timber like this in England, never been more than 90 foot yur the bosses at this but are treework is top work in England! We work and play hard! Thumbs up to all climbers!

[@HubertofLiege]

Three thousand tops over twenty years is 150 per year. Hook needs to make wider roads!

[@polarlab113]

That’s exactly what I thought

[@randyschryvers7418]

Two a day,I thought that was alot. Not every week either

[@tittyrino]

Bad part is if he gets cut bad or hurt rescue would be a bitch.

[@leslieholman3121]

And people thought that I was crazy for standing on my coworkers shoulders to put the last few rows of siding on a church steeple because we didn't have enough staging to go that high. Those were the good old days when safety was your own responsibility. That guy knew that he could only ever fall once!!!!!

[@lindabingham394]

watch steeple jack Fred Dibnah from UK Bolton back in 60s thru2004 climb chimbleys with ladders nheld to the bricks with a hole,chiseled in mortar,insert wooden plug , drive in steel dog( hook) for a peice if rope to be lashed to it and ladder rungs 200 feet up no harness or anything before oshai guess fearless man

[@curtisbolen2076]

These had to be some of the bravest men because if you didn't make sure your equipment was in top condition you could fall hundreds of feet to your death

[@hohetannen4703]

All these people talking about “old school” climbers from the 70’s when Sven and Ole did it all by hand with a saw, an axe, a rope and some spiked boots in the 1870’s.

[@YouTuber-mc2el]

In my youth I had a job where on occasion I would climb telephone poles for a CATV company. Cable is the lowest utility on the pole. On a windy day I had work to do on a very narrow/skinny pole and couldn't get it done because of the need to hang on during the wind gusts. Nothing but respect for this guy.

[@IanT372]

I knew a guy once that wasn't wearing his harness in the bucket. He slipped fell out from only 10 feet off the ground. Broke his back and never walked again. The way I look at it is like this. Once you get up 10' you're risking serious life altering injury. Once you get up another 20-30' you're risking death. Anything after that... The risk is no greater if you're 60' or 200' up. Just a higher likelihood you won't be going home *if* you fall. So once I get past ten feet I stop thinking and start working.

[@Treeguy1111]

Climbed 33 years so far, because of men like this I have a career that I’m proud of. With what they had to work with they didn’t call in sick they showed up and got the job done. Tip my hat to these old climbers.

[@allanclose9684]

MY DAD FELL 102 FEET TO HIS DEATH IN 1962 WHILE TOPPING A TREE NEAR TILLER OREGON. HE WAS A GREAT FISHING PARTNER.

[@calvinsusanwebber3414]

Sad ta hear that Allan.

[@danieltrummer3498]

Sorry for your loss.im a climber.my foreman fell 70feet he walks but don't climb again. Everyday I go up I picture what it would feel like to fall and hit..keeps me safe.tho I will always want to be the one takin the risk

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

Sorry to hear that Its a tough job i have been a climber for 22yrs im a 4th generation climber .. My grandfather fell 80 ft survived but was a mess .. i fell 40 ft and tore my achillies went back to climbing 1 yr later .. People just dont understand how truly hard this job is as tech gets better it gets easier for smaller trees but the 200+ fters are still done traditionally! RIP to your father and again sorry for your loss!

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

@@gunzoutnodoubt6627 I Just got done Limbing a Giant Oak so we had a near 90 ft piece to just chunk down and the do the stump i was like 4-6 hrs into the tree was again Giant so We were chunking the Butt of the tree down with crane help And i set up a 20 ft pieces to get craned out after my cutt i was repelling Down to the cut Spot i got in position to switch from my ride line to my saftey belt and i heard a snap then woke up in the hospital .. i guess when i repelled down when we hooked the crane to the tree and i came down the guy losened the crane up to retighten to get better grip i guess and it slide and went around my ride line up top and when he retightened it ipinched the line so hard it broke my line and i basically just fell on the way down i tried gaff into the tree but it i couldnt sink in good enough and bam 4 hrs later i wake up with my left leg compound fracture at the ankle my achilles was shredded Hurt my neck my back.. I was a mess but the worst was my leg..I truly still dont understand how the crane sling slide down on my line enough to some how cutt or snap my Ride Line..

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

@@gunzoutnodoubt6627 you Walk down then instead or repelling?

[@stefanominisini9157]

Very very super man.....!! RESPECT !!

[@jamesleem.d.7442]

Tough hombre, wish we could have seen the rigging job on top of the topped tree.

[@rap7879]

I just started climbing myself very inspiring I wish I was a faster climber I'm sure il get there one day

[@climbinhawaiian7881]

Thats a real man right there, I climb tree's and log but have never hook tended. I can imagine the shock load release from topping a fifty foot chunk would be pretty exhilarating.

[@danieltrummer3498]

Move to michigan..

[@TheNoisyCricket]

that is one hell of a climb, especially with that old saw

[@samuelluria4744]

Bought my Dad's 1977 Jonsereds from him in around 1992.....it was heavy as hell. They were still mostly metal back in 1977. And it was a big one. Sold it to pay my taxes in 1993 or so....one of my biggest regrets, now that he's gone.

[@basilguts1786]

Got to have a high level of fitness to do that job,much respect.

[@saund102]

There’s only one job more dangerous … pizza delivery guy

[@HaroldRidgeway74]

To think the whole think was a jonsered promotion

[@brickmason4410]

"damn I thought my flip line was a branch"...

[@DeezNuts-xo2ee]

Im surprised that tree held his enormous ball's

[@normsweet1710]

Yes Sir! Another job and talent that proves “can’t everybody be one” I’m good at a lot of things as long as both feet are on the ground 🤔😉

[@christopherw4527]

Jonsered is now extinct. Dead and gone.

[@teamwkey9473]

Man a climbing saw would have been nice for him until the top, dudes arms must be ripped!! Great video!!

[@MrKores12]

good luck cutting that big ass of a tree truck with a climbing saw

[@mrtree1368]

@@MrKores12 when u get to the top you lower it down with a rope and get a bigger saw

[@foo4572]

Sorts the men out from the Boys ......

[@donniewalker194]

I'm a tree climber I like it

[@KennysTreeRemoval]

Good work fellas. Not the fastest climber but got er done. Love how he left branch collar to keep his lanyard from going over as he topped that bad boy. 💪👍🤜

[@dougdiplacido2406]

When climbing a tree like that you do not worry about speed, you keep your mind on getting to the top safely.

[@JackChiefton]

The climber has almost an awkward technique, but it seems to work for him and he does a very good job. My hats off to him and all the old school high climbers.

[@samuelluria4744]

Could be the result of some crazy back injury🤔 (?)....but, yeah, I see what you mean...

[@briankennedy1313]

Probably not the fastest climber in the world, but I wouldn’t say awkward. Strange I don’t think he used a humboldt, though.

[@mrtree1368]

I'm sure he knows what he's doing but when it comes to real Tree climbing you would usually never have that much stuff dangling below you but I'm sure this video is really old so it's expected

[@rectorkirk1158]

@@briankennedy1313 why strange ? you want it to flip away from tree instead dropoing straight off . and at 150 plus ft. who cares. shees. saganaw works.

[@briankennedy1313]

@@rectorkirk1158 SARCASM

[@joshanderson9952]

preferred a Stihl sorry

[@randyupladek1855]

Some guys love doing things the hard way 🤷‍♂️

[@daveyxe]

Any suggestions on getting that job done the easy way?

[@johnhildebrand1991]

Definitely place a pulley were I needed to top it n have the groundy pull my saw up to me carrying that big ole saw you would only make it half way up before ur wore out

[@briankennedy1313]

john Hildebrand I know right. And um, maybe to repel down from also......maaaybe? “No ropes! Never!”

[@wesleybusbin]

That’s probably the reason why he’s the one doing it not you. Because it would take three times longer to do it your way

[@briankennedy1313]

Wesley Busbin if you think it takes 3 times longer to tie an end of a rope to your saddle and tie in before you cut you have no idea what you’re talking about. And I’m pretty sure it is actually 3 times faster to repel down from a rope rather than gaffs. Are you aware of how many people do this? It doesn’t make this guy Superman because someone decided to film him. “Now that there is a real man!”

[@stihl_joking570]

Wesley Busbin robing bowline Yosemite finish. Biner clipper under my rope runner and boom repel down, @stihljoking on insta yeah I climb bud, you have no idea what your talking about thanks for waisting all of are time with stupid ignorant comments

[@HubertofLiege]

He’s logging not tree topping in the city

[@geoffbell166]

Thats a big top,how high that tree150' or more?!

[@niagra898]

Geezuz how could that dude see anything in the clouds.

[@thomasjefferson8629]

One contact with the saw teeth and that manila scare strap, and he's a bag of bones on the forest floor. Things have come a long way since then, thankfully

[@magnumtreefalling6400]

Wire cored bro

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

A proper climbing rope has a wire rope core.

[@polarlab113]

My dad did that work when it was done all by hand no chainsaws to go up wit you.the narrator said this guy topped 300 spar trees in 20 years. That’s 150 trees a year?thats more than a tree every couple or three days.im calling bs

[@colinsimons]

Unpopular opinion! I Think we should be payed way more for the work we do.

[@jjmaher86]

Clipped the tail of his lanyard around the 4:40 mark. You can see the slack hop around. Been there, baby.

[@jamesblack687]

I would have had the ground man send my saw up, that’s a big freaking saw for climbing up that high with 🤔 IMO

[@jerryrolen9639]

Super strength to do this. Very grueling . Actually I dought that very few men have the endurance or balls to get it done

[@davetylutki]

one rugged son of a buck

[@nancysmith9487]

Nice work... timber!!!

[@joebufford2972]

I use that saw back in the late '80s in Oregon. Just as good as a Husqvarna if not better

[@michelle60134]

Much respect

[@robertahlholm6412]

almost ashamed to call myself a man after watching this guy

[@DeezNuts-xo2ee]

Need that saw on a lanyard its pulling you off balance i bet that climb was exhausting

[@rectorkirk1158]

waste of time .

[@joelwilson1344]

Good thing he's got his hard hat, best to be safe.........

[@stihl_joking570]

Joel Wilson I see what you did there... 😂😂😂

[@danielmanrique8800]

Muy bueno sividor y podador y video la musica y los mpmetos de cortes

[@richardadams4664]

Thats gay

[@sharonglowka2603]

That takes balls and gays don’t have any.

[@DavidHuber63]

Master a defenseless tree?

[@2geniussaredneck658]

I think husky owes jonsored there great saws I know the jonserred 2171 is the exact same as a 372xp husky correct me if I'm wrong but I was told that s long time ago

[@seanjacobs7021]

Not the exact same, one is red. Your choice is conceal the blood or show it off

[@MrMurrekatt]

Correct! Jonsered chainsaws were owned by Husqvarna in recent years, they were manufactured in the same factory here in Sweden, only the color separated them, now Jonsered no longer has its own brand

[@romualdasmarcinkus7879]

@@MrMurrekatt yeah, I have a 2165 that is worth so much as a collector saw now, I'm afraid to use it anymore

[@MrMurrekatt]

@@romualdasmarcinkus7879 Clearly, Jonsered will become a collector's saw in the future, so all reason to take good care of the rarity... However, spare parts can probably be obtained, as they are kept in stock for the corresponding Husky models for many years to come (only numbers and colors distinguish them) apply to all later models which was manufactured at the same factory here in Husqvarna Sweden

[@marcuscicero9587]

man I wouldn't want that big ass saw weighing me down. light duty rope maybe slung over a branch and let down to my helper who could hoist it up. give me a chance to reconsider what the hell I am doing 150 ft. above mother earth, balancing on a couple of steel spikes. men like this are my heroes

[@jpguidry9174]

I have watched the video 9 times

[@marksandor3692]

Sound problems.

[@estebantelletxea8522]

May i ask, where did u get those "trepolin", or what tipe of model could I buy to reemplace it. Thanks in advance.

[@joseparra1432]

my respects for that men goog climer

[@nancysmith9487]

Didn't see any saplings amongst those devastating area... bye know the probability be a good size tree for nest generations...

[@randyschryvers7418]

Iron Bird,nice!

[@lucassaueressig1411]

But why?

[@russellnorton9940]

awesome

[@az0970449]

he makes us maine loggers look bad hats off old boy !!!

[@tec61]

az0970449 Agreed, we travel from CT to New Hampshire to log every fall.we’re good BUT these guy’s are LEGENDARY👏👏If you DONT log you cant appreciate or respect the BALL’S it takes to do this👏👍☝️

[@az0970449]

where in nh do you cut old boy ?

[@tec61]

az0970449 just a little north of KEENE, Marlboro I believe the towns called. Technically it’s KEENE.

[@tec61]

az0970449 how bout you guy? Been to Maine Bangor. LOTTA TIMBER up your way bud😊👍

[@tec61]

az0970449 also been to Madawaska( I think I spelled it rite LOL) close to Canada border. GODS COUNTRY, BEAUTIFUL UP THERE

[@juan-nq1pz]

Me encanta este video,lo miro una y otra vez,me encanta como se trabajaba antes

[@tomace194]

I'd leave te saw on the ground till I was in position and then haul the saw up.

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

after 100ft you cant your rope usually wont touch the ground using 400ft rope for 200 ft tree has more possible issues then just retieing half way down and using a 100ft - 200 ft Ride Line !

[@lindabingham394]

@@killingyouwithlogic5808 not only that but you need to saw off branchesn on the way up so flip rope will work correct

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

@@lindabingham394 Yea but alot of companies now use Cranes and take Large anounts of the full tree and feed into Huge chipers when using crane you dont Limb Up the tree but yes i have done Both I have sed cranes and I used gins or tossed limbing on way up! either way you shouldn't use 400 ft og rope as a ride line though!I guess you could carry and hand line to haul up saw but I usually climb with it!

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

@@killingyouwithlogic5808 you have it all wrong. This tree is not being removed. It is going to be rigged for logging.

[@killingyouwithlogic5808]

@@nobodythatyouknow241 He tops the tree The tree will be removed eventully even if there using the tree to set up a pully or winch. When he blew the top on the tree that made that tree a removal . I dont get what you mean its being rigged for logging i mean yea they set up pully's to move other logs out but that logic is kinda off when he blew the top out.. but I do residential Tree removal and some clearing but mostly high risk residential.. i worked with logging yrs ago but it wasnt as fun same thing over and over so switched to residential just enjoyed the tech difficulty of residential removal more!

[@seanjacobs7021]

Impossible to be done with a Stihl.

[@brianmaricle9646]

He took a f****** chainsaw up with him I just got done watching a video where a guy climbed a giant redwood tree 300 ft in the air chop the top off with an ax now that's a man

[@em9752]

My grandpa was a man too. Just because you think things should be done harder and not smarter does not make a difference on wether someones a man or not. Please have some respect

[@giuseppefassi9121]

Very noce,the old time👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👊👊👊👊

[@willtillmann4077]

tO BAD we couldnt have found a way to save this trees. I guess to surviev cut them but big companies shouldnt have so much power to index entire forests as numbers and plot them for destruction. earth is boring until the forests are revived

[@lindabingham394]

yeayea yea yea blah blah bleeding heart cut trees burn coal put people to work you prolly have a desk jobmi guess not a blue collar guy

[@peterortlieb4844]

Jeder Baum , der gefällt wird, kostet uns allen ein Stückchen leben.

[@thejackel1844]

I choose to pull up my saw AFTER I get to where I need to top...

[@hadzsmith5337]

the jackel sure you do

[@samuelluria4744]

you wouldn't say that if your saw was a...................."JONSEREDS!!!"😂

[@briankennedy1313]

Samuel Luria “you know, I just don’t have any need for my ropes now that I have my Jonsered.”

[@thejackel1844]

@@samuelluria4744 I actually own / use( 3) 2095's and (3) 630's, ( Jonsered's)...

[@mikedyar6791]

He must be made of iron

[@BushyHairedStranger]

BEST ADVERTISEMENT EVER!

[@bernarddover1442]

fit

[@claymack1109]

Why didn't they just cut the tree down instead going thru all of that nonsense

[@ILOVEDHskateboarding]

It was cut at that height so they could tie steel cables to it, from the main cable rigging tower. it's like a zip line for logs

[@whendoigettosayfuck]

@@ILOVEDHskateboarding You can cut the tree down and tie the thing to the bottom and get a bigger log. I have done this before, and the only reason I would do it is to not hit a house or fence. If nothing is in the way, then just cut it down. Hook the line to the bottom, then while on the ground, cut the top off and hoist it up.

[@verteup]

@@whendoigettosayfuck you don't have a fucking clue.

[@lindabingham394]

spat tree need it for cable lines and stuff i think

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

It's a spar tree. Look it up.

[@Karokabo]

Wow! Much respect!

[@davidadams6544]

ANYONE REMEMBER JOE FLORIE?

[@goranzivkovic7254]

Respekt

[@jamesagain4435]

i just wondered, why not cut the tree from below, not a high

[@davidgrady1064]

It will be used as a tower to rig with pulleys and huge cables to haul up all the other logs.

[@jamesagain4435]

@@davidgrady1064 Thanks David. Now, i just knew it.

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

Spar tree. Look it up.

[@LunchBXcrue]

So I'm just curious, but what purpose does topping a tree serve?

[@briankennedy1313]

Bring me Peter pan I’m being courteous, here. Topping tends to make the tree smaller, which tends to makes them manageable in order to be brought to the landing. You can’t just throw a rope in a 200 ft tree and pull it where you want if it has a significant lean.

[@bradmetcalf7832]

It is being used as a spar tree to rig cables off of. Topping it removes a ton of weight making the spar less likely to snap when they zipline large pieces off it. The other trees just get laid down and tops removed on the ground.

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

@@briankennedy1313 you obviously aren't a logger.

[@redwolfmedia1276]

One tuff S.o.b! And that my friend is why the older Generation was better in many people's eye's. They worked harder,longer,didn't make excuses and got the job done nomatter what the cost! These are truly the people that made America the greatest Country ever!

[@rileymolt4336]

people still do this you know

[@work4it384]

People still climb. Lol

[@BTS-gu4iz]

For someone who has taking the top out of 3000 trees,his technique is awkward as fuck.

[@marianatequiero28]

Looked like it hurt ,low flip line

[@rectorkirk1158]

huh ? you ever climb a big fir ? nah didnt think so.

[@BTS-gu4iz]

@@rectorkirk1158 well yeah, Ive been climbing full time for 15 years. And yep alot of big wood. If it works for him good on him but It makes my back hurt just watching

[@johnstack4316]

@@BTS-gu4iz the question was ever climb a big fir? Were not talking east coasts oak trees that are big. Were talking huge tall red fir (Douglas fir). You've never climbed a real tree till you dig your spikes into a monster west coast tree. Sorry 15 years of climbing East coast timber isn't west coast logging. Kind of like semi pro vs pro.

[@jpallen719]

These courageous men over come adversity, By raping the forest......

[@NA-rk4gc]

Why climb it? You have to saw it at the base anyways.

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

Spar tree ain't going to work laying on the ground.

[@bradleyrussell6149]

Respect... guys got skills .. i waz taught long time ago work smarter not harder. i see lots of wasted energy.

[@HubertofLiege]

I doubt you’ve logged anything close to what the ol hook has

[@verteup]

@Rusty Climber I can be to the top of a tree before you even get your throwball out. And I don't need a damn thing except a saddle, Spurs, a lanyard, and a climbing rope.

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

You a logger Bradley? Have you ever been a high rigger ? After you have done a dozen we can talk.

[@chishi6607]

Why not cut from bottom ? What's the logic ? Is there a electricity line ? Telephone line ? Or is there a building in the middle of Forrest?

[@dharc6982]

If you fell the tree from the bottom there is a chance that the wood can be damaged.

[@chishi6607]

10 % chance the tree may get damage on the top edge. I won't put my life in danger for that

[@davidgrady1064]

It will be used as a tower to rig with pulleys and huge cables to haul up all the rest of the logs.

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

It's a spar tree. Look it up.

[@rondill8429]

I would have fired him, he was working way to slow for any crew of mine!!! put him back settin chocker till he speeds up a bit!!!

[@rickyb.850]

People like you kill me,you probably wouldn't make a pimple on a good Hooktenders (climbers) ass.

[@gyfyasdugcuxjftsdvfb]

I should watch this video every morning to remind me I am hardly off the ground compared to guys like this. Also look at that tree next to him that broke off half way up... and its windy... AND not too many wind blocking trees by him. What a boss.

[@Boomer_in_the_Trees]

I felt the exact same way. What we do today doesn't approach this. Just being able to wrangle that heavy strand rope is a challenge, much less going up 100 feet on that massive trunk hauling a massive Jonsered with a long bar and no chaps, no safety lines, not even a second flip line or temp tie in. If he slipped and touched that old strand rope he'd be a goner. And the size of that trunk, no pull ropes on the ground like you see so much of today, just a single large wedge he shoves in his back pocket, I kept thinking what if it fell out. Makes my work look awfully easy tomorrow.