The end for a champion

[gibbon]

I spent day 3 of clearing storm damage taking down the UK's largest Liquidambar formosana.

 

Bad included union split out and one stem was caught up in a 30m+ Cypress, not sure which.

 

I didn't think to take a photos till I got up it.

 

Shot 1 and 2 is before and after I stipped all the free branches.

 

3 and 4 is looking up and down. I tied off the stem on the left and lowered the right.

 

Lastly carefull lowering to avoid stipping the Cypress bark.

 

The other half of the tree felt a little sketchy climb. We left the pulley up the Cypress and drift lined all the brask as there was another Champion tree beneath that side

[johnty]

Nice photo's mat, looks like you were having fun.

[Stephen Blair]

great pics there mat, lovely weather too

[David Humphries]

Interesting job, good shots.

 

What was the height?

 

 

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[Mark T]

What a shame.

[Stuart A-C]

was that at killerton??

[gibbon]

Not sure the height, most likely 25m or a little more judgeing by the length of my rope.

 

Yeah Stu it was Killerton, I took a hanger out of the Cypress exactly a year before this and again in the snow. Its just down the path from all those huge hemlocks we climbed and right beside a Cryptomeria you took snow damage out of.

 

It was a bit of a shame but the tree was full of included unions and formosana isn't a great tree in the UK as the autumn colour never really gets going.