Accident

[kevin Davies]

Was cutting trunk down in 3 or 4 peices to limt damage felling it  came down on mainline to wher i was going to fellout first chunck

[Mark Bolam]

I get you now.

 

I clipped my flipline into a caritool once and leant back.

Went arse over tit but luckily landed in a bush and only from about 10’, so only pride was damaged.

[kevin Davies]

These pictures wher taken weeks later when got my hair cut dont know why my helmet came undone

[flyingjoiner]

Nasty, nasty

 

Get well soon mate

 

Wake up call to look where your putting your krabs

 

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

2 hours ago, kevin Davies said:

I had a life changing accident on 27th November  falling approx 40ft from an ash tree. Ive started this post for 2 reasons 1 to draw attention  to my mistakes to prevent others doing the same and 2 im asking for help i have set up a go fund me thank you in advance for any donations. I am 51years old and left sparsholt college in 2002 i think so over 20 years experience. Never broken a bone before.. I was in an ash tree stripped all branches off while roped in top of tree. had large dropzone, easy tree. Came down to fell out chunk, stood on spikes, flipline around tree put wait on to system pulled out mainline.  Then i found myself falling backwards. I was told i landed on my back on a log and on my chainsaw.  Six vertebrae broken which have been fused, 8 ribs broken fractured shouder and tendon torn off bone on both shoulders

Some pictures will follow once i can figure out how to upload any questions im happy to answer thank you 

Go fund me ,link ?

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

44 minutes ago, kevin Davies said:

These pictures wher taken weeks later when got my hair cut dont know why my helmet came undone

How did you got head injury , is helmet straps fail? You are 3 person i know,who hade accident wearing Kong helmet ……..

[kevin Davies]

I honestly dont know my other injuries were more severe and was on a lot of drugs for a while so never really had rhat much thought into it. i will have look to see if can find it but i think i threw it out so may never know. Did like the helmet seamed a lot lighter than other helmets

[kram]

Sounds like a good recovery for a 40ft fall! Get well soon.

 

Do you want to return to tree work and climbing?

 

50 minutes ago, flyingjoiner said:

Wake up call to look where your putting your krabs

I like to use a cinching anchor for pole work. Its a bit of annoyance but I prefer the extra safety of it.

[kevin Davies]

I cant complain  about recovery i could of easily been killed  but even more likely paralysed. I would like to climb again but im probably  a year away from that  and 51 so im getti g on a bit climbed most of my career  on spurs just a fliplne i had a second rope on me if i had put that round the trunk beforei would of been ok . Well live and learn . 

[AHPP]

Weird timing. I watched a tree video yesterday and caught myself wincing at the guy unclipping his flipline to descend. It wasn't what he did (because abbing out on just a mainline is fine) but how he did it. Didn't check anything, didn't think for an instant, just did it. Spent the whole night thinking about it.

 

Guilty of Treeson btw. He's going to die.