And you think you a technical rigger...

[RobArb]

what an awesome video:thumbup:

[brothergrim]

jobs like that are brilliant, I'd love to have a go at that or just be able to see it done in person. im going to watch it agin lol

[brothergrim]

such an awesome video, had to watch it again.

[Danavan]

After David brought his work to my attention from a missed AA meet in which he was a speaker I had to have a look.

 

Question is though has anyone ever given this a go on a smaller scale with less kit & more guess work on the weights & angles?

 

An inspiring fella & pusher of bounders in the world of rigging

[combined tree services]

I think its a special place for the aborigines, where spirits are thought to be in the plants and things, so great care is taken not to damage anything ( we "the whites" have done enough damage over the years, so I applaud their efforts)

 

could not agree more ! there needs to be a greater effort within the industry to adopt this way of thinking .

[teepeeat]

I think its a special place for the aborigines, where spirits are thought to be in the plants and things, so great care is taken not to damage anything ( we "the whites" have done enough damage over the years, so I applaud their efforts)

 

I dont disagree regarding the damage Europeans have done, but aboriginal history goes back a long way before the arrival of said 'whites' and I am sure trees grew and died and fell over during this pre-white period. I am sure aboriginal lore would have factored this into the greater scheme of things a long time ago.

[skyhuck]

I dont disagree regarding the damage Europeans have done, but aboriginal history goes back a long way before the arrival of said 'whites' and I am sure trees grew and died and fell over during this pre-white period. I am sure aboriginal lore would have factored this into the greater scheme of things a long time ago.

 

Of course, but back then trees were as you say left to just fall over, but in our modern world (and much higher numbers of people) we are not prepared to just lets trees fall over possibly killing or injuring someone. Plus as we are able to remove trees carefully, why let them fall damaging things people hold dear??

[teepeeat]

Fair comment Skyhuck - I misread what was being said as in too much of a rush.

 

However, I do think that a bunch of pale faces dangling on ropes and wielding a lot of machinery is far more alien, potentially upsetting and certainly far less understandable than a falling tree to any spirits who might be inhabiting that very nice patch of earth.

If there is danger, then perhaps keep people out temporarily and let the spirits deal with it in their own way?? In this particular situation rather than the wider world that is.

 

All that said and so as not to derail any further, from a purely rigging/arb perspective a very interesting and worth while exercise, particularly as they are sharing it with anyone who is interested via the internet.

[onelab]

I was under the impression the site was filled with sculptures by an artist that has now passed away.

 

Sent from my GT-S5360 using Tapatalk 2

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

It doesnt really matter why they took so much trouble, just that they proved that this much control is possible. I have used three way lowering, the ability to control not only fall and descent but direction of travel in a fully 3dimensional way is on another level.

 

This is rarely needed though on a day to day basis, good skills to have though and these boys specialise!