To Coronet or Not to Coronet, now that is a question

[D Mc]

David, you are a smart guy and your heart certainly seems to be in the right place. The methods you are promoting; coronet cuts, veteranizing trees; are to reverse altered situations created from decades of do-gooders, thinking they were doing the right thing.

 

Can you be sure you are not falling into the same trap?

 

Mankind has a tendency to believe he has "found" the answer and has a quest for "fixing" perceived imbalances. And as you stated, the people before us truly believed they were creating a better environment for the use of those forests.

 

To have a natural place to enjoy, I believe, requires a "look but don't touch" philosophy.

 

Dave

[David Humphries]

David, you are a smart guy and your heart certainly seems to be in the right place. The methods you are promoting; .................

 

To have a natural place to enjoy, I believe, requires a "look but don't touch" philosophy.

 

Dave

 

I'm not so smart Dave, I wouldn't be trying to scrape a living in this game if I really had an ounce of inteligence.

 

I'm in it for the highs that the Tree world affords us from time to time. Whether that be adrenalin or cerebral based.

 

Thanks again for your input my good man

[Rich Rule]

Now that is sorted can we all sit down and have a nice cup of tea... ?

 

BTW Interesting thread.

[skyhuck]

David, The methods you are promoting; coronet cuts, veteranizing trees; are to reverse altered situations created from decades of do-gooders, thinking they were doing the right thing.

 

Can you be sure you are not falling into the same trap?

 

Mankind has a tendency to believe he has "found" the answer and has a quest for "fixing" perceived imbalances. And as you stated, the people before us truly believed they were creating a better environment for the use of those forests.

 

To have a natural place to enjoy, I believe, requires a "look but don't touch" philosophy.

 

Dave

 

So true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

:congrats:

[scotspine1]

Whats wrong with this pic?

[skyhuck]

Whats wrong with this pic?

 

Single anchor.

[scotspine1]

Single anchor.

 

Yep,

 

I've seen loads of climbers over the years using a single tie in point when cutting, everyone used to do it, still see it today.

 

I do it myself when having two tie in points would increase the risk of an accident when climbing (storm damage/hung up tree etc) but that pic is the worst example of using a single tie in point I think I've ever seen.

 

No disrespect to the climber who I'm sure felt totally in control and comfortable with his single tie in point, but using just one tie in point when performing a coronet cut in that position looks like suicide.

 

Any thoughts?

[Mr Ed]

Any thoughts?

 

Yeah. big fat hairy deal. If your stupid enough to cut through your lifeline, serves you right.

[MattyF]

Have i been missing somthing all these years...who climbs with two anchor points for every chainsaw or work operation,im interested?

 

The guys using the saw two handed evan if he filled of the rakers i doubt the saw would hit his ropes in the event of kick back.

[scotspine1]

I wasn't getting into the whole 'two tie in points' argument matty, in that pic a second tie in point would be a good idea, lets just leave it that.