The perfect Job

[finchyo]

Thats my brother in that pic, he likes a few more gizmos than me lol. Thing is with no groundy we had to take everything we thought we might need with us. Extra slings for redirects, fig 8 for big descents if needed and cam saver of course. We also took an extra ground line up with us. We climbed up and put our top anchor in with not much gear on (no saw etc.) then hoisted up the heavy kit with the extra line. Saved a bit of effort.

[KingoftheRing]

What a fantastic job! Really beautiful pictures; you can imagine how impressive that entrance road would have looked when in use.

 

How long did it take to do all 80 trees?

[Paul Smith]

Is the throw line connected directly to the crossbow bolt or to mono first?

[finchyo]

Took 2 of us about 20 days. Problems with poor weather and short days in winter didn't help. Lots of tidying up around base of each tree afterwards. Took it easy and enjoyed the work really :-)

 

Throwline is connected to the metal weight on the end. Bolt slots in and falls out when reaches the top of the tree.

[Paul Smith]

Took 2 of us about 20 days. Problems with poor weather and short days in winter didn't help. Lots of tidying up around base of each tree afterwards. Took it easy and enjoyed the work really :-)

 

Throwline is connected to the metal weight on the end. Bolt slots in and falls out when reaches the top of the tree.

 

Have you got any pictures of that set up please?

[Mark Lutman]

awesomw job,i actually prefer working in the winter as you dont tend to overheat as much...or maybe thats just me!

[Le Sanglier]

Took 2 of us about 20 days. Problems with poor weather and short days in winter didn't help. Lots of tidying up around base of each tree afterwards. Took it easy and enjoyed the work really :-)

 

Throwline is connected to the metal weight on the end. Bolt slots in and falls out when reaches the top of the tree.

 

80 odd trees, 20 working days, 2 climbers= 2 per day per climber.

That's got to be day rate!

[KingoftheRing]

Sounds like you had a great time, especially if you camped there. I wouldn't have rushed either! Great location and job.