Bottled it!

[Backpain]

You did the right thing. If there's tree's falling in the wind which are perfectly healthy then yesterday wasn't a great day for climbing dodgy stuff.

 

If I ever come across a dodge tree it gets MEWP'd I never send anyone up a tree I won't go up myself. I've been up enough dodgy tree's and you just know somethings wrong. Its not always evident but root plate can be shot and the tree looks fairly good to climb, except for the tell tail signs of dead wood.

 

Hold your head high and walk away, they'll always be another company needing a contract climber. its not worth what they pay you.

[gand]

Ok so so before anyone judges me i have to make it clear i dont make a habit of pulling out of climbing a tree. There arent many trees i wouldnt climb. With that said, this morning we were at a job for the council taking down windblow and potential windblow. The tree in question was a 70 ish foot lime with a slight lean in a woodland. The first branches/ fork was about 50 foot up. Which on any other day would be fine. But yesterday at the same sight the winds were fairly strong and i noticed the root plate moving more than one would expect from a solid tree. I used to be a rock climbing instructor and an occasionally competitive climber myself so it wasnt the height that bothered me. It was the uncertainty of the integrity of the roots i was concerned about. As you can imagine the boss wasnt happy in the slightest and sent me home. I have 4 years climbing experience (in the arb world) and i know it would probably have been fine but there was something stopping me getting my arse up there. It could easily have been winched back over on itself due to the fork being so high but the company i subbie for doesnt have a tirfor.

Im just curious as to how many of you guys have bottled climbing a tree and for what reasons? I firmly believe that your bodies self preservation mode has a lot to do with it. And why we as climbers are able to go home at the end of every day.

 

Sorry for the rant guys and gals but surely i cant be the only one.

 

Thoughts are very welcome.

 

 

Did you sort this out? Have you spoken about the situation in hand or just brushed over the matter?