Video of five old firs + pics

[Gord]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g08_vqBj38k]YouTube - Old Firs[/ame]

 

We took down these five old firs today, unfortunately I don't have any pics that really show the whole trees. Really cool old trees, very gnarly, lots of stuff to snag a rope or anything, funny limbs that start in front of you and turn back over your head. The three that I did were all leaning heavily, which (along with the really fissured and crumbly bark) made some of the cuts pretty awkward. Dusty too. The trees were slated for removal on recommendation of a survey done for the safety of the powerlines which were just dowhill. This was on public forestry land.

 

Really cool branching.

 

I swung into this one from the previous tree so I didn't have to fight my way past the flat part of the union.

 

Another climber knocking off a log. I had a bit of a rest with a view here.

 

You get a bit of an idea of the lean here. The bark was so sloughy on the first 35' or so that I had to shave it off as I went up.

[Squirrel1]

Really good pics mate very impressive! And one quality video nice work..

 

 

Inspiring

[Tom D]

Brilliant. Great vid and really good quality pics too.

[Rowan the Bruce]

Yeah! that second pic is a future comp winner, well done mate!

[geoff]

Superb vid, big lumps!

[skyhuck]

Great vid!!

 

Great job!!

 

Thanks for taking the time!!

[Rik]

nice pics mate! and nice work spesh likin the thrid one, not often you see a good pic of a climber from above!

[tommer9]

Top top stuff. Lovely pics, great vid. Where abouts are you Gord? Looked like a beautiful place.

[atree]

Awesome video again,who is the music by?

[liamjordan]

amazing pics and a great video! loved it! looked like a great job