Near misses thread

[David Riding]

I think it would be great if every one posted a near miss they have had as a warning for newly qualified or as a reminder for complacent veterans,

 

My biggest near miss was about 3 months after qualifying and I cut a huge lateral limb 20 feet long on a pine about 15 foot up and as the tip landed the but came back towards me and missed me by inches

[Stephen Blair]

i think there should be a 'would you let an instructor clip your toe nails?' thread.

or 'can an assesor say no?' thread.

[skyhuck]

 

My biggest near miss was about 3 months after qualifying and I cut a huge lateral limb 20 feet long on a pine about 15 foot up and as the tip landed the but came back towards me and missed me by inches

 

 

Good post David!!

 

I was told by the timber merchant who I used to climb for when I first started, that you should only cut off stuff that at most is half the length of the distance from it to the floor.

 

Do they not teach such things at collage??

[Buzz]

My near miss was turning down the Army Air Crp for Tree Surgery LOL

[Steve Bullman]

My near miss was turning down the Army Air Crp for Tree Surgery LOL

 

that sounds like a national near miss to me:biggrin:

[Buzz]

Tango Whiskey Alpha Tango lol

[Andy Collins]

that sounds like a national near miss to me:biggrin:

 

Sounds like a very near miss to me when you think how close the 16th Air Assault brigade is based:scared1:

[MattyF]

I had a bad one a few months back ..tree was about 80ft lombardy pop,one of 70+ we had to cut in half along a footbal pitch,wind had swung around so was using a pull off rope fired in with a big shot then going half way up and felling out large sections, had not realised on this tree that the pull rope had also gone through a large side limb i was stropped in to to fell the main top out! i also was anchored in to the tree oposite,when i felled the stem rigged up to go the one i was stropped on to of course went with it luckily snapping about 6 ft above me but it pulled my harness in to me and bruised up my kidneys and scared me bad would of not been fun if the limb had cracked off below where my strop was atached i suppose being tied in to the tree behind put pressure for the limb to break off above where i was stropped in ....could of been nasty in many different ways though!

[Rupe]

I nearly thought about getting married once! Phew that was close.

[mistahbenn]

I nearly thought about getting married once! Phew that was close.

 

hehe I hear you there!