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I think you spelled heebie jeebie mo betta than I did, @CurSedVoyce :D.

It sure can be...when it isn't giving you a bad case of the heebee jeebees :D. Maybe the fun is the mostest after you have survived the heebee jeebees and the drop is a full-on success....might be so ;).

Next to last picture seems to be of a very worn-out flag.

Indeed. And even a fall from what might normally be a sub-fatal height, on to a fence like that could spell the be-all end. It's a very low probability event...just something the self-preservation part of our brains might dwell on.

Oh yessir, it is all those things. The scary part comes from the unwanted mental picture of falling from my perch above onto such a structure. It has happened before, at least once that I'm aware of.

Another one of those scary fences with the spears on top!

We tree folk traffic in the impossible with great regularity. ;)

@Bodean, you'd actually put the biner in the ring itself, and run the rope in it. It would be a sort of odd way to take the whole "ring for the rope" idea out of the product...but you'd only do this for negative rigging on a standing stem when the pinch issue you described might be in play...

You also might try adding hefty steel rigging carabiner to the ring for the rope to run in, in that situation...that arrangement likely would stand somewhat proud from the trunk and allow an unimpeded run. Similar to adding a biner to the big ring on an adjustable friction saver to ease...

Max generally works in places I would just shake my head in disbelief and walk away from. Much respect to him.

Here on this part of the Mt. Hood NF, we didn't have a great deal of trouble with deer browse for the most part. Some low elevation Douglas fir planting units needed protection, and what we usually used was Vexar tubing. Labor intensive, must be done to exacting specs, and stout staking is...

A lesser lift still is better than no lift, I would suspect ;).

You get all the fun, easy places to work, Max. :)

I'll tell you David @davidwyby...in no way do I wish I was the fella cutting those salt cedars. What a frigfest. You are welcome to it!

That is a mess right there. It'll take some figuring :). Good luck, Sean. Take pics!

Once pines start shedding bark, it's deffo in the sketchy zone. Some really have deteriorating roots by that point.

One would have to exercise a lot of care and caution in using that for life support. I can easily see it as a secondary TIP, but as a primary one I'd be a bit sketched with it. Probably no real good reason, just the open hook aspect of it seems...questionable? I dunno, might need to sit with...

Pretty logs!

For long boring cuts like that, you need to start way back from the hinge. Start with the belly of the saw to the rear, then flip it over to bring the cut forward to where you want the back of the hinge to be. Keeping a long bore level is hard. You might try practicing on some stumps before...

Cutting the snot out of it usually works :D. It's always harder to get a level cut in the tree...you can't back away and eyeball for level.