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I climbed for years before ever even considering the idea of aerial rescue. From the very first time I went up a tree I fully 100% understood that I was completely on my own up there and nobody would ever be able to rescue me if something happened. I always just assumed every tree climber...

Yeah, because they were trying to recall a memorized script without sacrificing points instead of actually rescuing a live, injured person.

But the competitions have so little association with real life work sites. The only part of the competitions I thought was worthwhile was the work climb. I was a rather competent climber back in the day but I wasn't worth a hoot at any of the other events except the work climb. I bought a...

Huge thumbs up, Rusty. Absolutely correct. Basically you're rigging down a 200 lb log but slightly softer and easily bruised. Spike up, toss a line over a big limb and lower him down. No, we aren't concerned about spike holes or rope burn on the tree when a man's life is in the balance.