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Andy, In this case we had the tail of Jamin's ascent line secured onto a Port-a-wrap(lots of friction devices could be used from a simple figure eight to things like a GriGri or Petzl I'd) If the tail beyond the anchoring device is long enough then "unlocking" the tail will allow a person on the...

Nice pics Willie. Doc, That was definitely a large tree. It might be 4th in Co of a particular subspecies but I can think of 6 bigger Cottonwoods within Canon City...and those are just ones I've looked at or worked on. There are some monsters out there for sure.

These trees are amongst the biggest in town but are not the biggest. If we had had more time I would have taken Jamin to see one considerably larger -----------the longer you look at it the bigger it gets! About 11 feet DBH as I recall.

Back at you sir!

The trees were deadwooded. The first left a pick-up truck load of shattered pieces to be cleaned up along with a few armloads of firewood from a couple 8-10" dead limbs and various broken stubs. The second tree is in decline from past over-pruning and the loss of one large leader long ago. Tree...

Okay, I'll admit that is a bit overstated but it sounds more exciting that "Jamin deadwoods a large tree". Unfortunately there are no dramatic action vids or even awe inspiring stills of monster limbs free falling or hinging onto the rope. I further apologize to Jamin himself for my being so...