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Most of the high climbers I knew when I was starting out are dead today. All of them were hardcore and old school. Flip line and spurs and beat themselves to death going up the big trees. When I showed up with a climbline and traversed into the big trees from a nearby pecker pole they were...

Caddy pads, Butch? Late 70's earliest I can recall seeing them. And the coffee break? I'm with TH on that. In the original I'm sure of it.

Never knew him personally, Jay, but he was a legend in his time none the less. "Spar Tree" was filmed when the Shelton Mill was closing down. Much earlier than when the film was released. Though I'm not sure of the exact dates. I was just a young punk when that was going on.

I watched that video over twenty years ago and to this day it is still the finest representation of a true high climber that worked in the woods. That is the real deal. If ever a finer and more accurate one can be made,,, I seriously doubt it. Those camera angles were achieved by a director...