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Cool. I talked to Finley on the phone a couple a times. Sharp and full of wit. Glad I had the chance before he passed.

Throwing together pictures, names, dates and places is easy. Writing a novel is another thing. I've always toyed with the idea, and tried, but couldn't even get the first sentence written. More power to you, Chris!

Don't forget Finley Hayes. He was climbing, topping and rigging spar poles even before Hap Johnson. And Finley wrote a ton of greats stories about his tenure in the woods, too. Remember the 'Rigging Shack" The title of Finley's column in Loggers World. Man, that an excellent idea, Chris...

Great story, Sean. And I've been humbled by a few back in the day myself.

I'll be happy to help you out on that, Chris.

I never used chain. too heavy for the big trees. Though I did know a fellow that used it for a standard lanyard. 5/16 inch, I think. He used double swivel snaps on one D to adjust its length. One of those snaps broke one day. If the other wasn't engaged he would be history today. That was...

That's cool, Chris. Having started in the line clearance end of tree work I knew how to set and use a climb line early on. When I started rigging the big trees in the woods I used the method of traverse to get into them when ever I could. But sometimes there were not smaller trees nearby to...