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Judging from the split at the base I would say it was snapped out during a fall. Whether it was from the tree he fell or one that it hit is speculative. Either way that widow maker is big enough to kill any man. He was damn lucky that's all that happened to him.

What's his story, Butch?

Government rig, too, hey, B?

There you go. Good on you, Butch.

I knew a choker setter that wore shin guards to boot. He run through the woods. Ronny Lewis. Young likeable fellow with damn good work ethic. I liked Ronny.

Best idea I heard yet. It's fashionable, practical and makes a statement all at the same time. Talking about hard-hats, a couple years ago in Jedidiah Smith Redwoods a gust of wind came whirling through the trees and snapped more than a few limbs. Raining terror. Oh, it scared Terri a...

Hard hats are a beacon to a park ranger.

Fall is in the air here, and walking through the groves of Navarro redwood leaves are dropping like flurries of snow, and so are their dead limbs. I been thinking seriously about wearing my hardhat on these jaunts. Might appear silly to some passers by it would be a wise decision I think...

You must live in the woods.

Oh, they told some good ones. When the first chainsaws came on the scene many old timers continued to use the cross cut and axe in spite. Only because the early power saws were too heavy to pack on the slopes. The electric saws were another thing altogether because you had to move a...

Jay, most of the old timers I met when I move here in the 70's are dead now but the memory of the stories they told sticks strong in my mind. If you got hurt in the woods it was only when the train came into camp and got loaded that you went to town to get real medical attention. Tough times.

That's in Little River. It's a blow-hole behind the cemetery there. Been to it a few times and could write a story about the nature of it in rough seas. Awesome!

A cross-cut saw and axe could cut you to the bone just as fast. Such wounds were much cleaner and easier for the body to heal. A chainsaw takes out chunks.

It was a daily routine for the old timers. Though I'd bet from many a climber I have known some of the old timers were less comfortable with their job that others. I knew a fellow tree guy that run an add in the phone book and the local newspaper, and it read: "Ron's Tree Service, 40 feet and...

Ha!

Some had to, Butch. Kind of like being up the Rockport tree. Now that one really rocked!

There were many reasons for having to make high stumps, and snow was never one of them. Number one on the list is: The butt of old growth trees often have gross defects that the mills did not want. Fire scars, goose pens, bunions. Above defects, in good sound wood, more options and...

There's so much to see in Navarro. Next time you're in the area give a call. Maybe we can hook one together.

Nope. That condition has not improved one bit. I live it.

For the last 7 days I've been hiking in Navarro Redwoods photographing the champion trees there, and their stumps. It's all 140 year old second growth. Trees up to 7 foot diameter and 200 feet tall. Not too shabby for second-growth, and not at all uncommon for river flat redwoods to achieve...