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Have fun Holmen. Winter is still with us.

Thanks Holmen. Enjoyed it. I used to know Canevari logging. Most of their crew was from the Italian contingent.

Thanks for the info Holmen. The Cedars in your neck of the woods probably don't taper as much as some down here. Especially our inland Cedar. The 18' Redwood that I fell had 80,000 ft., but it was a real barrel for a long ways.

Great shot Holmen. I am amazed that a 15' Cedar, given the usual rate of taper, would have 50mbf. [I] don't know about what the logging mags. say, but like Gerry and I have both stated it takes two men all day to fell a 16' plus Redwood. The thing is, you have to prepare and hit the layout or...

Roger. I see in your photo selection a lot of Trumpeter Swan photos. Good ones too. You might be interested to know that I live basically on Red Rock Lakes Wildlife. It was established in 1930 to save the last remaining Trumpeters, who have since made a comeback.

Damn you are almost as old as I am. Was raised in Seattle, Nathan Hale High the first year it opened. like '63? I misspelled Han's last name, you had it right. It has been at least 5 years since he passed. I think some ass wipe ran him over (probably a logger in a hurry to get to work). Man, I...

Nice action shots Roger. It takes a lot of effort to set up for those and a lot of timeing and luck. I don't ski Jackson or Targhee anymore, just the backcountry, Teton Pass. I have skied up your way. Spent a week with Hans Mosher at a place called Battle Abbey. That was back when touring North...

Nice shot.That is what we used to live for, a day like that. Did you shoot the photo? Yes, the conditions are sketchy out there, but everyone knew early on that they would be with all the layers and temperature gradient snow. Might as well just work till conditions improve.

Cory cross country skiing is probably the best. If you don't have snow, hiking uphill with ski poles at a fast pace works also.

Hey Cory, sorry I missed your post .Had to finally get to work yesterday, To answer your question about ageing and how to keep going in this business, I would have to say genes first then exercise and then luck. If you do this long enough you are probably going to get it if you can't move fast...

There are a lot of unique "Old Growth" stories. A lot of it depends on micro geography of the Redwood region. Some of the ground was so steep that we had to wear climbing spurs just to try and get them bucked for the yarders. Some trees so big that they had to be quartered using 5' and 6' bars...

What's going on around there these days? Yager sounds familiar. Mostly we were from the mouth of the Klamath and upstream on Simpson land. Then we went into the old second growth around Blue Lake. We also did a lot of old growth fir inland. Like Redwood Creek all the way to Happy Camp. We were...

Yeah. The climbers that worked for me on pull settings would have to go around the back side of 10' trees that were leaning at an extreme angle, pulling a heavy 1" chocker. Thank God no one ever slipped out, we were lucky. That said we would only let the best climber tackle those. These trees...

No kidding! I have learned a bunch. This site has got me pumped enough to learn the real skills. All that we used to do was spurs, one lanyard and no safety! Many, many miles from any kind of help in steep inaccessible ground. Squisher you probably worked on similar terrain.

Jomo I don't know him. I would think that he has a cable yarding system mounted to it. That is common for some yarders. I don't think that is anywhere close to where I used to work.Thanks

Thanks Sean I have been following your posts. I know you work in the tall stuff. I used to pack a big set of those Silvey jacks on some steep ground!

Yeah Squisher I still use 3 pins. Without cables. Get some weird looks. But hey, when you are skiing perfect snow why would you need all that fancy gear? Fancy gear is for climbing Right?

Cory I haven't had time to do much this winter because we have had a lot of work. Love to go to Teton Pass and get face shots!

Friends one day when I have time I will tell a few stories and learn how to post a few pics. In the meantime I would be happy to answer any questions since everyone here shares their knowledge so generously.

In addition this is a great site. I am learning a lot and want to expand my climbing skills. Thanks to Nick and all the other young guys on the climbing and gear forum and to Butch for hosting.