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You guys are merciless!! :lol:

Today I saved Theo...not Smokie. The owner called at 9:07 last night...I was at the gym and noticed I had a voice mail. I checked it and she was pretty upset. Theo didn't show for b'fast yesterday and then she heard the meowing...he had been up trees before and they used ladders to get him...

Blinky, I did take a chainsaw "just in case"...I'm not sure what "in case" is, though. I figured if the owner had some limbs that needed downing I might get asked to do that. Have you ever had to use a chainsaw in a rescue?

I quoted $150 for this rescue...they said, "come on"...the guy tipped my $38 on top of the $150. I think already having been 45 feet up in the deer stand and trying to pull the tree to him made him appreciate what was involved in getting over to the cat. It took 30 min. prep, 30 min. to drive...

Hahaha, knew I could count on you to lighten it up...you and Burnham...canned tuna...HAH! My first rockclimbing experiences (1969) we used around the waist bowlines when we climbed...no harnesses those days...taking a fall was not comfy. We eventually progressed up to tied swiss seats which...

I think it was Dan Kraus told me that, too...he has a welding glove sewn into his. I may give that a try...probably easier than being a cat-garbage man.

Whoa, Bounce...hate to hear that. I have re-evaluated my use of the knot (hitch to be precise), for sure.

Glad to...hoping somebody else learns from it, too.

Yep, as I drove over I was wishing I had a waiver...I will have one next time...though I have heard they aren't really worth much. But, I'll have one anyway.

You got that right, SK...I'm glad this was a LIVE and learn lesson...everybody came thru good. SMokie and I both used up some of our luck that day.

The light was awful for pictures...hard to make out a lot of it...but, that's the way it is. I called the owners later in the day and Smokie, normally an outside cat was inside, had just finished a nice meal and was curled up beside the fire!! The owner was appreciative enough to give me a...

I climbed about 20 feet past Smokie and traversed over to his tree...used the owner's ski line to pull self over. I took up a plastic garbage can and can of cat food with me...I tie the top on and have a shroud line cord to secure once cat is inside. I also have a lowering line preset on the...

I got a call early Monday morning...cat had been in 45' tree, too small for human to climb since 10:30 AM on Sunday. We had a LOT of cold rain Sunday night...cat was still in tree 22 hrs later. They had thrown footballs at it, shot it with a BB gun while folks on ground held a sheet in cae cat...