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Dang, Willie, you would make a great teacher...superb attention to detail, verb tense. You can really fuffle reathers and rattle chains, boy!! :lol:

And it looks like no other tall trees nearby to tie in to...did you guy the tree away from the lean? A similar tree I had recently I guyed back and put in a high line to work off of. Good deal with the minimal stress zipline.

Good splaining, Brian....

You are right, I was controlling the landing. I don't understand your question: "Why the free fall???"

Thanks, cutitup....I appreciate the feedback folks give, I always learn something from you guys. 8) MB, as close as the tree is to the house, I was not sure what limbs would do when I cut them free. I had folks nearby for emergencies but no one to be groundie and lower limbs...it was a way to...

hahaha...where is THAT video??? Sounds like one of my old mentors that took a long laid aside single shot shotgun and shot at a squirrel...forestock fell off, trigger mechanism fell out, break action barrel opened up, smoke went everywhere...he didn't know which way was up. I'm sure the...

Good deal..."to prevent me from having to block them down on a rope and pulley." is a major reason I used it.

Nick...yep, the tail in the tree gets longer as you descend...lower TIP for the zip means more tail to deal with. I tie a clove with a bight and half hitch it. You gotta take care that the bight leftovers (and your lifeline) aren't in the way of the falling load. CurSed, bar rail buildup is...

Hahahaha....dang, Willie, you don't miss much, do you? Only lately (and it doesn't jab). I started carrying the scrench when the chain got all tight on me somehow recently...I haven't figured out yet what that means or how it happens but I had to loosen the chain to get it turning...

I know you aren't supposed to bomb the load onto a standard zipline. It seems that would not apply to a vertical zipline...right?

I am taking down some sweetgums (Liquidambar) at my son's house...the gumballs are way out of control...gutters fill with them, they are like ball bearings to walk on, etc. The first gum at the corner of the house is about 80 feet...the upper leads and limbs would bounce in unpredictable...