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No mountains but plenty of trees...but trained for mtns....hmmmm.

A real world-application of real-world tricks. Good show helping out Joe.

The spikes are likely going to be handy on a spar with few limbs or stubs. Work positioning. But the diameter of the spar could certainly be a factor for flip lining up.

Welcome, Sawjocky. Thanks for chiming in...good to hear folks ideas.

My son is a FF/EMT...Lt. in a local dept. Spinal immobilization when I was first taught in 1993 was a big "Do it"...now it is less emphasized seems to me. Once you put that C-spine on someone it sets the path for a whole involved protocol. C-spine used to be standard...apparently not so much...

That crossed my mind, too, Rusty. That tree they showed for this accident had big, strong crotches. I can see climbing up on spurs, setting my lifeline, putting a rigging rope over a crotch, tie into the victim's harness, cut him loose and lower him to medics. Of course, we need someone on...

I know...they said "hung in wires"??? May have been a rigging rope. Pictures I saw don't show electrical wires close. The video said "part of the tree hit the worker".

This happened 4 days ago...there is a video in the article: I suspect a top or big limb went awry...no details of the "how" yet. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/tree-trimmer-dies-after-accident-leaves-him-dangling-50-feet-high-in-tree/926852650