I was at the Redwood Regional Logging conference last Saturday and talked to Kevin Core who was vending the Logger's World boot there.
I picked up a couple of issues of LW from Kevin and just now found the article. Mr. Scott lived a life full of wonderful and practical experiences.
The pic of him in the tree,, his gear was classic northwest high climber. The wear parts of his flip line shows patches of pitch build up , the rope is worn thin. The tail of the flipline, less used, is almost twice as thick. He had to be using that flipline for a long time to get like that. Good thing they were steel core.
Those old timers seldom threw anything away. They would repair it and keep using it. My old friend George Ferriera was 92 when he died and he still had his original flipline and spurs.
It was another world. I'm glad I got to meet some of those guys before they passed away.
George Terry from Rock Port is a legendary high climber around these parts today. He passed away some 20 years ago. At his place in Rock Port he run a junk shop full of rotted leather saddles, rusty D rings, decayed steel core manila fliplines. The straps on the spurs where all worn so thin and were cracked. He tried to sell me some of that junk like a used car salesman. And on top of it I have to say, George Terry was the dirtiest old man I had ever meet.
His tales of women and high climbing would leave you to wonder.
