Don, I had to do this just two weeks ago. It involved the removal of a hazardous dead Norway Spruce that was in between two adjacent Spruce. I deemed the tree unsafe to climb conventionally, so I set a highline between the two spruce on a slight slope and then ziplined myself over to the top of the dead tree, and lowered myself down on my Hitchclimber pulley. Once I was in the top, I was able to cut and chuck manageable sized pieces out of the tree until I was able to reach a height where I was able to fell the tree from the ground. The whole system worked great, though I always dislike those kind of removals. Chris Girard ISA Certified Arborist
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Will Blozan Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Historic trees in BBC documentary Nope. But I've rappelled down cliffs to treat Carolina hemlocks in SC but not to climb them. Will F. Blozan President, Eastern Native Tree Society President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DON BERTOLETTE Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Historic trees in BBC documentary Will- You ever had to put on climbing gear to get down to the top of a tree...:>) -Don _____ From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: Historic trees in BBC documentary Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:42:30 -0400 Don't miss the flicker page linked on the left: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14919...@n02/ On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Edward Frank wrote: Rob, Thanks for the link. It looks like a cool project for the BBC. We should have something like this in the United States. Have a great trip to Poland. Ed Frank "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob McBride To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:03 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Gettysburg 'witness tree' falls Hi Frank, I thought you may like this http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northeastwales/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8224000/8224895.stm It is being aired on BBC 1 Countryfile 13th Sept. 2009 Regards, rob PS Off to Poland this week tree hunting. "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science." - Albert Einstein </html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
