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One comment about my notch cuts changed my whole approach
Been climbing for around 9 years now. Last spring I was doing a removal job over a pool in Fresno and this older guy from the crew next door watched me for a bit. After I came down he just said, your face cut is too deep for that lean, you are making the hinge do all the work. I never really thought about it before. I always did textbook open face notches and figured that was fine. But he showed me how on a leaner you want a shallower notch so the hinge holds longer and you get more control. I tried it on the next two trees and it felt way different, almost like the tree was steering itself. Now I look at every cut different, not just the size of the trunk but the weight distribution and where the center of gravity actually is. Has anyone else had a random piece of advice like that stick with you way more than any formal training?
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garcia.cameron20d ago
Pool overhang makes that one hell of a learning moment though.
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