On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:17:30 EDT, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> All good tips. (Does 'skinning' a tree mean climbing it?)
Nope... it means coming down the hard way. Been there, done it, on a
pole. No training, no experience, never seen spikes before, just did it
for a friend when I was MUCH younger and didn't know a thing about it.
I got up the pole fine, felt very awkward, looked worse. Worked on his
rotor, and then started down. It was only about a 40 footer, but I
gouged out about 25-30' up and rode it down, looking for friction all
the way. Not cool. Screwed up the shirt pretty bad too. ;o) I felt
lucky.
Get training first!
Gary
ag0n at arrl dot net
http colon slash slash mcduffie dot ws
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