Originally Posted by
Irving
Speaking of scary stuff. Standing at the top of a 32' ladder, in a tree, with the wind blowing; so everything is moving left to right about 3 inches in either direction. THEN, asking your wife to pull on the rope you just hung and you find out you hung it too far out because when she pulls on the rope, the tree branch moves down a full six inches against the ladder. I thought I was going to vomit.
The next part was trimming a branch from the same spot with the worry that when the weight of the cut branch is relieved, the trunk holding the ladder will rise enough to drop the ladder. After that we just flew a kite in the wind. Heh.