1 April 2014
The tree still stands, but considerably the worse for the assault. Where once a man stood to help with ropes, there is nothing but air.
I watched while they took down another 3 feet or so.
As before, much of the time is taken with the rigging, but not as much as before. At this point, it’s mostly a matter of avoiding loud thumps.
The red rope carries a hook; the white rope passes through the pulley and will support the cut piece as it comes down.
I overexposed by a full stop, and it’s still dark. Good thing I didn’t just use the camera’s judgment!
He goes around to the other side to cut the groove deeper. Parallel to the red ropes, avoiding the white one.
With the cut deep enough — we hope — he gives it a hard push to break it loose. The gap opens, but it doesn’t break free.
Not good enough. He tries again.
He moves the bucket around and tries from the side. Still no luck.
He will have to cut from this side. Here we catch him releasing the pull starter rope on the chainsaw.
Standing as near as I could, I got a shower of sawdust on my head.
Once again, a push.
And down it comes!
On the ground, the crew is busy slicing wafers, none of them more than a foot thick. We can see that one wafer is as much as a man can carry.
And they’re not chewing up the wafers, just going to cart them away whole.
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