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White pine top speared the ground
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Leaning against another white pine
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A fair amount of wood
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Gear set, 85' main rope
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Location of the broken top
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Blocking the trail with my cart
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Tied into the hung piece
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Climbing line choked on the trunk
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Good position to work
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One of the hung tops removed
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Working on the second hung top
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Released the main piece
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Pull-down attached to remotely release the anchor
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Descending
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Clean-up time
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Double-eye rope end with slic pin bow shackle
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57 years-old at approximately 50' height on a white pine
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Singing Tree Rope Runner multicender
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Trail obstruction removed, wood and brush cleaned up
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130 year-old red oak blowdown
Andrew Joslin:
130 year-old Red Oak, wind blowdown. Hollow at the base, was the remaining trunk of a two-leader codominant structure oak