#Tree Removal of a huge messmate gumtree in the Dandenong Ranges. the tree was about 40 metres high and situated right above a house

it took a while to get the throwline into the tree, as we kept getting tangles, so we went for a lower shot and I had to flip line the rest of the way to the top.

I setup quite poorly for the first few rigs with my climbing line wanting to pull me the same direction as the rigging line.

the second branch I Rigged I didn't have my pole belt attached as the rigging line would have been rubbing over it. it was not good work positioning and I swung with the branch I cut and the rigging line pulled tight pushing me into the tree.

A quite scary moment that happened so quickly after a lapse in judgement and a complacent set up of the rig.

I climbed back to the top repositioned my climbing line and rigging line and the rest of the tree came down beautifully.

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