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BillyVance

What could possibly go wrong?

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This was a few months ago. I took the pictures, meaning to post them here and forgot about them.

A pick-up truck, an extra tall ladder, 30 feet of rope, nobody to watch my back.... what could possibly go wrong?

Yes, I was stupid, but I did want to surprise the little girl before she got back home from day care. :P

She loves her ride, especially when I swing her around by the end of the rope. B|
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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What would I have given to be able to get into the drivers seat with you at the top of the ladder.:)



I would have been okay, probably. I had the top of the ladder tied to the tree branch. :P
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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And they say skydiving is dangerous.


I'd say for most skydivers, skydiving is one of the least dangerous things they do.



Maybe . . . but in THIS case . . . why?

I still can't figure out why his feet had to leave the ground to do this.
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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

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Billy - the next time you have some crazy project how about call someone with some sense and ask for help, this could easily have been done from the ground - safely

your family has too much to loose, we lost one of our skydivers, Scott Weed, from a ladder fall and Scott did it every day and was experienced

>:([:/]B|

Give one city to the thugs so they can all live together. I vote for Chicago where they have strict gun laws.

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billy!!!!

what is MOST impressive,,, is being able to get that ladder
UP into the truck...in the first place...and then leaning it against the tree,, considering that you mostly "maxxed it out"

and i did notice that you used a COLLAPSIBLE ladder besides....!!!!:oB|;).. excellent evidence of "operator confidence"...!!!

Too bad your daughter was at the day care... I bet watching her Dad hang the swing,,,, would have been as much fun as riding on the swing!!!

carry ON......BV

jmy in ny

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And they say skydiving is dangerous.


I'd say for most skydivers, skydiving is one of the least dangerous things they do.


Maybe . . . but in THIS case . . . why?

I still can't figure out why his feet had to leave the ground to do this.


DING!

Throw the rope over the limb - tie Bowlin knot - sinch up hang tire - Done.:)
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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Well hey, I wanted to make sure the rope was secured real good and would be able to handle a good circular swing around. I was gonna set the ladder up on the ground but the branch was just a few feet higher than the ladder at its longest.

I grew up climbing trees all the time, but had been out of practice the last 20 years. And getting that ladder up to a vertical position is no easy task for a small guy like me. It's the leverage I have a problem with when its fully extended. I don't remember how I did it, but it's done. I had to climb it real carefully and gingerly the first time since it was probably only 5 to 10 degrees short of vertical, and took some rope along to secure the top of the ladder to the branch so it wouldn't slip off.

My dad's the one that fell off the ladder when I was a kid. He was trimming branches off a tree with a chain saw, and the branch knocked the ladder off and down he went, right in front of me. Nothing broken, just sore. I haven't tried chain-sawing off the ground and don't plan to ever, unless I'm in a cherry picker bucket. :P

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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