Better you than me! Get me on anything above a step ladder and I lose it. Severe fear of heights. Also, some of the nuttiest people I've ever seen were tree trimmers. LOL
I think there's a a pattern in some of the more involved trades I've been involved with; being floor covering and mowing the grass... it's hard to get much closer to the ground than that.


Thank you, i take the nutty bit as a compliment...

Fortunately, i don't have a problem with heights, all the bmx years took care of that. I've been working in landscaping and outdoors spaces maintenance for around 17 years now, with a few brief ventures in the middle as a furniture carpenter and a few other professions, just don't ask me about the Hostel receptionist thing, too many drunk and high kids...

I also like to do normal ground level gardening, but this is much more fun, it's a bit like rock-climbing, which is a lot of fun.
The guys in my gardening crew are 2, 19/21 year old kids who've been working with me for only 4 months now, they have no experience with this kind of work and there's been very little time for me to properly teach them how to, so these tasks are up to me, which i enjoy much more than desk work.
Anyway, this has been a good how-to session for them as they've been watching and learning, and the chainsaw and climbing basics have been achieved by both so next time i'm sending them up the ladder to practice at a lower height.
BTW, this tree and 2 more like it, are being cut down to 1,70m height and the stumps are to become statue bases, my boss says it's too much rubbish from the leaves. The rest of the trees in that area are just being pruned and cleaned up.
Keep your feet under you when using that chain saw! Last thing you want to do is to trip and/or fall while holding one of those!
Got to keep those fingers in place for model building! 
Yup, will do, mate!

Two of my rules with most tools - Only use when firmly secured and/or balanced and always cut and swing away from any and all body parts!

All this type of work has to be done safely, using a chainsaw is dangerous enough on the ground, so 10m up on a tree branch can be a bit more of a challenge.
Regarding modelling, i've finally decided what to do with the F-16, and it will involve new wings stolen from another fighter. The YF-23 has also been outlined, although i still have to decide if i should go ahead with some of the ideas, and what they will require to get done, but overall, this is very positive as my new compressor should be here soon and i feel the Mojo coming alive again.

I've also managed to sort out the Photobucket issue, and in a few days i'm buying a real camera, my iphone 3GS has suffered enough and it's showing, i can't get anything in focus for a decent pic.
