Watching a Lumberjack

Stan B and I saw this big pine tree come down a course of about 3 days. It was AMAZING. It is located right across the street from our park and we could see the bottom third of the tree from the sandbox/volleyball court. In the picture above the lumberjack (I don't know if that is the proper term but I'm going to go with it.) is in the top 1/4 of the tree...it's hard to see him but he is there. You can see him much better in this pic:

From the conversation that the crew leader and the lumberjack were having I think this was the first big tree that the lumberjack had ever taken down. So, it was not only exciting for us but I'm sure it was thrilling for him.

A cut branch dropping to the ground.

 Here's a closer shot of the top of the tree:

Watch this amazing video below. Once the final big top is lopped up you can see the lumberjack being tossed around like a rag doll holding onto a chainsaw. It's amazing. 

tree from erin kawamata on Vimeo.

That evening we went to the site of the chopped down tree and Stan B walked around on the stumps. He had fun doing that:

We counted the rings on one of the stumps and there were approximately 68 rings! So that tree was living in Moscow when you were there, Grandpa!