“Holy Cow” Is Not Nearly Strong Enough!

Frequently, for both relaxation and edification, I watch videos of chainsaw magicians felling trees.  Big trees, troublesome trees, trees leaning the wrong way, trees in the wrong place.  As my own tree-felling is part of life on the homestead (I am confident in my ability to fell trees the size of my thigh, not confident in felling trees the size of my waist) I try to watch and learn.  Other times I just watch to be captivated by the skills of these men doing this dangerous work with caution and confidence, sort of my version of ASMR.

This video documents the felling of the largest tree I have even seen, executed by a barefoot lumberjack working without eye or face protection for the most part, with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth a hundred feet in the air.  Since I watched this with the sound off I am not really certain of the context of where or when this occurred.

But I was impressed.