The crew is now grade A Chainsaw sawyer certified with
minimal casualties! We spent an extremely exciting 2 days in a classroom
learning EVERYTHING about the saw. Inside and out. All the little quirks and
surprises and somewhat valuable information on how not to die. We were shown a
sufficient amount of bloody mangled limbs of careless saw wielders. I’m not
sure if it was to terrify us into being wary of the tool or if the instructors
just enjoyed our disgusted horror.
The next two days were spent in the field, flexing our saw
fingers. I only had one mishap where I accidentally knocked the orange piece of
plastic that was holding my backcut open during the wedging process and
suddenly there was 800 pounds of pine falling on my face. Thankfully I had cut
a stellar escape route and was able dash out in time. The entire shadow crew
passed with flying colors. I’m looking forward to our future chainsaw
adventures.
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