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Topping A Spar Tree, Art Print
A high-climber is shown topping a spar tree at 175-ft. A portion of majestic Mount Rainier forms a fitting backdrop for this scene which took place in about 1940.
When it was determined that these trees were ready for harvest, fallers and buckers moved in, dropped and bucked marketable trees (except for a pre-selected spar tree), then the high-climber performed his dangerous work. A road was "punched" in to the base of the spar tree; yarding and loading donkeys were positioned; the tree was rigged, and they were ready to bring in the logs.
Trees left standing, such as shown here, had little value in those days (except for the very important purpose of reseeding the cut-over land). In later years, many of these areas were relogged, salvaging much merchantable material.
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