Work place health and safety

[TonyW]

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[Shadowman]

Nice shots.

[Dave Humphries]

Not sure "Skip" is entirely appropriate for this activity.

When viewing the first image only, I didn't take in the scene for what it is (disbelief?), only when I saw the second did I realise the issue!

[Sergio M.]

Great shot, Tony. This guy has some fantastic balance and strength.

Was this some kind of competition?

Sergio

[Saorsa]

Not sure "Skip" is entirely appropriate for this activity.

When viewing the first image only, I didn't take in the scene for what it is (disbelief?), only when I saw the second did I realise the issue!

Well, in terms of elfin safety Skip is a much better name for a competitor than Slip.

[TonyW]

Thanks John, Dave Sergio and Brian for the comments.

At the big agricultural shows in Australia they have real competitions. This was our little local show, more of a village fair, where they could only run to a demonstration. It's a bit hard to get access to the best vantage point for these.

The cross-cut sawing is in some respects more impressive, although not so dangerous looking. The cross-cut saws can cut almost as fast as a chain saw.

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[IzzieK]

I've seen this kind of competition before and it was very entertaining specially for photographers. Good job on the processing. +1 to Brian's comment.

[NorthernFocus]

These competitions harken back to a time when "men were men". Logging is still a very dangerous and physically demanding profession. But nothing like back then. Many if not most in that line of work "retired" with broken bodies.

[rpcrowe]

Nice captures... I would have lead the images off with #2 because it wasn't until I viewed #2 that I realized the guy was so precariously balanced. Nice capture of the saw competition, you caught it at a great time with the guy at the image left getting ready to push the saw... Love the intense expression on his face... I might just have cropped off a tiny bit of the sand at the top...