I appreciate the all the comments regarding the risks the OP created for himself but would not criticize the OP for doing it. He seems experienced and hopefully had a reasonable sense of the risks he put himself in. We work with potentially destructive machinery, tractors, mowers, chainsaws, chippers, etc., many of us use dangerous weapons, all of which always present a certain level of risk. Hopefully each of us has a reasonable sense of the risk, how far we are willing to push things (since risk is always there), measures to increase our safety, and keep learning. At the same time there is always unknown factors that could create unexpected results.
What he did in the video go beyond where I where I hopefully would be in the risk level scale but that is his choice. In choosing it is important to take into consideration not only the potential repercussions to ourselves but also to others that may be effected if things go wrong. Could anyone else be injured, are we creating higher risk for people we are working with or rescuers, what about impacts to family and friends, to people who depend on us for support, etc.
I do at times go beyond where others would go in the risk scale. I usually hike alone, often after dark, generally in areas where the terrain can be rough and/or steep, I hike in mountain lion and bear territory, etc. But it's what I love. I also take safety gear and have been doing it long enough that I have some sense of minimizing risk. Yet I am aware that this aging body with changing capabilities throw new uncertainties into the mix. It's all part of the adventure of being alive.
It is an interesting time to be discussing this in terms of the massive controversies regarding mask wearing, vaccines, social gathering, etc. Lots of different opinions and actions regarding risk. Just pointing it out, not taking a position, and not trying to start any arguments regarding this sensitive subject.
Seems like little is simple about being human.
