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[jimbarry]

I learned a long time ago, just regular leather work boots will put me on the ground when cutting wood. Slippery wood, short rolly polly wood, slippery tree roots, you name it. Most of the trip'n is due to that stuff. That is why I put on my chaulk soled chainsaw boots and stay on my feet. ;D I haven't worn leather work boots working in the woods for years. They are OK walking my trails, but don't walk on spruce roots too much or the inevitable will happen. A trail in the woods where you use a SxS on will expose lots of stump roots. Those are the worst between the stump and a foot along a lateral root. Might as well be on clear ice. :D

I walked on a stump root the other week that put me down. I had walked into an area where someone got a skidder stuck real good. As I walked out I was stepping on or around large spruce stumps. I seen the exposed root flares and new enough to keep clear. I got to one and the bark was on it, stepping on it was the shortest route around the mess. Soon as I put my weight on it, down I went. The bark had been pulled off but settled right back in place. The temple region of my skull just missing the edge of the stump. Kinda sat there for a few seconds realizing how close my fate had become.