We decided to hang another swing at our house: higher, bigger, and better than any so far. First, we had to throw a rope about 2 dozen times to finally get it over the branch we wanted.
Crusoe and Finn watched from the truck.
Once the truck was in the way, so we asked Finn to move it for us.
(just kidding)
Then Maribeth suited up in her harness to climb the rope.
She 'prussiked up' by using 2 other, smaller ropes as hand- and foot-holds that she could slide up the long rope.
Finn practiced spotting.
She had her drill, eye-bolt, and screwdriver attached to her harness so she could use them when she reached the branch.
After she tied herself onto the limb for safety, she drilled a hole into the branch, then screwed in the eye-bolt, then threaded the green swing rope through the eye. (We had forgotten to send the green rope up with her, so Remi had to get it to her while she was already up there.) |
Coming down
Hooray for my moms!
Time to swing!
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