Excerpt from The Link, Vol. 14: Program Magazine for the United Fellowship of Protestants; November, 1956 He must place himself so that a falling branch will not strike him or the safety rope. Yet he must be able to swing his axe freely. At any mo ment during the cleaning of a spar tree, loose bark may suddenly give way under his spurs and cause a fall. The high climber has learned his trade through hard experience. There have been many moments when only quick-thinking and the safety rope could save him. Yet the number Of high climbers that have fallen with out sustaining permanent injuries is really surprising. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.