Views from the Glishorn

Its the Glees – horn! Some great views from a strenuous walk up (and down) in 2013…

 

North to the Grosser Aletschgletscher

North to the Grosser Aletschgletscher

 

North northwest

North northwest

 

On the edge of the Glishorn!

On the edge of the Glishorn!

 

Below of the Schallberg encompasses much of the first day of the Stockalperweg

 

West northwest to the Schallberg

West northwest to the Schallberg

 

Back down direction Visp

Back down direction Visp

 

And into the Lonza werk Visp

And into the Lonza werk Visp

 

Direction Glishorn

Direction Glishorn

 

And at the end of a long day ... the charm of the Hotel du Pont

And at the end of a long day … the charm of the Hotel du Pont in Brig

 

Tree clearing C to B

Clearing dead pines before they decide to fall on the new fence.

 

 

The winch man - Garikai

The winch man – Garikai

 

George linking up from the tree to the winch

George linking up from the tree to the winch

 

 

The happy woodsmen

The happy woodsmen

 

 

The moment of impact

The moment of impact

 

Next tree

Next tree

 

 

 

 

The chopping begins

The chopping begins

 

until this happens

until this happens

 

 

He's happy

He’s happy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Worlds Most Powerful Flying Chainsaw

Never before seen images from the hi-tech side of logging, we can now exclusively show you THE WORLDS MOST POWERFUL FLYING CHAINSAW, invented here in Troutbeck

the worlds most powerful flying chainsaw

the worlds most powerful flying chainsaw

 

Look at all the toys she has on board …the new levtek seat AND the tree-o-scope vision system …

shaved pilot with safety glasses demonstrating levtek seat & tree-o-scope vision system

shaved pilot with safety glasses demonstrating levtek seat & tree-o-scope vision system

 

Finally we get some idea of the power behind this machine.

flying chainsaw twin turbo-prop engines, with double port side wingdoodles

flying chainsaw twin turbo-prop engines, with double port side wingdoodles

 

No trees were harmed in the production of this post