Danny D. wrote, on Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:48:36 +0000:
Here's my rendition, showing both where we are, and where we're going:
I am omitting the actual building structure, which looks like this:
So, below, are drawings, but not the actual pictures of us looking like fools high up in the redwood trees of the Santa Cruz mountains:
- The starting point, on a steep slope, with a path near the top: formatting link
- All brown lines are 16-foot long lengths of lumber: formatting link
- This approximates the "ladder network" you've seen in the photos: formatting link
- This was the first (thin) cable that went from tree to tree: formatting link
- From that thin cable, we hung two large safety cargo nets: formatting link
- Then we hung the thick cable, which was initially 250 feet long: formatting link
- We sunk two fenceposts, so that the platform rested on the ground: formatting link
- Then we built & suspended the first 16-foot by 10-foot section: formatting link
- Yesterday, we hung the second 16-foot-long section which is a foot or two shy of the smaller redwood pair of trees: formatting link
- The plan is to add successive 16-foot sections, one by one: formatting link
- We keep that up until we finally reach the big redwood tree: formatting link
- And, finally, we'll add 8'x4' sheets of plywood as a railing: formatting linkAfter that, we begin to build the actual treehouse, complete with WiFi, refrigerator, bar, running water, and heating (no kidding).
It will take time, of course, so, I'm not sure if I should continue to update this thread, but, since we've never done this before, any and all advice is welcome.
PS: Jeff Liebermann and SMS are both welcome to attend the Internet WiFI setup party since they both live in the area!