A couple months ago we had a ferocious wind storm that topped over our neighbours’ giant spruce tree. It was one of split trunk trees, so actually only half of the tree fell over. It still left quite the impression. The neighbours had the rest of the tree taken out within the week. Last Friday, feeling a bit ambitious, I decided it was time to clean the gutters on the garage where years of pine needles had collected and solidified. I got out the extension ladder and my new electric leaf blower and, knowing how packed in the needles are, I also grabbed some scrap wood from the garage to loosen them up. I made sure to check that the ladder was secured — but I guess I must have extended the ladder at the very last minute — and then headed up hands full. I was about 2/3rds of the way to the top when as I stepped, I suddenly felt the extension half of the ladder starting to slide down crushing my foot under my own weight. I pulled up on the outside wrings enough to slide my foot out only…
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