Hello nerds… we wanted to take this chance to send a big con-grat-u-lations to one of favorites and one of the most under-hyped skiers in the scene, Erik Olson, for his picture on the Newschoolers homepage today. I hope those of you who appreciate our sarcastic take on life can appreciate the great irony/beauty of Erik casually hand-planting the landing of one of skiing’s most infamous battlegrounds of up-the-ante-ism. Those of you who think we just like to complain will not.
To celebrate, we’re re-printing a sought-after how-to Erik posted in the Line Skier’s Union years ago about how to cut grape vines off an old barn. Enjoy!
Removing wild grape vines from barns
Tools: Heavy duty branch trimmer / clippers / 40 foot extension ladder
Method: Start the attack at the source of life. Use the branch trimmer and disconnect the vines from the ground based anchor points. Proceed to remove all visible anchor points. Use the ladder to reach and then detach highest vines. Next, you should begin to peel the vine net left to right. (or vise versa) As you peel, more points of anchoring will be revealed. ( you may have to use clippers to expose these areas) Continue until large portions of vine net can be pulled down. Continue this method of peeling, clipping, and pulling until the majority of the net is down. Afterward you will use the ladder and trimmer to clip and pull off remaining vines that maybe be scattered on the barn. Lastly, clean up your mess and put away your tools.
-Erik
