The picture below kind of sums up the day. Things overall went well, but near the end, it got stuck, and it was stuck good! All the branches got tied up with all the other trees next to it. It was expected to a degree, but not like it was. Look at the angle of the trunk on the right of the picture. 
Below is a series of awesome pictures Erika took. The first picture is right after it gave way, you can see the slack in the line. Both Dan and I are still looking to see what was happening. Dan was working the chain, I was off to his right by about 10 feet. We figured the tree would fall where the come-along-was.
Below, Dan started to move, I'm still watching it. Hmm. I think its coming straight at me...
Ok, time to move...
OH CRAP!!! WOOHOO!!
Here is a close-up of me running for my life. It looks like I'm smiling. Erika says I was laughing as I ran. It was an adrenaline rush. I was bracing myself to get shmushed, but only got brushed by some of the smaller branches . I was lucky. 
Here is a picture of where the top of the tree landed. If you look at a big version of the picture, you'll see my water bottle. I was standing to the right of that (if looking at the tree). 
As I mentioned in an earlier post about the freaky experience my brother and I had with our grippers. This picture is my replacement set of grippers. Unfortunately I bought a set of grippers that are made for the world strongest man. These are "Captains of Crush #3", rated at 280lbs. If you can squeeze these, you can basically crush a brick in your bare hand. So these are WAY out of my league in terms of hand strength, but I'm determined to squeeze these some day.
The card shown in the picture is to be used if you get 'certified'. The are a set of rules that need to be followed in order to be certified. But once you do you can become famous and your name can end up here!!!!
So far after 3 days with them, I can get them to move a little, which is FAR better than when I first opened them. I haven't hurt myself yet....
I'll keep you posted.
