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Quick-Tip: Trail Safety -Widowmakers

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Often when we are out on the trail we are busy looking at all the interesting scenery and wildlife, but we also should look around us for potential dangers, like the widowmaker.

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hey perry peacock here with your will in this quick tip well you're out on the trail like I am today right in the mountain bike up through here keep an eye out especially in the spring rafter storm for dangers on the trail for example right here the trail goes right down through here and between some trees here and here if we look up to the right here a little bit there's a huge Widowmaker right there and it's only being held in place by one little by inch and a half or two inch branch right there that's keeping that whole thing from falling that's a pretty good-sized tree right there that fell on you it could be fatal so keep an eye out when you're on the trail this perry peacock with your wilderness quick tip be safe

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