The Great Wapiti Wood Massacre

We started onto the second floor today! The plans call for a long (23') beam to support the ceiling over the great room. The engineer called for a beam that weighs 1300#; the framers didn't think their crew of 3 could lift it into place, and would need a boom truck to lift it up. The beam was delivered today, and the boom truck lifted it into position.
The first photo is the boom truck lifting the beam off the ground; in the foreground is Dean the framer.



The next photo shows the beam lifted into position over the great room, with 2 of the framers standing at the ends to guide it into position.














This 3rd photo is Ryan, balanced on top of the big beam. He should be a gymnast, constantly walking on top of the walls and beams (Dean keeps telling him to use a ladder). To be a framer is to have no fear of heights.
The fourth photo is Luke, who is a Blackfoot Indian. Last week, James watched him do a sun dance, trying to get some better weather on to the site (last week the framers had snow fall on them every day. April weather, eh?). So today when James snapped this picture of Luke up on the beam, he complained that James stole his soul. When James offered to sell it back to him, he grabbed his hammer/hatchet from his belt and said he collected scalps! (Thus the Wapiti Woods Massacre)