Falling - off the roof!

We started today putting on the VERY expensive underlayment (roofing felt). Normally you just put on a type of "tar paper", its thickness determines it durability, but since this is likely to be exposed for a while, I decided to go with something called "Polyglass". At about 7 times the price for normal "felt", it'd better be good.

It took a little while before we go the hang of it, but after a few laps, it was much easier. But as with everything new, it takes longer time than planned, and darkness started to fall. After having placed big flood lights and really only producing pitch dark shadows, we decided it was time to quit. But just as I was crawling to put in a few more "tacks" for the night, I suddenly started sliding backwards - towards the edge (and the abyss). With a small amount of moisture on the Polyglass, not even its sticky surface will halt a sliding person. It did not take long before I slid over the edge, went airborne, and landed perfectly in a large bush below. It was such a perfect and soft landing, still standing straight up, so my feet did not even touch the ground. Wow! If this would have been closer to the street, it could have ended really bad! Harness on from now on!