Looking from the bottom up - the innards of the tree seem healthy, and there was a good drainage of sap from the center of the tree. I walked along the tree thunking it with a sledgehammer. About 10 feet up, the tone changes - I'd bet that the tree is dead from there up.
This is what the damaged portion of the tree looks like. It's shedding its bark.
All of the branches look like this. Debarked, with insect galleries clearly visible.
The notch cut was above shoulder height. Hard work.
I'm not proud of this cut. It got the job done, but this was a treacherous, loose slope. I was lucky to have the uphill tree to hide behind when the lower tree fell.
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