[BOfH]

This one is slightly less spectacular than some previously posted, but useful(in my case at least):

I have a tree on my property which is slowly dying and some large upper limbs have broken off and fallen onto the lower ones, getting caught, and just waiting for some high winds to break free and wreak havoc. Many of them were in positions unreachable by an extension ladder and the neighboring branches were too weak to support a person, so, enter about 30 feet of PVC electrical conduit, some 550 cord and a stick. The conduit comes in 10 foot sections, I connected three of them, fed the 550 cord through the conduit and tied the stick at the other end. PVC conduit is pretty light, but rigid enough to handle, and I was able to maneuver the stick into the V of said stuck branches and pull them down.