The scaffolding we would need to be able to work higher around the six sided temple would have to be safe and strong and not get in the way, AND hopefully not involve driving a long way to get expensive rented equipment.
Matt Driscol came up with a brilliant plan based on similar scaffolding used for building the StoneZone Irish Tower. He and Cameron constructed a system of sturdy railings around the rim of the temple, supported by long vertical redwood 'pecker poles' ( which had been cut during the clearing of the property and saved for something, but never used ) Stakes were secured to the poles set in the ground at an angle ( to accommodate the batter of the walls , so that it wasn't too far to reach over and build ) with braces securing each one to the temple.
The wooden scaffolding was cleverly erected as the building kept going on. Matt made sure it was always at the right height as the rest of us kept working. When the poles first went up, they looked unnecessarily taller than the height we were going to have to build to, but that turned out not to be the case . In fact we needed to add a second set of railings quite near the tops of the poles in order to be able to work safely .
