All the more impressive to me as I don't see
any tension lines attached to that tree for guidance when it clears. He went old school: a good saw, some wedges, and a fistful of know how. Speaking of, you guys catch the name on the bar of that saw? Damn straight.
I remember seeing my old man do really difficult tree removals for friends or around family properties when I was in my teens. "Zero room for error" type deals, but he'd usually have at least one line secured and tensioned to back up his geometry to make that sucker fall exactly where it was wanted.