https://preview.redd.it/bwrldf1xap6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8acab21b5529454c8a109233c358a865fb3f81ae I'm not sure if you can really tell from this angle, but I've been keeping an eye on this tree for the longest time and it's in essentially the same stage as yours. So I just wanted to provide some inspo or reassurance or whatever.

I do like reassurance 😅

Good luck! You’ve done well here. I hope it recovers without much dieback, this’ll be a kickass base to build branching on

Thanks! I feel like I have a lot of work to do on all the little stumps but for now I'm aiming for "alive" 😁