coon it

Etymology
As would a coon (a racooon).

Verb

 * 1)  To crawl by straddling a log, especially in crossing a creek, or similar, such as a construction beam.
 * 2) * 1920, author kept strictly confidential by Google Books, The Beaver, Hudson’s Bay Company, page 45
 * But the other day one of the logging company’s engineers was spotted cooning it along a big hemlock log which had been felled across the river years ago. The Teal was leaping at his ankles and shouting its spring song, while the lad inched along and looked everywhere but down.
 * 1) * 1998, Mary Michels (interviewee), Susan Eisenberg (author), We'll Call You If We Need You, Experiences of Women Working Construction, Cornell University Press, ISBN 080148605X, page 192
 * I was crawling across the beam—because I wasn’t able to walk on it. It was really thin. To this day, I would crawl on it—they call it “cooning it.”
 * 1) * 1998, Mary Michels (interviewee), Susan Eisenberg (author), We'll Call You If We Need You, Experiences of Women Working Construction, Cornell University Press, ISBN 080148605X, page 192
 * I was crawling across the beam—because I wasn’t able to walk on it. It was really thin. To this day, I would crawl on it—they call it “cooning it.”