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  1. Oxman

    Giant Spruce climb video w/Crossbow Linesetting

    Video of recreational tree climbing in the Giant Spruce in Mendocino. Crossbow linesetting. Petzl Pompe ascender & Stop descender. This was an on sight climb of a 12' dbh Sitka Spruce tree that many others had climbed before. This tree is featured in another Beranek Publications video...
  2. Oxman

    DMM Factory Tour

    I guess everybody knows that DMM stands for Denny Moorhouse Mountaineering? We met the "Wizard Of Iron" in Milwaukee at the ISA conference about a decade ago. Some tipping of pints was happening at the Hilton bar. He said he wished he had patented the figure 8. At the time, there were 2 other...
  3. Oxman

    Beddes and Dan Kraus competing in 2001 ITCC.

    MiniDV tape in a box yielded this old video that hasn't been seen before. Enjoy ! 2001 Video of Hoh Rainforest & Milwaukee ITCC
  4. Oxman

    PNW TCC images are online

    Video of Robert Bundy in Masters Challenge at 2012 PNW ITCC 4 minute video clip
  5. Oxman

    Locating dwarf and unusual conifers

    [ QUOTE ] I am looking for growers or suppliers that specialize in conifers and might be able to provide replacements that are larger than say 1 gallon. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. [/ QUOTE ] Bob Fincham's dwarf conifer nursery is a great source. He is the author of the book...
  6. Oxman

    Reynolds Triple redwood video

    Here's a screenshot from the video. The base of the codominant stem I'm standing on has an unusual 'figure-of-eight' shape. Right at the 90 degree angle where it plugs into the trunk & turns vertical, it's narrow, but tall. Claus Mattheck would say that all the downward force is directed...
  7. Oxman

    Reynolds Triple redwood video

    The Reynolds Triple is 2 redwood trees, one of which forks into 2 stems just above ground level. The tree is very close to the Eel River. The day we were there, a road crew was doing some brush chipping alongside Highway 101. Here's an old edit by G. F. Beranek. 11 minutes. Crossbow line...
  8. Oxman

    You might be an arborist if . . .

    ...the telescoping chainsaw muffler has melted the front of your Arborwear.
  9. Oxman

    Runnin' out of trees

    Re: Runnin\' out of trees Thanks for the bleak-hope stocking stuffer.
  10. Oxman

    Buttcatch log lowering video

    Just ask Pinocchio what happened when Gepetto sneezed. What I like about the Buzz is that the comments are by folks who have been in similar situations with real-world experience. This isn't theory, it's refinement of arboricultural rigging practice. Yes, it would have been nice if the rope...
  11. Oxman

    Buttcatch log lowering video

    Sap on the rope made the rope tacky on the porty, with a bend radius of the ratio of 5/8" line diameter to the spool diameter. Using one less wrap on the porty when cutting the tops & limbs resulted in runaway forces with logs. It was at the end of the load range with the fatter rope on a...
  12. Oxman

    Buttcatch log lowering video

    Coming to the end of the rope. All hell is about to break loose, what with the rope not running thru the Portawrap. Should there have been one less wrap?
  13. Oxman

    Buttcatch log lowering video

    Anti gravity log still floats leisurly downward
  14. Oxman

    Buttcatch log lowering video

    Another log falling
  15. Oxman

    Buttcatch log lowering video

    Still shot
  16. Oxman

    Buttcatch log lowering video

    Here's a doug fir in tight quarters being dismantled with a portawrap and pulley to lower the fat ol logs. 14 minute film clip with a little slo-mo when one of the logs is cut loose. Buttcatch Here's a shot in the slo mo sequence.
  17. Oxman

    2012 PNW-ISA Masters Challenge

    Here's Robert Bundy starting the ascent in the Masters Challenge at the Washingon Park Arboretum. Enjoy! Robert Bundy video
  18. Oxman

    Photos of 2012 ITCC at Portland's Laurelhurst Park

    Photos of 2012 ITCC at Portland\'s Laurelhurst Park Checked out the site of the upcoming 2012 ITCC in Portland, Oregon this weekend. Here's 5 dozen photos in an album on Shutterfly. http://michaeloxman.shutterfly.com/376 The 31 acre location is in a residential neighborhood about 2 miles...
  19. Oxman

    Ropin Album

    A right sparkling discussion with lots of valuable added material by the readers. Looks like a consensus - the climber needs to survive right up until that magical moment of release occurs. And until the next cut. And the next. And here we are, 25,000 trees since 1970. Where are all the other...
  20. Oxman

    Ropin Album

    Thanks for the heartfelt thoughts. I have been in the same position of calling out sloppy work shown in photos as improper, and very heavyhanded with the words at times. I appreciate your restraint at calling them as you see em. Climbing for 40 years has locked me into a style. I want to hang...

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