Re: Women\'s Fun Climb in St Louis?
nice photos JZ, thanks for taking/posting those! i added some names.
thanks also to colleen skiera, keeper of the "goods" at the ITCC trailer, for letting us borrow gear, and gillean for setting up media coverage, and toby sherrill for donating half a dozen...
2008 PNW chapter comp link:
http://www.pnwisa.org/conference.html
i think the regional fun comps are done for the year. this one's the qualifier for internationals in 2008.
we did a gnarly hill job (removals) where all the brush had to either be dragged hundreds of feet up switchback steep steps or be cut to fit a 4x6 trolley the customer had just had rebuilt for like $30k. ridiculous. i told him when i did the bid that my crew would walk if we had to drag it all...
if the company is treehouse workshop, run by jake jacob and peter nelson, then she has nothing to worry about. check this out:
http://www.treehouseworkshop.com/
their work has been in mags like architectural digest, and i'll vouch for their "tree-friendliness". if it's some other treehouse...
not sure what the letter of the law is, but of the 3 harnesses i've climbed in at ITCC only one of them has ansi approval, pretty sure: edelrid tree magic, buckingham glide, and treemotion. someone please tell me i don't have to compete in my glide this year!?
k.
not sure what the rules are for members at large - anyone know? mark bridge, who posts here as mark b., is also i believe a member at large and i think has competed at internationals as such..?
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Kathy,
Why didn't you make a triangle and support all of the stems?
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not necessary imo - the 3rd stem was smaller, sheltered from prevailing wind, not "heading" toward a target if it fell, and was reduced by 15 ft in height. saving a customer money basically.
k.