thanks royce! we may not have met but i bet we have friends in common. maybe you know ben rubinfeld, who is an arborist/forester in vermont? he worked for me for a while. plenty of competition folks as well. your company sounds like mine about 12 years ago :). best of luck!
Out on a Limb Tree co is looking for one or two climbers with at least 2 years of full-time climbing experience. no crane work, no bucket work, no topping, no stumpgrinding - 60-75% pruning from hedges to 150 ft douglas fir trees. removals are generally technical and not huge. owner is a climber...
ya, i didn't say equal ratio. i said changing ratio. wishing for nothing more than respect, for guys to quit telling me i can't do what i've been doing now for 20 yrs.
wow. well, i guess it's good news that this conversation is between men but i am a bit depressed to see that we are still arguing about whether or not women can be climbing arborists. when i started posting here (2006?) i was pretty much the only woman who bothered with all the sexist bullshit...
open ascent event will not be part of prelims for itcc 2014, but may be for 2015. if it's run this year it will be more like the head to head event. last rules committee mtg is tomorrow and i expect the final rules will be online shortly thereafter.
should be available any minute now on the ITCC page - final review in process. women should train to foot lock 50 ft, and the time limit for A/R will be 5 min for everyone. a few other big changes, but i'll wait for that to be announced officially.
open ascent event is in the mix, but not for 2014. the rules committee has been discussing possibly moving foot lock out of the preliminary events and making it an exhibition event (like head to head foot lock currently at ITCC), to be replaced with an open ascent event. IN THE MIX, not here yet..
hey guys,
proposed 2014 ITCC rules are currently open for public comment - deadline for comments and questions before the final rules committee mtg is april 11th. if you have read and digested the rules and have questions or comments, the place to submit them for consideration is here...
daniel,
the author of the article is cass turnbull - she's a she.
just fyi.
she's had a huge impact in these parts on the pervasive mis-information that trees "should" be topped. lotsa toppers still out there, but the public is much better informed thanks to cass.
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aaaaand 1. Veronika Ericsson 2. Anja Erni 3. Nicki Ward-Allen
c'mon guys
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thanks murph. the buzz has come a long way if i don't have to post that myself :)