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  1. scott_baker

    Tree Workers and Sailors

    I love these books too! When I started climbing I was given a manilla rope and showed the system which was tie your snap on with a bowline and leave a tail for the "Tarbuck" knot....I used that simple hitch for years.
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    Sequoia sempervirens

    Great pics Mario....when I look at it for a while that burl begins to look like Gerry! Hoping to get down to the big forest soon! SDB
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    Histree Treehouse is history

    Tom was nervous under the tree four years ago! I sure wish I had been there to see it come down. I had "encouraged" Michael Garnier to cut the cables as I was worried about the tree collapsing with them attached. I will be down there soon to work and it will be fun to see the bones. When I first...
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    PNW ISA Conference & TCC! Sept 26-29

    Hey all (evo)...if you are short on funds or time the field day is best value and most fun. I bet there are some tree buzzers that would let you crash at their place Sunday nite. We are expecting 350 attendees! Whew!
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    PNW ISA Conference & TCC! Sept 26-29

    We have another fantastic conference planned and ready to roll! Our meetings have a reputation for great content! TCC in Wright Park Olmstead designed it in 1890 fantastic trees. Field Day in Pt Defiance Park: Mark Chisolm, Arthur Lee Jacobsen, and more including an opportunity to ascend an Old...
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    Headed to Western Australia

    Thanks for all the advice. Am now in contact with a couple of ISA CA arborists in WA. Will definately be hitting the famous old fire lookout trees which are accessed with ladders attached to the trees and the canopy walkway. I saw the design drawings for the walkway iaers ago while looking...
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    Headed to Western Australia

    Hey my wife and I are headed to WA for a month beginning Dec 16th. I am looking for some tree geeks over there. One of my hopes is to explore the Karri forest down near Pemberton it is the second tallest canopy in the world. Any advice or contacts from the buzzers?
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    Construction woes

    Sadly as we well know this sort of thing is the norm. Shortsighted and narrow thinking and...a failure of the design team IMO. Hope there is no "Green Building" bragging going on here because they are now disqualified...by me....and TJ
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    Sycamore crown reduction...how much?

    Great thread. Great to see people embracing new ideas. Any thoughts on Sycamore in Texas climate with different in characteristics as a result? We can push the change to a more ecological approach that keeps more trees for longer and keeps pruners aloft! Frankly the "industry" will fight this...
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    High Ropes Course Tree Assessments

    Nick Tom and all, Yesterday, while on my bike, I saw a brand new Ropes course that really backed up my opinions. Put up by one of the groups that do it "professionally" but without any respect for... or knowledge of the trees. Dozens of those crazy staples, boards lagged tight to the...
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    High Ropes Course Tree Assessments

    I have worked on and around ropes courses since the 70's. Personally I do not think that building them in living trees is a good idea. The trees are basically ruined over time and the hardware especially those crazy staples renders the tree unusable as lumber. I have seen several courses...
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    Arborists should allow trees to be themselves

    You guys might be interested to know that Jack Phillips is a highly regarded arborist with tremendous depth of experience. His interest in a more ecological and, frankly less human centered, approach to Urban Ecology and thus tree management is shared by many people in our field. I think that...
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    Tree House Supports

    Hi All, In my years with the treehousers I have seen just about everything. Just remember that if you use rope or cable and a load is applied against the tree part...the cable/rope is likely to be enveloped and could depress or cut off cambial flow. I love the idea of tree houses that do not use...
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    What would you do?/ trees at my new(old) house

    If you do determine that the tree can be kept for a while I'd say look at it as an old veteran and prune accordingly. If that much crown came out the tree should be more stable without that upper lever arm like Guy said. Tilia can be a long lived tree. Depending on you risk tolerance it looks...
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    Don't let yourself be distracted!

    Re: Don\'t let yourself be distracted! I read your post after a day of climbing here in Seattle. I'm with Tom D...another old dog checking and double checking and checking again....just to make sure! Scott
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    Ken Six

    I heard about Kens passing on the ASCA list serve. He was one of a kind. His passion for trees was fantastic! I also remember many laughs with Ken! And more than a few intense discussions. I will be planting some trees in his memory and will keep him in mind when I am advocating for trees. Scott
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    I have a son!!!!!

    Clicked too fast pic attached...
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    I have a son!!!!!

    Congratulations...in about 18 years you can do this...see pic. Boys are cool! Scott
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    Put the Chips Back Under the Tree?

    The best mulch is the stuff that falls from the tree. With a few, species specific exceptions, arborist wood chip is a very safe mulch to use and will only help the tree. After all if no arbo pruned the tree all those bits would end up as soil beneath it. Worries about alleopathy are...
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    Missing Pete

    Thanks for putting that message up Tom. I will toast them all this weekend. Stay safe. Scott

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