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  1. DanHouse

    Calling all Arbor-Nauts!! Rendezvous this fall in central Michigan

    EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! Once again this year we all at the GOTC (Global Organization of Tree Climbers) will be gathering September 20th to 24th (Friday to Tuesday) at a church camp just east of Tustin, Michigan. Great lodging, great people, good food and trees to climb, workshops...
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    Report on Tree Care Industry Accident Records for

    Any thing can happen but taking the correct steps to reduce harm or eliminate death is why all should read this report. The data is very sobering and if not for yourself or crew members but consider who you will make into a widow or orphan. 79 deaths are 79 too many. Accident Report
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    1916 Nat Geo Panorama of the King of Trees

    Only by shear luck did I stumble on this issue is an old pile of magazines while junking with my beautiful wife, Liz. Everyone in the store looked when I announced "take a look of this foldout". No doubt most expected some girlie picture was in my hands but this four page foldout held the King...
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    2014 ZigZag improvements

    Captured this image from a New Zealand message board: I would still insist on a corner trap around the biner hole to reduce the chance of cross-loading. The rivets around the swivel ball still make me uneasy. Read the whole story here...
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    Wheelchair Lift-Off

    http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingt...430eb3e6a451be5 http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2013/06/06/baker_tree_climbing_01_t180.jpg?370a03faaa4bde2115f371a02430eb3e6a451be5 I have to admit that we jumped at the chance to train these students to climb trees in...
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    FREE Brad English now!

    FREE Brad English NOW LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Clifton man was arrested early Thursday morning after police found him in a tree on Pope Street. According to an arrest report, officers were called to Pope Street, near Embry Avenue, on a report of a man in a tree talking to himself. The witness...
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    2014 Recreational Tree Climbing Rendezvous Announc

    2014 Recreational Tree Climbing Rendezvous Announcement Each fall, someone from the recreational tree climbing community hosts a get together to celebrate our love of trees. This year it is hosted by Sam "Oak" Johnson of Out on a Limb Tree Climbing. In October of 2013, Peter and Patty...
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    Rope Wrench alternate?

    I have to think that there is a Buzzer out there that has a device like one of these to test out. Can it be used like the Rope Wrench??? These can be attached mid-rope; has no pins and costs $53 to $90. Let me know your thoughts>>&gt...
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    Safety Knot Modification

    I added on extra "Loop" while bending a safety knot so it looks like a little bow-tie. I find that is pulls out like butter even if jammed hard and tight. See you at the top, Dan
  10. DanHouse

    Gear Innovation

    August 13, 2012 To whom it may concern: sui generis laws This may read a little weird but it seems that we all share the same fascination with new gear that makes tall tasks just a bit easier. Granted some things like the wheel are never re-invented they just got better by adding just one...
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    WOW

    It will be a hard thing for be to change but every time I watch a climber on SRT I get the feeling that I am work twice as hard as I could be. With all this new neat tools and hitches and methods oh my! I maybe barking up the wrong rope. See you at the top, Dan
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    Ruling on self-splices & Tree Climbing Comps

    I viewing the MidWestern Chapter Facebook page there has been a lot of talk about all splices needing to be labeled with tags to ID the splices. Who best to ask than the Buzzers. Who decides and where are the published regs? Curious minds want to know.

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