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I know it's only the day after, but does anyone have results of ITCC, Montreal?
In anticipation
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And the winner is...?
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Strasser Shines
Just back from Montreal. Bernd Strasser was the class of the competition winning the masters challenge in a huge cottonwood. Strasser put on an incredible show far superior to the other four in the competition. Mark Chisholm was second. The other three were Andrew Harrison of New Zealand, Charley Wagner of Rocky Mountian Chapater and Jelte Buddingh of Holland. Chisholm set a WR of 10.9 in the footlock.
Kiah Martin of Australia had a great masters setting her line on the first throw and beating Wenda Li of Toronto (last years masters champion). Wenda did a beautiful footlock on Saturday setting a WR of less than 25 sec and bettered it today.
Michael
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Strasser Shines
Just back from Montreal. Bernd Strasser was the class of the competition winning the masters challenge in a huge cottonwood. Strasser put on an incredible show far superior to the other four in the competition. Mark Chisholm was second. The other three were Andrew Harrison of New Zealand, Charley Wagner of Rocky Mountian Chapater and Jelte Buddingh of Holland. Chisholm set a WR of 10.9 in the footlock.
Kiah Martin of Australia had a great masters setting her line on the first throw and beating Wenda Li of Toronto (last years masters champion). Wenda did a beautiful footlock on Saturday setting a WR of less than 25 sec and bettered it today.
Michael
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Nice job Mark ! I'm sure you represented well as usual in a job well accomplished. Myself and fellow NJ swampscum were ecstatic with the news and are proud of a guy from South Jersey who went to Canada and kicked ass!! I'm sure you had a couple of beers for me up there.
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This is my first reply. I got home about 45 minutes ago. Mail and the cats got my attention right away. Now down to the important stuff.
It was hard to not cheer for everyone in equal volume in the MC. Th night before I met the Dutch champ, Jelte? A nice guy. The other four are all good, old friends with champion spirit. Of course, Mark is MY MAN!!! All five put on excellent climbs. A number of us talked after the MC and the agreement was that Charlie Wagner was third and a toss up between Mark and Beddas. Both wonderful climbs. It was fun to see how many common moves and ties ins they all used. It goes to show that there are only so many solutions to the puzzle.
I think the thing that Beddas did to give him an edge was to clear his gear and put it all away while the clock was running. This kept the judge's attention and showed his attention to the micro details. I'll make one of my "Dollars to Donuts" bets and say that we will see more people follow this strategy in the future.
Tomorrow we meet to prune the trees for the MN TCC. We have the competition on September 13th in case anyone is interested. I can always use more volunteers. Your climbing skill level has nothing to do with your ability to help out. Anyone who wants to be a better climber needs to help at their local TCC. Its the best way to learn and get to know some of the most wonderful, solid, friendly people in the industry!
Hey!!! Mark set a new world record in the Footlock. I don't have the official time but I know it is under 10.9 seconds. I don't think I could run forty feet that fast with all of my climbing gear on. There is a good chance that this record will stand. The ITCC committee is talking about making the FL a fifty footer starting next year. Mark also won the Speed Climb.
It was hard to not cheer for everyone in equal volume in the MC. Th night before I met the Dutch champ, Jelte? A nice guy. The other four are all good, old friends with champion spirit. Of course, Mark is MY MAN!!! All five put on excellent climbs. A number of us talked after the MC and the agreement was that Charlie Wagner was third and a toss up between Mark and Beddas. Both wonderful climbs. It was fun to see how many common moves and ties ins they all used. It goes to show that there are only so many solutions to the puzzle.
I think the thing that Beddas did to give him an edge was to clear his gear and put it all away while the clock was running. This kept the judge's attention and showed his attention to the micro details. I'll make one of my "Dollars to Donuts" bets and say that we will see more people follow this strategy in the future.
Tomorrow we meet to prune the trees for the MN TCC. We have the competition on September 13th in case anyone is interested. I can always use more volunteers. Your climbing skill level has nothing to do with your ability to help out. Anyone who wants to be a better climber needs to help at their local TCC. Its the best way to learn and get to know some of the most wonderful, solid, friendly people in the industry!
Hey!!! Mark set a new world record in the Footlock. I don't have the official time but I know it is under 10.9 seconds. I don't think I could run forty feet that fast with all of my climbing gear on. There is a good chance that this record will stand. The ITCC committee is talking about making the FL a fifty footer starting next year. Mark also won the Speed Climb.
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Congratulations Mark, that's got to be grueling work!
I hope they treated you folks well.
I hope they treated you folks well.
Tom I don't think you are being fair. Strasser was vastly better than Mark Chilsom, it was not a toss up. In fact Charley may have been second.
Strasser showed superior skills, superior use of his equipment and completed the limb walk successfully whereas Mark (and a couple others) not only could not do it they missed it big time.
The most impressive things about Strasser was that this he was cool the whole time, every movement was efficient, he placed all his gear away (except for one throw line which Rip Tomkins stopped him from stowing) and he used basic techniques to outclass the others.
The climbers who used a climbing system attached to a single line via a prissick and pully where wasting time and effort. Clearly footlocking and then using a false crotch\cambium saver for the traditional self belyed technique worked extremely well and was more than enough for this tree.
Next year I see nobody to challenge Strasser though Charley Wagner, John Ransom of Ontario and Ronnie Epple of Germany seem ready to make the MC and put on a fine show.
Michael
(who loves Montreal)
Strasser showed superior skills, superior use of his equipment and completed the limb walk successfully whereas Mark (and a couple others) not only could not do it they missed it big time.
The most impressive things about Strasser was that this he was cool the whole time, every movement was efficient, he placed all his gear away (except for one throw line which Rip Tomkins stopped him from stowing) and he used basic techniques to outclass the others.
The climbers who used a climbing system attached to a single line via a prissick and pully where wasting time and effort. Clearly footlocking and then using a false crotch\cambium saver for the traditional self belyed technique worked extremely well and was more than enough for this tree.
Next year I see nobody to challenge Strasser though Charley Wagner, John Ransom of Ontario and Ronnie Epple of Germany seem ready to make the MC and put on a fine show.
Michael
(who loves Montreal)
mrtree, I have to disagree with you a little. I feel if Mark completed the plum bob It would have been very very very close. Watching Mark footlock the single rope appeared to be very difficult. So I got home and it was back to the lab again. Tried the technique and I find it much easier than footlocking a doubled rope esspecially for long distanses, plus you have a working climbing system for instand escape or work. This system could be more effciant and safer that is what the comp is all about .
There is the point, Chislom did not complete a number of tasks successfully. If you cannot complete the limb walk then the competition is not close. This is a primary task (and very difficult). Chislom did not look like the champion footlocker when it came to the competition. The use of a single rope with the working system attached does not appear in this competiotion to be more efficient or safer. Strasser managed to do all the stations with a more traditional system and never struggled or was inefficient. I think he showed superior skills and use of equipment. The other point to consider is that Strasser won the first day as well as the Masters climb.
I have some concerns about the competion and it applicablility to the daily work (these are likely appropiate elsewhere) but I wonder if a working system attached to an SRT system is truely safe. What happens as you swing and move the SRT rope can the prussick catch on a limb etc and cause the working system to move. Further how mush sense does it make to add extra ropes in the tree. The competition was held in a beautiful clean cottonwood not in a tree where branches will be raining to the ground.
Michael
I have some concerns about the competion and it applicablility to the daily work (these are likely appropiate elsewhere) but I wonder if a working system attached to an SRT system is truely safe. What happens as you swing and move the SRT rope can the prussick catch on a limb etc and cause the working system to move. Further how mush sense does it make to add extra ropes in the tree. The competition was held in a beautiful clean cottonwood not in a tree where branches will be raining to the ground.
Michael
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anyone able to post pics of the competition? or better yet some video clips?
Great job by all climbers. I worked Thursday to Monday as a tech. for the AR at the ITCC. I had a great seat for the masters challenge, and watched some of the best climbing ever. Beddes was the hands down winner. A truely classy performance. Mark didn't bring his "A" game. A second place finish is nothing to hang ones head about. Mark is world class,...he'll be on top again,...more than once I'm sure. A new star to watch in the future is Charley Wagner. What a performance!
Once again, great job by all climbers.
I have some pictures to post. Some from the top of the giant Cottonwood during the "work climb". And some from the Masters Challenge.
Once again, great job by all climbers.
I have some pictures to post. Some from the top of the giant Cottonwood during the "work climb". And some from the Masters Challenge.
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must have made the danger of limb breakage a little more intense having the climb in a cottonwood. nice pics, thanks.
One of the great tricks Strasser used was attaching the throw line directly to the ring on the friction saver while in the tree and dropping this to the ground. This made for quicker removal than the more common method of attaching the throw line to the end of the climbing line and then lowering the rope and friction saver.
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The easiest way to retrieve a Rope Guide is to tie a throwline to the big ring and toss the TL to the ground. The other retrieval methods get complex. This technique would work for ring on ring FCs too.
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Am I to assume that the throwline would go over a branch and then to the ring. Is this to just keep everything from crashing to the ground?
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I thought the master’s climbs this year were really good and exciting. Starting with Kiah from Australia, like clockwork, no fuss or hesitation. Wenda from Ontario had a hard act to follow. Her two throws instead of one getting into the tree and a little wobble on the weighted station gave Kiah the advantage. Both were great climbers with great climbs.
In the men’s I was impressed right off with the first climber, Charley Wagner from the Rocky Mountain Chapter. He worked that tree like no buddies business, and the crowd was great! I thought, “ This could be the winner.”
Then Beddes did his thing. He is just poetry in motion. Never looks to be in any rush but is super fast and efficient. It’s so fun to watch. I thought, “ How can the man of Stihl top this performance?”
But Mark had it going on too. He got the high tie in point. He had the super cool system working off a single line. Flew through the tree. As he was coming down to the weighted station I thought it could have been his, then something happened, a little slip or a snag perhaps, for no good reason the buzzer rang. That awful sound that stays in your head far to long. My condolences.
But the show was far from over. Next up was Jelte Buddingh from the Dutch chapter. He put on a fantastic climb that would have won on another day. Then Andrew Harrison from New Zealand put on a show, showing he could swing with the best of them. All in all I was quite impressed with everyone. Beddes took the day and is the first climber to win four times. Wow!
The best performance of determination came from Ronny Epple the German champ. Ronny had the bad luck of being the first climber of the day to do the work climb. He tore it up but did a super fast landing, trying to hit the landing target with a straight on jump for it. No swinging once or twice like everyone after him did. He hit hard, didn’t fall or touch the ground with anything but his feet but twisted his ankle real bad, he limped off the landing station and hobbled around on it throughout the two days of competition. And still pulled off a 2nd place in the footlock and seventh overall, just seven points from being in the top five. Cheers
In the men’s I was impressed right off with the first climber, Charley Wagner from the Rocky Mountain Chapter. He worked that tree like no buddies business, and the crowd was great! I thought, “ This could be the winner.”
Then Beddes did his thing. He is just poetry in motion. Never looks to be in any rush but is super fast and efficient. It’s so fun to watch. I thought, “ How can the man of Stihl top this performance?”
But Mark had it going on too. He got the high tie in point. He had the super cool system working off a single line. Flew through the tree. As he was coming down to the weighted station I thought it could have been his, then something happened, a little slip or a snag perhaps, for no good reason the buzzer rang. That awful sound that stays in your head far to long. My condolences.
But the show was far from over. Next up was Jelte Buddingh from the Dutch chapter. He put on a fantastic climb that would have won on another day. Then Andrew Harrison from New Zealand put on a show, showing he could swing with the best of them. All in all I was quite impressed with everyone. Beddes took the day and is the first climber to win four times. Wow!
The best performance of determination came from Ronny Epple the German champ. Ronny had the bad luck of being the first climber of the day to do the work climb. He tore it up but did a super fast landing, trying to hit the landing target with a straight on jump for it. No swinging once or twice like everyone after him did. He hit hard, didn’t fall or touch the ground with anything but his feet but twisted his ankle real bad, he limped off the landing station and hobbled around on it throughout the two days of competition. And still pulled off a 2nd place in the footlock and seventh overall, just seven points from being in the top five. Cheers
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