Ash tree before and after

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Nice work Jelte. I like when I see a tree with water sprouts still in the right places! Some guys just cut them out of their way. I say climb around them.

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thats the only way it should be! thanks

Why do you guy's cut them down?? what is the problem with Ash's there?

jelte
 

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"I like when I see a tree with water sprouts still in the right places! Some guys just cut them out of their way. I say climb around them."

Me too. That's my main problem with TCC's; the oak in Nashville was liontailed before competition. I think climbers should be judged on care along with speed etc.

So Mark, are you going to ask the committee not to strip the next TCC tree?
 
The ITCC group actually likes to leave as much as possible. What they try to do is remove the ones that will most likely break during the day (right in the way) and leave some that might add to the difficulty. One reason is to keep it the same all day for everyone. If a limb breaks 1/2 way through the day, it might change the event drastically. That's how I look at it anyway?

Now the TCC's- well that can be a whole different story! I've seen some frustrating prunings at the NJ and others. /forum/images/graemlins/mad.gif
 
Actually the ITCC in Nashville was in the exact same tree as the ISASC TCC the year before. Glad to hear the ITCC likes to have a higher degree of difficulty by leaving the inner tree more intact.
 
Guy, are you talking about the tree the the Women's Masters was in? If so, I agree the tree was THIN, but being one of the guys who helpend set the stations for the event and prep the tree, I can tell you its was like that before I ever rode into town. In fact, we tried to end thin as much as we could and thin only the sprouts, like Mark said, that we felt would be lost anyway. I agree with you I don't think the tree should have been used, but I show up to help out as early as I can, but alot of those decisions are made before volunteers get on site.

Just a view from the inside looking out.
 
Todays job was a beautiful ash, I'll try to get some pics. It's just one of many that will be removed in the Detroit area. This one is a shame it was one of my favorite climbs.
 
Tony yes that tree was liontailed for isasc, a year before you got there.

Rich, is that ash infested? I think eradicating the genus in the bug's area removes resistant genes from the pool, and is a scientifically, economically and ecologically unsound policy.
 
Yes infested and rapidly declining. You can't miss the exit holes, any place you look they are there. /forum/images/graemlins/furious3.gif
 

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Not a difficult removal, 24x20 work area, but a narrow gate to get everything out.
 

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I'll see if I can borrow a camera and get a closeup of the damage this little insect does. It's quite amazing how much damage they do.
 
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