treewill
Participating member
- Location
- Everywhere and nowhere
Hi Guys,
I don't post to much on here about my extracurricular activities, but many of you who know me know that for the past 4+ years with every hour I've spent doing commercial tree work I've spent at least as much working to bring awareness and protection to our biggest trees in the Pacific Northwest. We started Ascending the Giants (link is in my signature) with the idea that showing people what a climber sees in a tree would inevitably lead to greater appreciation and valuation of trees. We had no idea where that journey would take us.
Right now we're planning our biggest project to date: a 5-day canopy traverse through a grove of Oregon White Oak trees. The Treeverse goes from one end of the grove to the other, approximately 1 kilometer through one of Oregon's most threatened forest habitats. We'll be completely independent and unsupported from the ground, taking everything with us for five days and packing everything out.
Documenting the whole thing will be our awesome video guys at Uncage the Soul productions. They've been with us since the very beginning and understand how to climb trees and shoot tree climbing. Check out some of their previous work at the links below:
http://vimeo.com/15934720
http://www.uncagethesoul.com/gallery/ascending-the-giants/
http://www.uncagethesoul.com/gallery/into-darkness-trailer/
We've just set up a Kickstarter page to get funding to make this movie happen. The way that Kickstarter works is you set a funding goal, in our case $5000, and if you get pledges matching the goal, you get the money. If not, you don't and everyone who pledged is off the hook. We've got some great rewards for our donors, including DVDs and sweet prints of epic tree climbing photography.
If you like this idea and you want to see it happen, please consider pledging to our Kickstarter page at http://kck.st/fykvJl
As a tree guy, it's hard to ask for things you want to work to earn. In fact, we're terrible at it. But after 4+ years of doing it on our own, spending money we earn at our day jobs and relying on friends, family and general good will, we've had to accept that in ordered to dream big we need help. I hope you all take the chance to check out our site, and if you like it send it to anyone and everyone. Please feel free to ask any questions about the project; I'm here to answer.
Thanks,
Will Koomjian
I don't post to much on here about my extracurricular activities, but many of you who know me know that for the past 4+ years with every hour I've spent doing commercial tree work I've spent at least as much working to bring awareness and protection to our biggest trees in the Pacific Northwest. We started Ascending the Giants (link is in my signature) with the idea that showing people what a climber sees in a tree would inevitably lead to greater appreciation and valuation of trees. We had no idea where that journey would take us.
Right now we're planning our biggest project to date: a 5-day canopy traverse through a grove of Oregon White Oak trees. The Treeverse goes from one end of the grove to the other, approximately 1 kilometer through one of Oregon's most threatened forest habitats. We'll be completely independent and unsupported from the ground, taking everything with us for five days and packing everything out.
Documenting the whole thing will be our awesome video guys at Uncage the Soul productions. They've been with us since the very beginning and understand how to climb trees and shoot tree climbing. Check out some of their previous work at the links below:
http://vimeo.com/15934720
http://www.uncagethesoul.com/gallery/ascending-the-giants/
http://www.uncagethesoul.com/gallery/into-darkness-trailer/
We've just set up a Kickstarter page to get funding to make this movie happen. The way that Kickstarter works is you set a funding goal, in our case $5000, and if you get pledges matching the goal, you get the money. If not, you don't and everyone who pledged is off the hook. We've got some great rewards for our donors, including DVDs and sweet prints of epic tree climbing photography.
If you like this idea and you want to see it happen, please consider pledging to our Kickstarter page at http://kck.st/fykvJl
As a tree guy, it's hard to ask for things you want to work to earn. In fact, we're terrible at it. But after 4+ years of doing it on our own, spending money we earn at our day jobs and relying on friends, family and general good will, we've had to accept that in ordered to dream big we need help. I hope you all take the chance to check out our site, and if you like it send it to anyone and everyone. Please feel free to ask any questions about the project; I'm here to answer.
Thanks,
Will Koomjian
