Canopy Traverse Film

Chewbacca, those are great questions. The first day may be ambitious, we'll have to find that out for ourselves though. We're not planning to be working out the kinks on the first day, but weeks ahead of time. Whenever possible, we want the second to be going a direct route that bypasses as many trees as possible. The more trees we have to work the haul bag through, the slower we'll be.

Mario, absolutely those are good points. The only way to have zero impact is by staying home. That said, we like to talk about leave no trace because our code of ethics for wilderness tree climbing is adapted from the leave no trace wilderness ethics principles (http://lnt.org/programs/principles.php). When we started, we found that there weren't really any wilderness tree climbing guidelines, so we made our own. A big part of what's important to us is planning ahead and preparing, for example knowing what sort of wildlife to look out for and avoid. This training has paid off in spades, as we regularly are finding and documenting Red Tree Vole nests in old Doug Firs. Back in 2009 I documented an active RTV nest and Marbled Murrelet nest in the same tree, of course giving both a wide berth.
Personally, I see many of the issues with climbing redwoods as being unique to redwoods; I don't really think they are a productive starting point to talking about forest tree climbing in general.

Chris, Thank you. The support we receive and have always received from the arborist community is seriously humbling. Let me know if you ever make it out to Oregon, that Rockaway Cedar is pretty imposing in person too!
 
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When we started, we found that there weren't really any wilderness tree climbing guidelines, so we made our own. A big part of what's important to us is planning ahead and preparing, for example knowing what sort of wildlife to look out for and avoid. This training has paid off in spades, as we regularly are finding and documenting Red Tree Vole nests in old Doug Firs. Back in 2009 I documented an active RTV nest and Marbled Murrelet nest in the same tree, of course giving both a wide berth.


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So what do you typically carry in your packs up there for exploring or documenting?

Any particular type of digital camera? Binoculars to scope for other tall tops or animals?

Aside from gear specific to climbing, what else do you typically pack up with you?
 
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Chris, Thank you. The support we receive and have always received from the arborist community is seriously humbling. Let me know if you ever make it out to Oregon, that Rockaway Cedar is pretty imposing in person too!

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Thanks for the offer Will. You can be sure if I ever get out there, that I'll hook up with you and take a look at that Cedar.

The kickstarter web page to make a donation worked great too. I'm going to see if we can post this information over on the New Hampshire Arborist Association webpage, so people can check it out and contribute to a great cause.

Tom, can we get this linked to the NE ISA Chapter as well?
 
Very cool project Will, the guys at Uncage the Soul do great work. Those oaks are are only native oak species in BC (commonly called Garry Oaks here) and are interesting as there's a few remnant pockets of them a long ways from any others.

Have you heard of these guys , the Ancient Forest Alliance? They've done good work here in getting some of the same issues you guys are dealing with into the news.

I was hoping to donate for t-shirt but I'll settle for a dvd.
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Mario, I think two of the most important pieces of gear are a good static line and a good camera. I prefer Sterling HTP for access line, and absolutely love my Canon G10 for in-tree photography. It has a lot of the flexibility of an SLR, but it's small and durable, moreso than the later G11 and G12 which have a chintsy flip screen. Other than that, knowledge and training specific to big-tree and wilderness tree climbing are really important. I can't even count how many times we've had to take aside really skilled climbing arborists and insist that they need to start over, to develop a new skill set and a new attitude towards climbing.

Sean, still working on the 503c3 thing. At the moment, it's just too much paperwork for us but it still is a long range goal.

Gord, I'm aware that preserving the Garry Oaks is a big deal on Eastern Vancouver Island, as well it should be. Next time I'm there I'll have to visit some groves. I think I'm familiar with Ancient Forest Alliance, is that the group started by Randy Stoltmann? Man, some of the Cedar groves there are completely unbelievable. I still don't get why they cut those ancient cedars. The centers are totally rotten, is it even worth it economically? In many places on the Olympic peninsula the trees have been cut several times but they leave the old cedars, which is probably the best thing you can do for the wildlife.

Soon as we have an ATG t-shirt I'll let you know!
 
Thanks to everyone who's been checking out the page and sending the link along to others, we met our $5000 minimum fundraising goal! We're really excited that so many of our friends and colleagues have come out of the woodwork to support this project. Heck, we're excited to be doing a project that actually has a budget!

That said, we are still raising funds until our deadline: March 6th. Every dollar we raise will be clearly seen in the quality of the film we're able to make, because every dollar we raise will go directly to production costs. Things like food, fuel, equipment rentals and special materials to make the film better. We're still an all volunteer group, as we have always been.

Thanks for all the support!
 
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