Hi how u doin..? Ive been checkin the posts for sometime, not too sure about the east/west atlantic tension im feelin tho..eh. Thought i'd share a few thoughts and experiences with u guys as ive had had loads of yrs.
Im a time served arborist from UK workin in singapore, primarily to pioneer the introduction of modern arb techs to the region due to recent govmt regs. Cutting the crap, I've 15 climbers from malay, bangladesh, india all been free climbing since childhood or at best FB harness and alternate lanyard, ive recently trained these guys safe climbing from scratch, A/R,SRT,DdRT etc.etc.. These guys after only a few mnths would put any climber I know world wide to the test, maybe not on tech. rigging but movement and effiency within a canopy.. no doubt. Im looking at ISA cert eventually.
One thing i have learnt from my time here so far is not to be so stuck in my ways regarding techniques. The skill these guys possessed (long before I was on the seen) has been handed down generationally for yrs. Watching these guys at times puts the vast amount of egotistical, pre-madonna "climbers" i know to shame. Thru risk assessing, training and implementaion of modern equipt i think you may just start seeing asian climbers on the circuit...
For me climbing is a very primival activity, a sense of being at home in a tree, ive never seen anyone so at home in a tree as these guys and my hat goes of to them entirely. sadly im sure theyve lost many friends along the way.
Anyone had similar challenges... ie: literally barefoot and no attatchment to full PPE and redirects etc.
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Im a time served arborist from UK workin in singapore, primarily to pioneer the introduction of modern arb techs to the region due to recent govmt regs. Cutting the crap, I've 15 climbers from malay, bangladesh, india all been free climbing since childhood or at best FB harness and alternate lanyard, ive recently trained these guys safe climbing from scratch, A/R,SRT,DdRT etc.etc.. These guys after only a few mnths would put any climber I know world wide to the test, maybe not on tech. rigging but movement and effiency within a canopy.. no doubt. Im looking at ISA cert eventually.
One thing i have learnt from my time here so far is not to be so stuck in my ways regarding techniques. The skill these guys possessed (long before I was on the seen) has been handed down generationally for yrs. Watching these guys at times puts the vast amount of egotistical, pre-madonna "climbers" i know to shame. Thru risk assessing, training and implementaion of modern equipt i think you may just start seeing asian climbers on the circuit...
For me climbing is a very primival activity, a sense of being at home in a tree, ive never seen anyone so at home in a tree as these guys and my hat goes of to them entirely. sadly im sure theyve lost many friends along the way.
Anyone had similar challenges... ie: literally barefoot and no attatchment to full PPE and redirects etc.
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