lurking women, care to introduce yourselves?
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guymayor
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- Location
- East US, Earth
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My Name is Shelly and I am a newby climber in Wisconsin. I have been climbing for almost a year now and loving it. Still have a lot to learn and practice. I won the WI TCC and will be heading to Australia next year if I can afford to go.
[/ QUOTE ]Welcome Shelly!
How many in that chapter? Time to pass the hat. Let's see...flight from ohare $1500, 300? members, $5 each
My Name is Shelly and I am a newby climber in Wisconsin. I have been climbing for almost a year now and loving it. Still have a lot to learn and practice. I won the WI TCC and will be heading to Australia next year if I can afford to go.
[/ QUOTE ]Welcome Shelly!
How many in that chapter? Time to pass the hat. Let's see...flight from ohare $1500, 300? members, $5 each
- Location
- Seattle WA
hi shelly, welcome to the buzz! good for you steppin up to compete. i bet there are some guys in your chapter with competition experience who would be willing to help you get ready for comp - don't be shy about asking would be my advice (not that you asked for it!).
best of luck,
k.
best of luck,
k.
- Location
- Bainbridge Island, WA
Hi all,
I'm Katy from Kathy's neck of the woods, up here by Seattle. I'm a consulting arborist but climb for fun right now. I'd like to incorporate aerial inspections into my work and have a serious interest in trying to compete one day. Yeah Shelly, a ton to learn!
I'm Katy from Kathy's neck of the woods, up here by Seattle. I'm a consulting arborist but climb for fun right now. I'd like to incorporate aerial inspections into my work and have a serious interest in trying to compete one day. Yeah Shelly, a ton to learn!
guymayor
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- Location
- East US, Earth
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... I'd like to incorporate aerial inspections into my work...
[/ QUOTE ]Welcome Katy! It's great to hear of a consultant who wants to be competent at seeing more of the trees. Come to Sydney; Climbers Corner is outside in a park this year, and there will be a session on Australo-American aerial assessment.
... I'd like to incorporate aerial inspections into my work...
[/ QUOTE ]Welcome Katy! It's great to hear of a consultant who wants to be competent at seeing more of the trees. Come to Sydney; Climbers Corner is outside in a park this year, and there will be a session on Australo-American aerial assessment.
- Location
- Newtown, CT
welcome aboard katy and shelly it is great to know there are women popping out for Arboriculture.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
Hi Shelly, Welcome and Congrats.
Hi Katy, Welcome to another Puget Sounder.
Climbing inspections seem to be integral to our trees, as buckets only can get you so close and seeing things from so many angles. I have a tree to remove that I only saw the worst of the cavities/ decay by climbing.
Hi Katy, Welcome to another Puget Sounder.
Climbing inspections seem to be integral to our trees, as buckets only can get you so close and seeing things from so many angles. I have a tree to remove that I only saw the worst of the cavities/ decay by climbing.
Frax
Participating member
Wow. This is great. My work mate has mentioned more than once that I should check out Tree Buzz. Glad I did. I will thank him for buggin' (buzzin') me about it.
I had no idea there were so many women in this biz who are not only passionate about it, but older too. Like me.
I have read all these posts and I've never met any of you but some of your names are already famous. Way to go gals!
I've been an arborist for the last 5 years. Got certified 2 years ago.
I'm also a professional freelance writer (on gardening, arboricultural and environmental issues) and have written a couple of gardening books, and contribute to magazines and newspapers as well.
Arboriculture is a second career for me and I get out of bed and look forward to each day. (Even though it's going to be minus 15 tomorrow). I know I'm doing what I love whether it be small ornamental pruning or a challenging removal. Sometimes I can't believe I get paid for this. Hope my boss doesn't read this!
I got my 'thing' for trees in 1993 when I attended an Alex Shigo lecture - just to learn more about trees, as a new homeowner. I never felt the same about trees again after that. I fleetingly imagined working with trees back then but figured I was too old.
Anyway, the infection must have spread and in 2006 I started tree work. Not looking back any time soon.
I had no idea there were so many women in this biz who are not only passionate about it, but older too. Like me.
I have read all these posts and I've never met any of you but some of your names are already famous. Way to go gals!
I've been an arborist for the last 5 years. Got certified 2 years ago.
I'm also a professional freelance writer (on gardening, arboricultural and environmental issues) and have written a couple of gardening books, and contribute to magazines and newspapers as well.
Arboriculture is a second career for me and I get out of bed and look forward to each day. (Even though it's going to be minus 15 tomorrow). I know I'm doing what I love whether it be small ornamental pruning or a challenging removal. Sometimes I can't believe I get paid for this. Hope my boss doesn't read this!
I got my 'thing' for trees in 1993 when I attended an Alex Shigo lecture - just to learn more about trees, as a new homeowner. I never felt the same about trees again after that. I fleetingly imagined working with trees back then but figured I was too old.
Anyway, the infection must have spread and in 2006 I started tree work. Not looking back any time soon.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
Awesome! Welcome Nora.
tomthetreeman
Participating member
- Location
- Rhode Island
X2, Great story. Would you mind sharing the names of your books so we might check them out? Thanks and welcome,
-Tom
(Oh, by the way, nice quote!)
-Tom
(Oh, by the way, nice quote!)
Tr33Climb3r
Participating member
- Location
- Wisconsin
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My Name is Shelly and I am a newby climber in Wisconsin. I have been climbing for almost a year now and loving it. Still have a lot to learn and practice. I won the WI TCC and will be heading to Australia next year if I can afford to go.
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Hey Shelly how goes it?! You need to get involved in here. Feel free to contact me about the comp stuff I will be happy to help you out...not that I am amazing or anything when it comes to comps (there are other people on here that are however) I just have a few comps under my belt. Oh and tell Dave I say hi...and I hope you can get some funds together for the competition. I will be getting your number from Dave so I can text you. Also I will be competing as a guest in Minnesota when they have it in the spring or w/e you should see if you can compete to get a warm up in. Let me know if you need anything.
My Name is Shelly and I am a newby climber in Wisconsin. I have been climbing for almost a year now and loving it. Still have a lot to learn and practice. I won the WI TCC and will be heading to Australia next year if I can afford to go.
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Hey Shelly how goes it?! You need to get involved in here. Feel free to contact me about the comp stuff I will be happy to help you out...not that I am amazing or anything when it comes to comps (there are other people on here that are however) I just have a few comps under my belt. Oh and tell Dave I say hi...and I hope you can get some funds together for the competition. I will be getting your number from Dave so I can text you. Also I will be competing as a guest in Minnesota when they have it in the spring or w/e you should see if you can compete to get a warm up in. Let me know if you need anything.
- Location
- Newtown, CT
welcome nora, i also would like the name of the books/articles would love to look at them. you will get hooked on this forum.
Frax
Participating member
Thanks Tom and Starlet
Probably the best way to see the books is to go to Amazon: http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?ur...p;x=10&y=20
I'm sure there are some people on this site who have done some writing too and I know that they will agree that book writing is done for the love of it - certainly not for the money!
The books (forgot about the Trivia calendar - that was a fun project!) were completed in 2003 and I don't see any new ones in my future very soon. Writing is lonely work and I prefer to be out in the trees. When I come home from a day in the field I usually have at least one magazine deadline to work to, and its like being back at school (with a little bit of pay at least).
My writing now is mostly for regional gardening magazines and the newspaper in summer (Calgary Herald). I have a regular gardening blog at the Calgary Herald too called Garden Buzz (didn't copy it, honest!) - you could google it if you are interested. Online content is definitely the future. Calgary is a city of a million people now, so at least I feel like there's an audience.
I feel like two separate people. My day job is physical, fun and demanding (no surprise to any of you) and as a writer I feel like a different person. My interest as a writer is about the urban ecosystem in all of its facets although trees and insects are my main interests.
Eventually when I get too decrepit to haul a chainsaw around in a tree I hope to spend time doing more tree evaluation, diagnosis and anything else that gives me an excuse to be in trees. Maybe go for Board Certified Master Arborist. Dr Shigo famously said you have to touch trees to understand them, and that truth is magnified when you are up there. You all know what I mean.
Probably the best way to see the books is to go to Amazon: http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?ur...p;x=10&y=20
I'm sure there are some people on this site who have done some writing too and I know that they will agree that book writing is done for the love of it - certainly not for the money!
The books (forgot about the Trivia calendar - that was a fun project!) were completed in 2003 and I don't see any new ones in my future very soon. Writing is lonely work and I prefer to be out in the trees. When I come home from a day in the field I usually have at least one magazine deadline to work to, and its like being back at school (with a little bit of pay at least).
My writing now is mostly for regional gardening magazines and the newspaper in summer (Calgary Herald). I have a regular gardening blog at the Calgary Herald too called Garden Buzz (didn't copy it, honest!) - you could google it if you are interested. Online content is definitely the future. Calgary is a city of a million people now, so at least I feel like there's an audience.
I feel like two separate people. My day job is physical, fun and demanding (no surprise to any of you) and as a writer I feel like a different person. My interest as a writer is about the urban ecosystem in all of its facets although trees and insects are my main interests.
Eventually when I get too decrepit to haul a chainsaw around in a tree I hope to spend time doing more tree evaluation, diagnosis and anything else that gives me an excuse to be in trees. Maybe go for Board Certified Master Arborist. Dr Shigo famously said you have to touch trees to understand them, and that truth is magnified when you are up there. You all know what I mean.
- Location
- Michigan
Welcom Nora - sounds like you have a great plan. This business certainly does get under your skin!
opposablethumb
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- Mid-Atlantic
Welcome Nora - writing and arboriculture: what a dream career...Congrats on what you're doing day to day.
You have a great name - my 2 year old daughter shares it. I hope she climbs trees someday and joins the growing ranks of women arborists...So far she's only hugging the crabapple in the side yard and can't quite get her feet off the ground, but at least she's hugging it! Shigo would be proud.
cheers.
You have a great name - my 2 year old daughter shares it. I hope she climbs trees someday and joins the growing ranks of women arborists...So far she's only hugging the crabapple in the side yard and can't quite get her feet off the ground, but at least she's hugging it! Shigo would be proud.
cheers.
Hey, how you doing? I know that I have to work on my footlocking and throwline, but that all comes with practice. I am kind of at a loss for aerial rescue though. There are a lot of different systoms used to get into a tree and that is something I need to familiarize myself with. Because I would not have had the slightest clue as to how to bring the climber down at the Internationals this past year in Chicago. I don't have the gear necesary to do anything like that. SO yea, I have a lot to work on if I'm not going to look like a fool at internationals in Austalia next year.
guymayor
Branched out member
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- East US, Earth
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Writing is lonely work and I prefer to be out in the trees. When I come home from a day in the field I usually have at least one magazine deadline to work to, and its like being back at school (with a little bit of pay at least)....
I feel like two separate people. My day job is physical, fun and demanding (no surprise to any of you) and as a writer I feel like a different person.
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Boy all that sounds SO familiar. Dream career hahahaha. The schizoid state will resolve itself somehow for you i trust. It's a good mix, really. And BCMA and consulting is a fine goal sure but it's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.. I went back to doing more handson stuff, IN the rainbow--healthier and less headaches.
Writing is lonely work and I prefer to be out in the trees. When I come home from a day in the field I usually have at least one magazine deadline to work to, and its like being back at school (with a little bit of pay at least)....
I feel like two separate people. My day job is physical, fun and demanding (no surprise to any of you) and as a writer I feel like a different person.
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Boy all that sounds SO familiar. Dream career hahahaha. The schizoid state will resolve itself somehow for you i trust. It's a good mix, really. And BCMA and consulting is a fine goal sure but it's no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.. I went back to doing more handson stuff, IN the rainbow--healthier and less headaches.
mdvaden
Participating member
- Location
- Beaverton. Oregon
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Wow. This is great. My work mate has mentioned more than once that I should check out Tree Buzz. Glad I did. I will thank him for buggin' (buzzin') me about it.
I had no idea there were so many women in this biz who are not only passionate about it, but older too. Like me.
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My mother's name is Nora too. And she is also from Canada - Ontario. 90-ish now.
No tree workers or forestry people in her family, even with 13 siblings altogether.
Loves gardening though.
Wow. This is great. My work mate has mentioned more than once that I should check out Tree Buzz. Glad I did. I will thank him for buggin' (buzzin') me about it.
I had no idea there were so many women in this biz who are not only passionate about it, but older too. Like me.
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My mother's name is Nora too. And she is also from Canada - Ontario. 90-ish now.
No tree workers or forestry people in her family, even with 13 siblings altogether.
Loves gardening though.
Frax
Participating member
Thanks for all the warm welcomes.
I'm a tad younger than 90 (just a tad)
I'm a tad younger than 90 (just a tad)
- Location
- Penticton, British Columbia
Wow...checked out the books, very cool! You'd get along with ol' Troy, he has a gardening ticket alongside his arbo cert...say hiya if you ever get the chance. Good to read a Calgarian! I'll have to tell my ma' to keep an eye out for your column.
