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The Swedish Tree Climbing Championship was held in
the beautiful southern part of Sweden this weekend.
The winner in the women's masters is Johanna Grahn.
And in the men's masters Ronny Epple.
It will however be Jonas Jensen (and Johanna) who
continues to the ETCC and the ITCC.
The whole scoreboard can be seen on:
http://www.arboristen.com/Result.htm
Notice that Eva Gustavsson, beat all but three men
in the workclimb! It was the first time with a women's
class in the STCC and many of them had not been climbing
more than a year. Their participation in the contest was
highly appreciate.
 
Nope! Hillobilly thats actually not true, the footlock was exactly 40 feet cause I was the last up there and measured it! Good to here that you are alive Dan! How are you and Justina?
All the best
Thilo
 
Thank God, I was thinking how slow I was when I saw all those 14 sec times. Justina and I are hoping to see you in Montreal this summer Thilo!
 
Sorry didn't mean to scare you, 45 feet was what
I was told at the competition.
As a side note the winner in the footlock,
Henrik Lundvall used rock-climbing shoes, the ones with
really sticky material on the soles and sides.
He told me they worked great in the other events as well.
 
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As a side note the winner in the footlock,
Henrik Lundvall used rock-climbing shoes, the ones with
really sticky material on the soles and sides.
He told me they worked great in the other events as well.

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That's not legal at the ITCC, is it? I've always understood the rules to say you must wear ankle-length boots or higher, leather or comparable, as would be approved for the workplace (by ANSI, in my case). I would be nice to shed a couple of pounds and gain the sticky coating, but I don't think we could get away with it here.

Keith
 
Keith,

Boots have been a bit of a problem at gear inspection. Some of the techs think that nothing less than knee high Wesco's will pass muster. Most of the rest are more reasonable.

I know that there are shops that resole climbing shoes that could put sticky rubber onto your uppers. Some interesting propositions there...

Tom
 
A hair off topic.

I have seen a few guys come to compete in sweat pants. I know they are after a little more freedom of movement, but when you read in the rules that clothing should be appropriate for work conditions, I wonder. I know the company these guys work for won't allow sweats at work. I've wondered why nobody has complained about that.

Louie Hampton
 
I noticed the cute sweats as well louie. Thought the same thing. Thought about competitions in general for a while I came up with this analogy.

Cowboys, real cowboys - not guys with hats or rednecks w/pickups, train horses, work stock, physically restrain stock to work them, etc. This covers riding, roping, and tossing stock to the ground (bull dogging). Yet it is nothing like what you see at the rodeo. In the real world you don't ride bulls or rope calves in an arena. The best cowboy at the rodeo may not be the best in day to day tasks.

The TCC is the rodeo. It is not everyday practical application. Not for me anyway, I am still yet to have a job requiring tossing pieces of PVC into a tire. That or a pruning job that required one cut with a handsaw on one side, a polesaw cut on the otherside, then fly to the original side of the tree 20ft lower and ring a bell. Not real world tree work but touches on the skills of mobility in the tree just like bronc riding and team roping paralell to the tasks of the cowboy. It is a sport that is a demonstration and expansion of these day to day working tasks.

.02

tried on some borrowed climbing shoes today - not much of an advantage for me
 
Check out the new Stratch-Air clothing we sell, they have saw protection, but they are stretchy, breathable and give you a dead sexy looking ass!!!!
And believe me I saw a few in my tent during last weekends Arb Show!!
L.W
Some lead, others follow!
 
The boots Henke (Henrik Lundvall) climbed on where no rockclimbing boots, high ankle hiking or trecking boots and I checked them in the gear inspection. Totally fine for Comps.!
Thilo
 
Were we at the same STCC Thilo :)
If they weren't rockclimbing shoes (Adidas?) then what
kind of shoes were they, do you know ?
Could we please get some more Swedes to post in here,
I'm just messing this thread up.

I like the rodeo-comparsion Nathan.
Or when in everyday work would you free climb to the top
of a big tree and have total strangers (noveices?)
belay you from below ?
Or make clocked ascents without backing up your single
cammed ascender ?
 
ITTC Rules state"Appropiate footwear defined as a work bootthat covers the foot and ankle and that is constructed with a heavy synthetic&lt; sole with leather(OR EQUIVALENT)upper covering I did not see the boots in question but from what has been said I think they are approach boots which as far as I can see from the regulations are perfectly legal for use in climbing comps I myself use them all the time for treecare ..
 
Hillbilly!
These shoes are Salomon BOOTS with a proper sole and an high ankle made for Mountain Guides and it was me, who recommended them to Henke cause I use to climb them most off the time. Long lasting good Treeclimbing Boots. By the way, a couple of our german and swiss Mates climbed them at the last ITCC.
Thilo
Good to see you on the Buzz John!
 
Hi Mark,
I tryed to put a link in here but it didnt worked out cause its an pdf. file, but have a look on the official Salomon site and look for the "Pro Sticky Mid" boot, thats the one . I recon you know it.
By the way thanks for the video, its great. That`s proffessionallety!
 
Hi Mark these are some of the sytle of boots we are talking about some better than others but there are many more....
 

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