THE TREE HOUSE

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This attachment shows Greg Liu right before touchdown. He really put his all into giving this tree the tender loving care it needed. Greg just got done putting on a California Arborists Association climbing seminar the previous week in Chico. Jesse Bawcum was also on the program.

Watching over Greg on rappel is one of our stellar groundmen, Robert Phillips. He covered our lowering action all day this trip, steering all this wood around that little 'ol power line above his head. We were in capable hands and very fine company. By the way, Robert is President of the Western Chapter ISA, and will be chairing their annual conference next May. I attended my first Western Chapter meeting last month in Las Vegas (also my first time) and had a whale of a good time. Along with over 500 other folks! These people know how to party.

Oh yeah, buy the DVD of our expedition climb last summer in the 10' diameter, 250' tall spruce the week prior to the ISA conference in Seattle. 25 people made their way to the top of this giant during a 4 day period.

By the way, those that haven't visited my website can see scads of pics of many other old growth climbs. Not for the faint of heart or those without broadband.

The title of the website is (oddly enough): Arboreally yours

Or, just type: http://hometown.aol.com/michaeloxman/myhomepage/profile.html
 

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Re: Ox\'s pics

If you are thinking of visiting California to see the redwoods, bring the family. Here's the miniature train ride across the street from the Treehouse at Confusion Hill.

I'm the one waving, with my two littlest ones, Robert (15) and April (12) in front.
 

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Re: Ox\'s pics

The trunk of the Treehouse is completely hollow up to 50'. This cone-shaped cavity leaves just a rind holding the massive tree up. The crown of the tree is the roof, therefore, no problems with leakage. The interior has room for about a dozen people, and there are many displays, carvings, and coin operated mechanical automatons.

The entrance is down a flight of stairs and through a door in a catface. A little gable shields the doorway from the weather. The attachment shows Eric with this detail in front of the treehouse. There is a window thru another opening in another the side of the tree.

The back side, opposite the door, has another doorway that has a huge callus roll around where a root used to be. This leads to the gift shop, where a miniature train runs along the rafters. The gift shop roof has another gable that is tar papered to the tree trunk. Some of this tar did rub off on a rope when I was climbing over that section.
 

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Re: Ox\'s pics

This is the last of the deadwood from the top of the tree. The picture doesn't do it much justice, but those that were there know how big some that deadwood was. Some of these pieces were up over twenty feet long and taken out in one chunk over the canopy below and lowered straight down two hundred feet.
 

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The Tree House is \"Open\" again!

Last Thursday I met Jerry at the Tree House to finish up the last detail from the project. The neon "Open" sign needed to be re-hung. Jerry patched the box together and caulked the cracks. I got to climb up and hang the sign. Doing this little bit for the project was pretty humbling. After seeing Jerry's video of the assessement and then looking at all of the pictures and posts here, I felt like a pup. My tiny part wasn't that important and I mentioned it to Jerry. He said that it was enough to get me in the credits though :)

You guys did a fantastic job! This might be the largest hazard reduction pruning job ever undertaken. Considering the volume of the tree, the amount of wood removed, the number of man hours and, most of all, the tourist traffic, all of the participants contributed to making the site a lot safer for the visitors.

Congratulations to all of you that did the important work from the fella who contributed just the tiniest bit to the project. I sure wish that I could have been in the gang but I was on the other side of the world with my cousin Pez, AKA Paolo.

All the best!
 

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BUMP!!!!!!!!!!! Better late than never, you say? I dunno about that. It's almost 13 years since this awesome event transpired.

Here's a brief slide show from 2 rolls of print film, which I finally scanned, 4 4x6 prints at a time, and then edited each one to its own file. Took a few hours. The quality isn't at all like the originals, as that camera and lenses, took the equivalent of 12-18 megapixel quality digital images...... My other images are probably on this old thread, if they're still there..... plus I shot some slide film that I also never scanned to digital. Anyhow, enjoy!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/albums/72157665767218615/show
 
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Hey Roger, I've been on TreeBuzz for 13 years now. I remember this thread very well. Thanks for the bump!

And for those of you who want to see the DVD of this awesome project, contact Jerry B and he can probably still get you a copy.
 
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Roger_Barnett said:
BUMP!!!!!!!!!!! Better late than never, you say? I dunno about that. It's almost 13 years since this awesome event transpired.

Here's a brief slide show from 2 rolls of print film, which I finally scanned, 4 4x6 prints at a time, and then edited each one to its own file. Took a few hours. The quality isn't at all like the originals, as that camera and lenses, took the equivalent of 12-18 megapixel quality digital images...... My other images are probably on this old thread, if they're still there..... plus I shot some slide film that I also never scanned to digital. Anyhow, enjoy!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbtree/albums/72157665767218615/show
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Wow Roger! What memories come rushing in. Thanks for that!:birra:
 
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Hey Mark, when you first climbed this tree, didn't you blast up it fast with your SRT setup?
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Well, within reason ;) Jerry did make sure to appreciate the fact that I was able to go from the ground to the top with no breaks, and that work was to start on the lower 1/3 of the tree! :endesacuerdo: I still had a blast! It was the first time I showed the chest roller/bungee walker other than at my company.
 
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