Wisconsin rec. climbers?

[mattwisconsin]

Anyone from WI do any rec climbing or know of any climbing groups? I'd love to do more group climbs because most of the people I work with just work climb.

Thanks! Go Packers!!

 

[Sam Hodgson]

Where are you in WI? Im over here in MN just 45min. south of the twin cities. Ill rec. climb

 

[mattwisconsin]

I'm over on the other side of the state in the Milwaukee area. We have some great bur oaks around here and I also love climbing Eastern white pines up in northern WI as well.

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

if you are ever in stevens point during the week or green bay on the weekend give me a shout out

 

[mattwisconsin]

I have family in Green Bay and have some side work I need to schedule up there, maybe I'll hit you up. Are you going to Pittsburgh with midstate? I'm going with MATC

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

Nope I actually am going with UWSP...I roll with the big dawgs now

 

[emr]

We just did some rec climbs up in the Nicolet National Forest. Here are some pics to a couple of trees that we taught our buddies on.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Appleton-W...8408&ref=mf

 

[cambmx]

I'm in madison, But have family in Green Bay That I also have to do some work for, I'd love to climb around for fun, no one at work ever wanted to just go out for fun where i was.

 

[mattwisconsin]

Cool, I work down in Milwaukee, but I have family in GB as well and do some work up there.

Any awesome trees in Madison or GB to climb??

 

[cambmx]

My Grandma's got the biggest recorded tree in Brown county right now, which i have yet to climb. Its a cottonwood, so not a super cool tree but its big and I think it'd be a good one. As far as Madison, I'm sure there are a ton of 70ft+ oak trees in parks, not sure on how O.K. that is to climb around on? I've never really just went and climbed around without doing work so I guess they shouldnt have issues with that right?

 

[cambmx]

Populus deltoides – Cottonwood (490.50 state record AFA points)
circumference: 26’7” (319)
ht: 94
spread: 110

3622 Glendale Ave Howard 2006 Judy Lundin/Clark


^It'd be quite a climb!

 

[cbugg]

I'm from Madison. I live in OR now but just had to post on this thread to represent. I miss the Midwest this time of year

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

I will have to check that tree out

 

[NickfromWI]

The previous largest tree in WI was in Montello. It was a cottonwood. I never measured it, but it had a plaque marking it and it was on the big tree registry for the state. Beautiful tree- lots of steel cables.

I wonder if I can go measure it and reclaim it as the king!!!

love
nick

(ps- don't climb in city parks without permission or without knowing someone)

 

[cambmx]

time to get this thread going more, anyone doing any rec climbing now that its nice out again? I gotta get into climbing again, too much time in school means too little time in the trees! anyone interested?

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

Yea I am...where do you go to school again?

 

[cambmx]

I'm attending UW Platteville, and I live in Madison, but have a car haha

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

Platteville has an arboriculture program?

 

[cambmx]

no, I wish! I'm in the mechanical engineering program... It makes me love tree work that much more haha. the campus has more of an anti-arborculture program, the trees have terrible cuts (most of them at least) and the people doing treework that I've seen in the area.... well lets just say not quite up to par. haha!

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

Oh got cha man!