Tropical tree climbing?

[munkymadman]

they look good but there a pain in the arse to cut down. like felling a box

[BenR]

Yup I'm glad I have never had to remove a big fig. Taken a small one down in a back garden and within 10 minutes I was so covered in latex glue type sap I couldnt even take my hand of the saw. Had to peel it off using fuel/oil mix. I'd much rather be climbing around looking at all the cool epiphytes..

[lukewr]

great pics ben, definitely makes me want to explore oz more. good luck with it all!

[BenR]

Cheers Luke. Hope you are getting on ok with the splicing. Should have a go over the holidays.

[lukewr]

yeah its going well thanks, doing some as i speak. got a little collection of splices but not tested any yet. with any luck il be moving on end of jan so would be good to catch up for a rec climb if ur up for it.

[BenR]

yeah its going well thanks, doing some as i speak. got a little collection of splices but not tested any yet. with any luck il be moving on end of jan so would be good to catch up for a rec climb if ur up for it.

 

Give me a bell over xmas. Can go to the spiderjackery tree again.

[Ian88]

Hi Ben, Chile was with Waldo and another guy called Zak who was doing the camera work. How do you know Waldo then? I think Grant went over there on a seed collecting trip a few years before us so we got a few locations for nice trees from him.

 

Wicked trees and wicked photos. There is a facebook page called "ancient giants" with some pretty sweet pictures or a website more info and I think there is a little trailer for the film up there now.

 

 

how much was the course you did ian?

 

I think it costs about 700 quid in the end. It is a lot of money but its good fun and you learn a few pretty things. Waldo is actually one of the guys who runs them. You also learn a bit about rigging witch I found very interesting.

[RobArb]

emailed them about course dates and prices towards the latter end of next year after i get back from The Gambia:biggrin:

[BenR]

Hi Ben, Chile was with Waldo and another guy called Zak who was doing the camera work. How do you know Waldo then?

 

I don't know Waldo, rather know of him through Grant who was telling me how you guys pretty much organised and got funding for your own trip. I think he was trying to inspire me to do the same. I just need to meet some more geeks like myself who are equally as interested. Sounds like a cool trip. Will check out the fb page.

[BenR]

I know its not tropical but I thought I should put this slideshow on from earlier in the year.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUAtLgCel4k]Long John Silver - YouTube[/ame]