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I think you were a little harsh there Rupe. I for one would like to attend but I'm so far south I doubt I'd make it. Seeing other peoples kit and how they configure it would be very benificial. I spent several years freelance climbing for a fair few firms when I thought I was already pretty experienced. Learning other peoples little tricks can be hugly usefull. We have a GRCS and have been using it regularly for over a year. It has completley changed the way we approach certain jobs. I am sure we could learn a few things we havent thought of yet getting together with others.

I'm with you guys too. But I do appreciate that tree management is subjective and there really is no real right or wrong answer.

Try Bryn Andrews at Westend Tree Services. He is in Somerset somewhere

Nice one. Those are the kind of days I think "I would have done that for free".

Should have had a radio controlled helicopter to lift those sections out.

Was you avatar taken on a typical day? Or were you in all your fancy gear for an assessment?

Looks like a bite mark from ellusive Giant Night Squirrel to me.

Anyone going to this?

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Ok, it seems logical to me now that you should be the exception to this rule. I hope one day I become as awesome at my job as you, where by it is now absolutley impossible that you could ever have an accident and require rescuing. Untill then....

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Not on the first day of course not, but you train them up, then they get good.

You could employed a young keen college leaver a few days a week and give them a few hours climbing practice here and there. I bet you could get 1 for £60-70 and they would be stoked. Rescue line in any tricky tree. Its for your benifit. Beleive it or not I am not trying to have a pop at you, but just imagine if you did need to be rescued and no one was there.

I bet most people who have had accidents thought that it wouldn't happen to the either. We work with trees and they can be unpredictable

I don't want this to become personal, but what excatly did I post that was dribble? I do not profess to be whiter than white, but what I do try to do is operate to a high standard. The most important thing for me when it comes to our day to day operations is the safety of our work force. Just because we plan and train for emergencies doesn't mean that we are crap tree surgeons and are more likley to have and accident. Industry best practice clearly states what rescue provisions are required and I am staggered that people are prepared to work without it. Cost is not an issue. Every time I loose a job to a firm operating to a lower safety standard to keep cost down this directly effects me and my family. I believe that firms who do opperate like this do an injustice to our industry. If you choose to work like this thats your choice but its a lame excuse to say that you do it to stay competative, plenty of other people operated with rescuers on site and still make a decent living. Accidents can and do happen to the most skilled of guys. I know a couple of guys who have had to preform rescues and saved the lives of their mates by doing it.

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Wow! I can't believe what I'm reading here. I would never climb without a competant rescuer on site nor would I expect anyone working for me to do the same thing. Isn't CS38 a vital part of any groundsmans training? If my guys are not climbing regularly and are sent out as a rescuer then they must carry out rescue practice every 3 months at least. We are not a big firm or LA and have to be very competative. I remember when I was freelance climbing I ended up insisting on providing my own trained groundsman for firms who didn't have one I would want to count on. I cant imagine why anyone would work like that. I think you must either be to tight to train or employ a trained guy or ignorant enough to believe that an accident would never happen to you. I thought this forum was for professionals, working at hight with no rescuer is imo very unproffesional. If this is how people operate to keep cost down all that does is make it even harded for the true professionals to make an honest living.

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I have olympus 1030 sw. Been left out in rain, bashed in work truck, droped in sand and thrown in the dogs water bowl.

I got that one. Great for work . Canon Ixus is easier to use but I trashed it like everyything electrical. If its for work I would get the Olypmus for sure

Thats the place. I know of a few other places like that around the world but they all in stinking hot jungles, no good if your into the cold. I have seen jobs going in Alaska before with Tall Trees. I had a climber who worked for them in Canada and he loved it. Good luck

I know a guy who was building a community of tree houses in Costa Rica. I worked for him years ago. I was in touch with him last year and there was work. I could give you his email address and you could give him a try. Don't expect more than food and accomodation though.