Peter Bomen

Yes the twists up there were really nice! The cavities in this tree don’t worry me very much. At some point we might take a little bit of weight from the top, but first I want more growth lower in the tree. There was a young totally sunburned beech next to it, covering the whole lower region of the oak. We removed this do now the oak can lower down a bit.. For the oak I wouldn’t have removed the whole beech already. But the beech removal was the main reason we were there, the oak was a beautiful bonus

not a big one, but a beautiful veteran tree with so much microhabitats… We were asked to prune the dead wood for safety, so I just took of the wood that I could take by hand or a swing with my lanyard from time to time... For the rest I was just touristing around and enjoying this beautiful tree.

Noted. I'll give him your regards

Thanks! that's one on the list already We don't mind driving a bit, and as you mentioned it is easier to find a place to camp.

I am going with a friend to the Tree architecture and morphophysiology symposium on the 7th and 8th of April in Kew, London. We come from Belgium and I have a few questions here We will come a few day in advance to drive around and visit some beautiful trees in the region. Which places or trees would you advise to go to? I want to make an itinerary for 2 days in the area... And how about sleeping in the area? We come with my friends van, or with my pickup with rooftoptent.. The van is more incognito to sleep on the road, but the pickup will be cheaper to get on the ferry to England... We also like to have a good diner from time to time, so if you have a good restaurant recommendations near some beautiful trees, that's welcome too

Not chainsaw trousers... guilty these are rain pants from revolution race. A Swedish brand of outdoor clothing where I buy all my climbing pants. Very affordable and very very durable!

Nice. I really like these challenging situations And yes, we did most of the tree without spurs, so leaving a nice frame for standing and grabbing is really nice...

In the old graveyard of Roermond, The Netherlands, are these 4 old pollard beeches that haven't been pollarded in quite a long time. The city had a report made by a European Tree technician, and the advice was to bring the trees back into pollarding cycle in 3 Phases. This is the first phase, where we reduce the biggest poles for about 50%. In the following years they have to be monitored very well on how they react to the pruning. If they react well, we can continue to phase 2 in a few years.

My bad, I posted them in the wrong order... fixed I understand it was a very difficult plot to follow

I prune much more than I remove trees. But I have to say that I also enjoy a nice tree removal. This was a really nice job full of speedlining because of a shed and some fences. Divided into 3 clips...

Great video! off course they say you can not use it as PPE, but I feel as save as on any other friction device ascending on this thing... With an 11m rope there is so much friction in there. The only downside of it, for which I still have to find the little trick, is to get the rope out at the anchor up in the tree. I disconnect it and lower it down with the end of my climbing line when somebody else still has to use the access line. If not I just leave it hanging and can bring it down when I'm on the ground. lovely little thing

It's the Awah Z2R. I use it in big trees or when there are a lot of trees. Otherwise my elbows don't like it much..

I can answer with just another video

I will never ever get bored climbing those big beautiful beeches!! This one on a very nice location as well

Hehehe it is Dutch but from Belgium… There trees are located north from Antwerp. I have to say I don’t remember what I had for breakfast, but the trousers are from Revolution Race (I like them a lot!), and the boots are arbpro.