pantheraba
ArboristSite Operative
vharrison2 asked in another thread if anyone had gone to Nashville and met some of the "Guys" from AS. I did.
I just got back from Nashville...got to meet:
Tom and Jim Dunlap, both great fellows, kind, easy-going, fun-loving.
Mark Chisholm and Dan Krause...both are like Superman...mild-mannered, soft-spoken and AWESOME competitors.
Guy Leblanc and Mar(H)k Adams...the dynamic duo of judging and gear inspecting. I got to tag along while they did gear inspections of the competitors...very thorough and thoughtful. The competitors use many different systems of safety/ascending/etc. and the inspectors have to be very knowledgeable to evaluate these systems...they inspect not only for proper safe equipment specs but also how these elements are used together to achieve a certain purpose. Watching them evaluate climbing gear was a great learning experience for me.
Warren, also from Atlanta (same as me) was there serving as a judge/helper, applying his expertise to make the aerial rescue venue smooth and safe.
Others, I am sure, but it's getting too late to remember.
OK, enough talking...here are some pictures...I only have several hundred to go through..here are 21 in a hurry. I dropped the resolution down pretty low, hope they are OK. I will eventually post more with captions.
It was going to be too tedious to post them on AS...near as I can tell, I have to post them individually on the AS site...the link below takes you to the pictures (where I can upload by the batch).
http://layton.smugmug.com/gallery/716307
I just got back from Nashville...got to meet:
Tom and Jim Dunlap, both great fellows, kind, easy-going, fun-loving.
Mark Chisholm and Dan Krause...both are like Superman...mild-mannered, soft-spoken and AWESOME competitors.
Guy Leblanc and Mar(H)k Adams...the dynamic duo of judging and gear inspecting. I got to tag along while they did gear inspections of the competitors...very thorough and thoughtful. The competitors use many different systems of safety/ascending/etc. and the inspectors have to be very knowledgeable to evaluate these systems...they inspect not only for proper safe equipment specs but also how these elements are used together to achieve a certain purpose. Watching them evaluate climbing gear was a great learning experience for me.
Warren, also from Atlanta (same as me) was there serving as a judge/helper, applying his expertise to make the aerial rescue venue smooth and safe.
Others, I am sure, but it's getting too late to remember.
OK, enough talking...here are some pictures...I only have several hundred to go through..here are 21 in a hurry. I dropped the resolution down pretty low, hope they are OK. I will eventually post more with captions.
It was going to be too tedious to post them on AS...near as I can tell, I have to post them individually on the AS site...the link below takes you to the pictures (where I can upload by the batch).
http://layton.smugmug.com/gallery/716307
