Frans
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For some time now Gerry B. has been inviting me to go with him on these rec. climbs.
Each and every time I've gone has been a real 'gateway' experience. What I mean by this is the experience of climbing HUGE monster trees, from Ponderosa to Spruce to Redwood. All these trees are of a scale so massivly bigger than anything I've worked on in my backyard tree care biz. that climbing them is a truly unique experience.
during one climb with Gerry, Jesse Bawcom, Greg Liu and others, we climbed up the first ascent (to the first branches able to hold us +110') then when entering into the canopy I found something I would NEVER have thought would be there. Branches at least 5 foot thick! Amazing.
During this last climb w/ Gerry we had a new climber, folks who had never climbed before, and highly experianced climbers as well.
To a person, everyone had a real good time. Everyones face just lit up with the excitement of the climb.
Dave Norgaard even called the Guiness (sp?) book of world records to find out if they would enter the trampoline event in the book!
The second day we hoisted a friends kid up to the trampoline. I think Conner is 10 years old or something. This little guy went all the way up (over 100' of sheer ascent)played around a bit and then LOWERED HIMSELF (with a seperate back up controlled by his dad on the GRCS) on a figure 8. Never once did he lock up from fear, total control all the way down. He did lay down on the ground hugging it for awhile but he got up with a big smile.
I highly recommend rec. climbing for anyone seeking a truly unique experiance. And Gerry is just the guy to lead.
Frans
Each and every time I've gone has been a real 'gateway' experience. What I mean by this is the experience of climbing HUGE monster trees, from Ponderosa to Spruce to Redwood. All these trees are of a scale so massivly bigger than anything I've worked on in my backyard tree care biz. that climbing them is a truly unique experience.
during one climb with Gerry, Jesse Bawcom, Greg Liu and others, we climbed up the first ascent (to the first branches able to hold us +110') then when entering into the canopy I found something I would NEVER have thought would be there. Branches at least 5 foot thick! Amazing.
During this last climb w/ Gerry we had a new climber, folks who had never climbed before, and highly experianced climbers as well.
To a person, everyone had a real good time. Everyones face just lit up with the excitement of the climb.
Dave Norgaard even called the Guiness (sp?) book of world records to find out if they would enter the trampoline event in the book!
The second day we hoisted a friends kid up to the trampoline. I think Conner is 10 years old or something. This little guy went all the way up (over 100' of sheer ascent)played around a bit and then LOWERED HIMSELF (with a seperate back up controlled by his dad on the GRCS) on a figure 8. Never once did he lock up from fear, total control all the way down. He did lay down on the ground hugging it for awhile but he got up with a big smile.
I highly recommend rec. climbing for anyone seeking a truly unique experiance. And Gerry is just the guy to lead.
Frans
