6 June, by Yac
A treeclimbing video in 500-year-old Douglas Firs near the McKenzie River
3 June 2009, by Yac
A photography of a tree climber who install a hammock camping in trees
This photography was taken by “Pacific Tree Climbing Institute” , you can see their gallery at this link: http://www.pacifictreecli...Gallery
Website:
www.pacifictreeclimbing.com
3 June 2009, by Yac
Pacific Tree Climbing Institute on OPB TV
Tree-top Tour
Producer - Jim Newman; Videographer & Editor - Todd Sonflieth
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28 May 2009, by Yac
Great video which captures the spirit of tree climbing.
19 May 2009, by Yac
Gallery of beautiful tree climbing photo by Canopy Access Limited
This photography was taken by “Canopy Access Limited” a compagny founded in 1998 to provide camera assistance and technical rigging solutions for the wildlife TV industry in the rainforest canopy.
They regularly operate in extremely remote forest locations throughout the tropics. From the Amazon to the Congo to the towering forests of Malaysia and Indonesia.
You can see their gallery at : (...)
14 April 2009, by Tree Climbing Workgroup
A new tree climbing assessment chart
The TREE SHADE SYSTEM is a new tree climbing assessment chart with seven classes of difficulty. Each one is divided into three subclasses. Altogether, there are twenty-one subclasses, from Ia (very easy) to VIIc (extremely difficult).
The TREE SHADE SYSTEM is based on five indicators : Structure (tree shape), Height, Access (first footholds and handholds), special Difficulty and Extension (main interval between two branches). A degree from 0 to 4 is given to each indicator according to its (...)
4 April 2009, by Yac
Treetop exploration, tropical epiphytes and sharing knowledge to understand nature.
Called "the queen of canopy research," Nalini Nadkarni explores the rich, vital world found in the tops of trees. She communicates what she finds to non-scientists — with the help of poets, preachers and prisoners.
Nadkarni teaches at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.
7 November 2008, by Yac
Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology
Professor Stephen C. Sillett, Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology at Humboldt State University, is recognized as the foremost expert on redwood trees. Sillett and his students changed the way scientists looked at redwood forests when they began climbing the trees and discovered crowns supporting a rich community of life. Sillett’s pioneering research and findings have been chronicled in scientific journals such as Nature, American Journal of Botany, Ecological Monographs, (...)
6 November 2008, by Yac
Canopy research by the Global Canopy Programme
www.globalcanopy.org
6 June 2008, by Yac
Tree climber: Steve Sillett - Narrator: Jim Spickler
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