I love this quote!

[Burnham]

It is indeed a fine piece of work.

Thanks for signing my copy at the WCGTG, Jer. It was a honor to meet you and get to know you a bit.

 

[gf beranek]

Many thanks for the Kudos, guys. Very much appreciated.

Burnam, have you found some nice fat Doug Firs for the flip-line events?

 

[Burnham]

Oh, I know where more than a few still hide. You really think people want to struggle that much, huh?

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I would most definitely give it a go B!

 

[gf beranek]

Oh, I know where more than a few still hide. You really think people want to struggle that much, huh?

For sure. It would be a great event. There was an old growth fir the old timers left on a ridge top east of Ft. Bragg. Before it fell in a storm I use to take people to the tree just to develop their endurance and technique in the art of spur and flipline climbing. Honest 7 footer and 100 foot to the first limb. The tree was only 160 ft tall. It wooped a lot of climbers butts getting to that first limb. Some climbers never made it but they all loved trying. It actually became a mark of passage to a lot of young climbers to conquer the tree.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Awesome!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Great pics!

 

[sawinredneck]

I'm whuped just looking at the pics Gerry!

 

[wiley_p]

We only got a couple months or so before the rains start again. Gerry, you thinking another GTG this summer?

 

[gf beranek]

I know, Dave. It would be a squeeze for anyone but locals to try to attend and would hinge mainly on Burnam finding a site with the trees soon. But I'll make it and probably bring Eric Schatz. Though as for myself I'll just record the event. I'm way too out of shape to take on anything like that today.

So we would need able, or at least willing, climbers to be there too.

 

[wiley_p]

I can make Oregon I thinks easy enough. There are some hammer 6-7 footers on the GP south of Randle that we can do as well. I don't know what Oregon is like during hunting season, but unless I'm actually hunting, I don't like being in the woods to much here at home, kind of dangerous with all the CODs and townies about in the timber.

 

[Burnham]

Dave is right about fall in the woods, especially here so close to the big population center of Portland and it's suburbs.

I'd bet we'd have a better turnout if we put it on the calendar for next summer. For myself, it's gonna be busy busy for the rest of the good weather.

I'll do some scouting around this season, also see about camping opportunities, etc. Maybe Dave could too, for up on the Gifford Pinchot NF.

But I can say already the setting won't be as cushy as RRR. That was a sweet arrangement.

 

[wiley_p]

I'll peek around down by the Cispus. Burnham's right it will be tents at best or campers kind of show. The area I know that's good is at least an hour from the nearest store.

 

[gf beranek]

No reason to get hasty about it. Next year would work and give more time for others to make plans. And too, to find the ideal spot.

 

[wiley_p]

I'm in line with next year Gerry. It gives the folks from the other side time to plan for the long trip. I for one would like to share our woods with as many of the folks as possible.

 

[Frans]

I'm in!, if I am welcome anyways

 

[gf beranek]

Can you flip a line?

 

[Burnham]

Sounds good, Dave. I know there are some big honkers up thataway.

I'll be scouting, too.

2010 TreeHouse FlipFest.

 

[gf beranek]

It's in the makin. Cool

 

[stig]

I used to struggle up big hardwoods with spurs and a flipline to top them. I've been an oldschool climber way longer than a new school one.
Setting a line with the bigshot sure makes for an easier life.
Especially for a semi-old guy.
I'd love to join in, but there is no way I can make it to to the US two years in a row.
Too bad

 

[MasterBlaster]

So we would need able, or at least willing, climbers to be there too.

"or at least willing," LOL!

 

[rumination]

Maybe have the Wraptor on hand again for those of us that probably wouldn't make it 15 feet up one of those big guys on spurs.

 

[gf beranek]

Hopefully there will be a Wraptor too.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Is there some kind of training that the attendees who have never done it before, might want to be doing. How about a bicycle for chicken legs?

 

[wiley_p]

Jay, it's really about form. But, for me anyway when I climb a larger stems ( keep in mind I've never climbed anything over 7-8') it really works your forearms. These days my heels really start to ache after about 6 hours in my spurs.