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| The living tree:
Working in trees for 6-7 hours a day, 5 days a week, 35 weeks
a year, for 18 years, leads you to experience trees ín a different
way. You obtain some sort of contact without words.
The feeling of harmony one gets in the top of a tree is well
worth sharing with others.
My intentions are also to introduce a piece of nature to
other people; - to show them how a tree as a biological organism
lives….and dies. I want to explain that the tree is not simply
15 cubic metres of good and robust firewood, but that it is
really alive, and reacts to changes, showing symptoms of stress.
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| Playing:
And, then we should not forget that this is also about playing.
There is not much reason for climbing a tree if you do not find
it exciting and educative, -playing like this can be a good
way of learning.
One just shouldn't forget what one is climbing!
Certainly, your feeling of well-being after a good trip with
good friends, the experience of a great tree and other nature
experiences, sore and well used muscles, a cup of hot tea in
a hammock 70 feet up in the tree and feet dangling in the air
- that feeling is hard to beat.
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| Outfit, equipment
and techniques:
We climb with equipment from the working tradition of arboriculture
- that means good and strong gear and harnesses in which you
can comfortably sit and work for a long time. The climbing is
done with ropes, and technical climbing is done where there
are no branches. Other climbing is done in the branches, all
time of course secured with your harness and rope.
The technique is simple and very safe. It is a well-tested
technique that over the latest 30-40 years has been improved
and gear-wise has been inspired from mountaineering and rock-climbing.
The technique enables one person to climb freely about in all
parts of the tree, and the climber is all the time safely secured.
You may also climb from tree to tree.
This technique does demand a certain amount of knowledge,
and it is also quite demanding on physical strength, especially
for muscles in your belly, shoulders, hands, and arms. Safety:
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| Safety:
Over the years, in Denmark, there has been some
discussion of safety issues relating to various climbing techniques.
It has turned out that climbing, when performed conforming with
rules as briefly described above, is indeed very safe. Furthermore,
this kind of climbing does not harm the tree if carried out
in a careful way.
People must bear in mind that a tree is alive;
but----all over where people are going to "enjoy" nature, things
may happen! In mountains, forests, on rivers - everywhere. Consequently,
knowledge about trees and about ethics of using trees is a must.
Typically, criticism of climbing techniques is
based upon a simple lack of knowledge together with a deeply
felt wish to protect nature, in this case our forests and woods.
In the case of a climbing arrangement with many
persons climbing up and down a rope on the same location, a
"cambium protector" is placed around the branch. This protects
the bark of the tree from damage. Teaching experience:
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| Teaching experience:
Over the years we have arranged a large number of
amusing and exciting excursions in Danish forests and parks.
The climbing arrangements have been with young
and old, physically and mentally handicapped, and they have
included teaching in many educational situations where excitement
and understanding of nature go hand in hand.
Setting up "Treeboats" - isolated hammocks with
a tent on top of them - and staying overnight in a tree is one
of many exciting activities for larger groups .
We have capacity for groups up
to 14.
Please contact us via e-mail or
call us for further information.
With kind regards
Allan Bo Jensen
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