Episode 3 - The Ascent Event - Tree Climbing Competitions - Everything you need to know 

Great video Katie! (I noticed Mike was the ground tech and the in tree tech! Lol that’s some neat trick there)

Thanks for this demo video. As a production climber with an ADHD crew waiting on me, I find myself leaving my foot & knee ascenders in the gear bag for weeks at a time (foot lock 40’ then start work and climb the tree to the anchor). Per ITCC written rules, it seems like my method is illegal as my hands are gripping above my hitch while I’m foot locking. Is my preferred SRT ascent method unsafe?

Thankyou for the footage, was there an event? It'd been cool to see some of the competition

Great video Kate, but is the TAZ LOV3 FALL ARREST DESCENDER a safe device? Nice bloopers

Great video! Do you have to supply your own weights/mechanism to weigh down the rope? or can you borrow from the event organisers?

Great Video!! I have also a question. In the rulesbook is written that in the setup part everything has to be attached like e.g the chest harness….When using the Akimbo for ascent, the clip from the chestharness detaches as soon as I sit back. Am I allowed to clip that on again bevor ascending?

The rules mention an additional 2 points if you attach a backup to a second line during setup? Can you demonstrate this?

It looks like you are using a "TAZ LOV3 FALL ARREST DESCENDER", what is the rope diameter?

What system are you using? Is it the rope rench with two acenders

What would you use for the back up with the taz?