After 10,000km of roadtrip, and three regional tree climbing competitions, the into trees crew took part in the Australian Tree Climbing Championships in Darwin on the weekend of May 28 – 29. The preliminaries were held on the Saturday, with five male and two female climbers progressing through to climb in the Masters’ Challenge on the Sunday.
into trees is proud to announce that Joe Harris has won the 2011 ATCC Masters’ Challenge, and is the current Australian tree climbing champion. Fellow roadtripper Kiah Martin also cemented her reputation as Australia’s leading female climber with a 10th win at the national level: Joe and Kiah will be going to Sydney to represent Australia at the International Tree Climbing Championships in July. More details, full results and some photos will be posted here shortly. The event attracted national media attention, with television coverage on several channels as well as reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and on the A.B.C.
The roadtrip continues…