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A few things that may seem out of place to tree climbers in that photo… and not just the lack of PPE.

into trees has just returned from Zimbabwe, where we were providing tree climbing training to rangers in the Savé Valley Conservancy. In low country covered in dense, thorny scrub, the huge baobabs which tower over the landscape make natural lookout points, as well as a safe place to sleep when watching over waterholes.

It was an incredible trip, with Alex and Angela Witt from Stihl Shop Osborne Park, who donated all of the climbing equipment for the rangers. We stayed with Bryce and Lara Clemence from Advanced Tracking Specialists, who are running one of the most successful rhino protection programs in Africa.

More to follow on this trip…

When they need a 34m Red Gum in Sydney…

We posted about it previously, but the job description was:

Find massive, 34m high red gum (Euc. camaldulensis) that was scheduled for removal due to a road-widening project near Bendigo in Victoria
Cut it in half vertically, reduce it to two sections (still over 30ton/section), and crane lift it onto two trucks
Transport it (on two low-loaders w/ 6 car escort) from Bendigo to Sydney. This involved closing a section of the Melbourne ring road, and blocking one side of the busiest interstate freeway in the country
Re-assemble the two halves to incredibly tight margins of error within an already constructed 6 storey high climbing frame
When complete, the whole tree had to be free-standing and self-supporting

ENSPEC were project managers for the whole job, and the climbing, cutting and rigging (and even some of the engineering!) was done by Joe Harris of into trees and Juri Megarrity of Aspect Tree Management. The tree now stands within 3 seperate levels of high-ropes challenges at SkyPeak Adventures in Parramatta.

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The tree-climbing rangers of Savé

Training rangers in Zimbabwe

When they need a 34m Red Gum in Sydney…

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