Arborcamp 2009| Masters Challenge Video

Eric Frei

12:32minute video of Arborcamp 2009 Mt Tamborine Qld including Masters Challenge, well worth a look and some great techniques.

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treelinx

Hey Ekka, did you happen to ID the release mech for the bigshot?
Were any of the climbers using a 'lockjack'?

Bruce Hopf

Very impressive. You guys sure know how to make things look easy. Good stuff. Thanks. Bruce.

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smooth safe climbing

FlashD

Great Vid Ekka. Looks like a great time. Very nice climbing and interesting techniques. Gives me some nice new ideas.

banner

Ekka, thanks for the video link. Very helpful.

BinderbergerAustria

very cool video

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Angus

Arborcamp 2009 was a fantastic event, and an amazing comp.
Great edit of the highlights Ekka!

Congratulations Henk, all the best for nationals!

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tree c

Eric,
Good to catch up at Arbor camp again.Great video. Thanks for that .As i never really get time to see everything nice to see video.And to see scotts climb from another angle will help me train him for the OZ chmpionships in Adelaide.
Keep up the good work

Simon

Q.Q.

Great video Ekka, I was there and still didn't see anybody. I was in the green shirt on Friday with my name on it and in the camo shirt on Saturday.

Carn't wait again till next year again, will try out some new things that I picked up and mabie drop about 10 more kilo's I think.

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LeifR

Great video!
I would put it this way: Why buy expencive circus tickets when you can watch arborists. You are really artists!
Leif.

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duffer

if anyone has pictures of the pullly system of that big shot would like to see the set up. Duffer

Eric Frei

I have loaded up a large sized HD video in slow motion, dont forget you can pause this when watching and you can go larger screen.

Bigshot trigger release video

From top down you have a trigger connected to a pulley connected to a rope grab. The rope grab is connected to the pulleys center axle, very little play in this and a solid grab on the rope.

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FlashD

I'm going to guess that the rope is connected to the bottom pole of the big shot? Looks like a pretty slick system.

Eric Frei

Yeah it is.

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duffer

Looks really good still do not see how it:s set up, If anyone knows how the release works or could give me some details would be great, duffer

Eric Frei

From this thread.

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duffer

Thanks FOR THE pic, i will try to set one up on my bigshot. Duffer

duffer

. If you have any pic of that pully system up close would like to see them thanks

B_Turner

Anyone know the brand of the rope grab?

B_Turner

I have another slightly different idea for holding and releasing the trigger on a bs. I'll let you know Monday how it works.


My brother doesn't believe in trigger releases, says it doesn't give you the sensitivity to the pull of the bands (unequal, etc).

He was down here a couple weeks ago and we got out another brother's old big shot to put in a line at 100 ft. and to demonstrate his technique.

He nailed the smallish crotch five times in a row with three different weight bags and three different lines. It was a pretty vertical shot, and each time the bag went to at least 115 ft. Nice shooting.

My hands and elbows these days tell me to try a release rather than to shoot "natural."

B_Turner

Combo pulley and rope grab in one. Works slick.

6 ft over a 4 ft pole. I can pull the bag back to about 8ft with the pulley with only medium effort.

Eric Frei

So how did it go?

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B_Turner

If you are talking to me, the setup works well. I don't know really how high it was shooting today, as the trees were not much more than 100ft.

And just for grins I shot a rock up at an acute angle and it practically went out of sight.

It's more gear to fiddle with, but I am pleased with how easy it is to setup and pull. No sitback when releasing the rope after each pull.

And the release is very controlled with nothing weird happening with the grab jumping or anything.

The main issue is that if I am not careful I can really put alot of strain on the poles. I have tried 2 fours which wasn't long enough to suit me and some other combinations, but the 6 on top and a four on the bottom works pretty well. My brother's setup is a 6 and a 3 and a half, but he shoots by hand.

My closest analogy is that now it feels like a crossbow. I plan to find somewhere where I can get some known heights, and calibrate the handle with some marks that correspond to a certain height with a given weight.

Ironically the release and the pulley/grab together cost more than the BS and poles.

One other thing is that I found myself only pulling it back a little and then loading the throwbag, as I didn't want to be putting my hands in the pouch when there was a full 8 ft of tension on the bands.

FlashD

I can see that being a good idea. I've never used a big shot before, but knowing how far they can throw a weight, I can imagine the force one would exert on a human hand.

Treeson

Great thread, I really enjoy using the BS and have always liked to use the trigger built in.
I keep thinking wouldn't it make a great sport for golf? When I was studying we sent a few golf balls sailing on a rugby pitch with the BS. -Reckon we got about 800 metres before it touched the ground.

Bruce Hopf

. Look at how greens you would miss with one of those. Tee of for the first hole, and hit the third instead. . Bruce.

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PTC

does anyone else have trouble with the rubber breaking where it joins to the pouch. Maybe i just pull too hard