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Miguel Pastenes wins the 2008 Texas Tree Climbing Championship

In Fort Worth on April 4th and 5th we saw what it takes to be a Texas Tree Climbing Champion. Looks like a prerequisite is to be on one of the tree crews at Arborilogical Services. We have won again this year thanks to our own Miguel Pastenes, Climber Extraordinaire. We will represent the ISA Texas Chapter at the International Tree Climbing Championship in St. Louis in July. Alongside this year's competition will be an advanced climbing techniques workshop and information on the ISA Tree Worker Certification.

The five TTCC events were: Work climb: Contestants climb to five stations in a tree, performing a different task at each station. Aerial Rescue: Contestants reach and safely lower an injured climber (actually a life-sized mannequin) Throwline: Tests contestants' agility to accurately place lines about 50 feet up in a tree. Belayed speed climb: Contestants ascend a predetermined route from ground to about 50 feet. Secured foot lock: Measures climber's ability to perform 40-foot vertical ascent using double-climbing line.

To celebrate our win,  we had a cake made with Lisa Pennington's outstanding artwork (which just happened to have a picture of Miguel from his 2006 win) and served it with coffee and punch at our victory celebration. Steve Houser, company president, gave a brief speech and handed-out a competition bonus for each competitor. The company always provides a bonus to all that compete which increases in size according to their standing in each event and overall.

Looks like Miguel gets a good check this time around!