Tree Climbing Forum

Active + international + close to practice

The Climbing Forum is an integral part of the German Tree Care Conference and has developed into an international networking forum for arborists and rope climbers. A special feature is the ten-meter-high climbing tower, where experts provide practical training on the topics covered in technical presentations.

2022 innovations were presented and there was plenty of time for discussion. Some of the contents are included in the current Baumzeitung (issue 2), some will appear in the following issue.

The international Tree Climbing Forum in Augsburg/Germany

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• Timetable Tree climbing forum | Tuesday, 25.04.2023

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  Anchor Points
  Chair: Christian „Puk“ Kruck, ropeworks, Tübingen

  Lectures Tree Climbing Forum Exhibition Area
  08:00

  Opening of the Check-In-Counter

  Trade show of the German Tree Care Conference starts in the trade show hall and outside area

  09:45

  Welcoming the Climbers' Forum

  10:00

  Hocus pocus crash mode! Are arborists tired of life? Anchor points for tree climbers

  Markus Breithaupt, Kletterspezialisten GmbH & Co. KG, Michelstadt

  10:45

  Failure of anchor points. Practical and theoretical approaches

  Andreas Detter, TreeConsult, Gauting Eva Mauz, Mauz Baumpflege, Baltmannsweiler

  12:00

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Lunch break

  Health Protection and Ergonomics - Chair: Kay Busemann, Baumpflegeteam Busemann, Freiburg

  13:30

  Accident statistics 2021, evaluation and assessment

  Carsten Beinhoff, SVLFG, Kassel Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, Schottland

  14:15

  Handling the chainsaw in the tree and the dynamic balance between safety, ergonomics and efficiency

  Christian Seiberth, baumzone, Bisamberg, A

  15:00

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Coffee break

  15:45

  Naked Arborist, Part 3 ‘Don't Hurt Another Day ‘

  Alex Laver, Tree Logic, Great Dunham/Norfolk, UK

  16:30

  Closing discussion

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• Timetable Tree climbing forum | Wednesday, 26.04.2023

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  Rescue / Conservation of veteran trees
  Chair: Florim Ajda, arbres et partenaires Sàrl, Chexbres, CH

  Lectures Tree Climbing Forum Exhibition Area
  08:00

  Begin of trade show

  in the trade show hall and outside area

  09:00

  Interfaces with the rescue services, approaches when dealing with an injured person in a tree

  Knut Foppe, Ingenieurbüro SafeRope, Berlin

  09:45

  Rescue? Anybody know how to do it - or do they? From basic to complex rescue, techniques examined step by step

  Peter Vergote, TreeMagicBeers, Elversele, B Lucas Godts, Arborist Lucas, Leuven, B Tree Rescue Manual

  10:45

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Coffee break

  11:30

  Measures for the conservation of a red-leaved beech, a résumé

  Jürgen Unger, Eichhorn Baumpflege, Hörstel

  12:15

  How do I tell my customers...? Good arguments for the preservation of old trees

  Stefanie Weigelmeier, dendrophilia, Göttingen Bea Linnert, Baumbüro Linnert, Bremen

  13:00

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Lunch break

  Conservation of veteran trees / Tree care practices - Chair: Mark Bridge, treemagineers, Rannoch, Schottland

  14:15

  Case studies of veteran tree management throughout Europe: do’s and don’t’s for arborists

  Tom Joye, Natuurinvest, Brüssel, B

  15:00

  Leadership, philosophy and the seldom discussed underpinnings of being an arborist

  Tony Tresselt, Keystone Training Solutions LLC, Pomeroy, USA

  15:45

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Coffee break

  16:30

  What could be wrong? Situations that climbers can encounter and how to avoid it.

  Dror Lazarovitch and Ran Solomon, Alonim Ltd., Haifa, Isreal

  17:15

  Alternative transport concepts in tree care, cargo bikes and co: possibilities, opportunities and limits

  Tim Schröder, BaumDienst Nortis, Hamburg Roland Schindler, Baum & Seil, Dusslingen

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• Timetable Tree climbing forum | Thursday, 27.04.2023

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  Rigging and Forces
  Chair: Anja Erni, astwerk baumpflege, Roggwil, CH

  Lectures Tree Climbing Forum Exhibition Area
  08:00

  Begin of trade show

  in the trade show hall and outside area

  09:00

  To Pull a Tree

  Max Olesko, Baumklettermax, Oberwölbling, A Remy Gschwandtner, Baumpartner Arboristik, Steyr, A Philip Wenninger, Die Baumpfleger, Winzendorf, A

  09:45

  Speedlines, slide lines and reeving systems – from simple to complex

  Max Soballa, Soballa Baumpflege, Rottweil

  10:30

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Coffee break

  11:15

  Efficiencies of pulley in climbing and rigging systems

  Luis Alberto Diaz, Urban Forestry, Malaga, E

  12:00

  Windows into treecare: The craziness of treework in the South Pacific islands

  Drew Bristow, TreeSolutionsFiji, Fantasy Island, Fiji Islands

  12:45

  Practical presentations in the trade show hall and outside area Lunch break

  Rope climbing technique - thinking outside the box - Chair: Martina Borowski

  14:15

  Using the rope climbing technique to search for forest seeds in times of climate change - Europe and North America

  Kay Busemann, Baumpflegeteam Busemann, Freiburg

  15:00

  Woody pathogen detection dogs in tree care, forestry, species and environmental protection: Experiences on possibilities and limits of dog use

  Dana Schneider-Blank, Sachverständigenbüro, Schnega

  15:45

  Closing discussion

  16:00

  Have a safe trip back home

  See you next year 23.-25. April 2024

  in German with English translation in English with German translation

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