What are Climbing Competitions?
Talking Trees with Davey Tree
English - September 22, 2022 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB - ★★★★ - 33 ratingsHome & Garden Leisure Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Sam Schunk, a trimmer from Davey’s Elmsford, New York, office, and Libby Bower, a trimmer from Davey’s Lake Bluff, Illinois, office talk about their experiences climbing for competitions and their careers.
In this episode we cover:
What is competitive climbing? (0:35) How Sam got into competitive climbing. (2:15) Sam’s experience with nerves while competing and what competitions are like. (2:50) Sam’s best competition and what he learns from other competitors. (3:46) Training for competitions and climbing for Davey. (5:55) Sam's career with Davey (7:30) The view from the trees. (8:25) Safety while climbing. (8:55) What Sam gets from competitions. (9:50) Libby's Davey career. (11:30) Libby’s experience climbing trees growing up. (12:20) The physical aspect and training process of tree climbing. (12:50) Libby’s climbing competition experience and nerves while competing. (14:45) Libby’s favorite part of competing. (16:46)
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