oldtimer wrote:I see that this is a interesting video production by a Team of Adventurers with good intentions. For some reason I do not see anywhere that they were "breaking" any laws. I assume they got the proper permits and have the needed training since climbing these big trees is not for the new climber that goes into a store and decides to climbing something. They appear to have the proper gear, appear to be confident of their procedures and appeared to be using proper safety rules. So, I think that sometimes we are hasty to judge others for their imagination and willingness for adventure. They look to me like Arborists trained people that do this type of activity on a regular ( daily maybe) basis. Just because we do not know them or they are not associated to one of the groups that we are associated with does not grant us power to judge and criticize them. We should stay away from criticism without knowing the whole story behind it. How long they planed this, where the live and work, why are they doing this. The final message sounds very appropriate to foment the understanding of trees and contribute to their protection by the general Public (paraphrasing)...
Hey Desi. The only "rule" I think they broke is, as Andrew said, targeting champion trees. They could have made the same video with another impressive tree and avoided selling the idea that bagging champions is cool. Other than that I liked the video.
And, once again, I'm homesick.
