Loggers Sports Events
Tree Climbing
Considered one of the most strenuous and physically demanding of the events, tree climbers must ascend an 80-foot tree which tapers off at the top, and fly back down again before their competitor. Because of the size difference in the pole from bottom to top, adjustments to the climber's rope are made throughout the two-way climb. A lightning-fast thirty seconds is all it takes for top competitors to finish this exciting event.
Open climbers ascend to the top; however, the competition is made a little easier for intermediate and novice classes to encourage as much participation as possible. Intermediates climb to the 60-foot mark and back down. Novice climbers also go to the 60-foot mark, but the trip back down is not timed. A junior class is often included in this event using a 20-foot tree.
Look for perennial favourites Wade Stewart and Brian Bartow to battle it out here for the Canadian Tree Climbing Championship title.
