lørdag 19. mars 2011

Augsburg i mai

Kom ein kjekk invitasjon frå Mark Bridge i eposten i dag.

Hi all,

on the 3 and 4 of May the Climbers' Forum will be held again during the German Treecare Days in Ausburg (www.forum-baumpflege.de). The forum, for those of you who have never been, is a unique platform for all things related to rope access techniques in arboriculture. Over the years the event has evolved and has covered an ever increasing range of topics, ranging from the history of treeclimbing, certification of friction hitches, health and safety issues, risk assessment, aerial rescue, work positioning techniques, team building and many other things. These themes are covered in a number of practical and formal presentations over the two days. The forum and conference also offer an unique opportunity to meet and interact with many practicing arborists from all over Europe, to see the newest developments in equipment at the Trade Show and to polish up your theoretical knowledge at the conference.

This years topics will be:

Tuesday
    • Incident analysis in treeclimbing accidents, Patrick Zürcher (SUI)
    • The dark site of tree climbing - psychological effects on workers climbing high trees, Renè Coming (ITA)
    • Certification of splices, Christian Kruck (GER)
    • From product design, development, intended to actual use from a manufacturers point of view, Alex Bronnaz (Petzl, FRA)
    • Friction measurement at anchor points, Dirk Lingens (GER)
    • Forces on redirected anchorpoints, Andreas Detter (GER)
Wednesday
    • Single line rescue techniques, Bernhard Schütte (GER)
    • Attaching, trimming and moving loads, Kay Busemann (GER)
    • Comparison of different lowering devices, Gregor Hansch & Florim Ajda (SUI)
    • 3-D Rigging, Chris Cowell & Mark Bridge (UK/ SUI)
    • Understanding the way that tree dynamics are affected by work that arborists do and how to use them to your benefit, Ken James (AUS)
    • Rigging mechanical advantage, Knut Foppe (GER)
    • Safe chainsaw cutting techniques, Rip Tompkins (US)

About half of the talks will be held in English, we will be organising some form of translation, depending on how many people require it...

You can fly to Munich, from there it's a short trip to Augsburg by train or bus. For further enquiries about prices etc. don't hesitate to get in touch with Irina Kaths or Bettina Kinkele at Forum Baumpflege, their e-mail address is augsburg@forum-baumpflege.de. For other questions you can also fire me off an e-mail.

If you know of other climbers in your country who you think might also be interested in this event,  please feel free to forward this e-mail to them.


So, maybe see you soon in Augsburg, and until then climb safe, 

regards,

Mark Bridge
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2 kommentarer:

  1. Got the URL wrong, sorry, it should be www.forum-baumpflege.de

    Regards,

    Mark

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