The 2008 Texas Tree Climbing Championship (TTCC)

April 4-5, 2008

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The Texas Tree Climbing Competition was held in Fort Worth on April 3^rd and 4^th.  Perfect weather aided greatly in bringing out a crowd and the event was a big success.

 A record number of contestants from Texas competed (33) as well as two from New Zealand, one from Missouri and one from Pennsylvania.  The out of state competitors were not able to win the events but scores were tabulated to evaluate their performance.  Also, our first female competitor, Ramona Embry, bravely took on the grueling challenge of the five preliminary events!!

The experience level of all competitors grows each year and results of the preliminary events were as follows;

The four finalists included 2007 Defending Champion, Vicente Navarro, Past Champion Miguel Pastenes, Abram Zeis and Jimmy Saucier.  The Masters Challenge was held in a very large bur oak and the work stations were set to be difficult.  Defending champion, Vicente Navarro, was the first to climb and hit a top target on the first throw.  Ultimately, past champion, Miguel Pastenes, scored a very narrow victory over Vicente.  All four climbers put on a great show of skill and knowledge.

Miguel will represent the Texas Chapter at the International Tree Climbing Competition in St. Louis this summer.  It will be the third trip to the internationals for Miguel, who previously took first place in the belay speed climb event.  We certainly wish him the best of luck in bringing home some “braggin’” rights for Texas!!

Respectfully submitted

Steve Houser

Kevin Bassett

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