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  • April 1, 2023

    Applying Aerial-Rescue Skills in a Real-World Emergency

    By Erick Palacios, CTSP

    Aerial rescue is something we practice but hope to never have to use. Over the years, there have been many advances in climbing gadgets and different equipment used in the field, but aerial-rescue principles and processes have pretty much remained [...]

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  • March 1, 2021

    Women in Arboriculture from a Man’s Perspective

    By Erick Palacios, CTSP

    Patrick O’Meara, far right, owner of High Country Landscape in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, with a group of climbing arborists, including Aneesa Winn, front row, far left, and Jacque Fink, front row, third from right, at ProGreen Expo in Denver in [...]

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  • February 1, 2021

    Talking About Chain-Saw Pants

    By Erick Palacios, CTSP

    Hablando de pantalones de motosierra I was out in Oregon this summer training contract workers to fell and remove thousands of trees damaged by the many wildfires. We were constantly navigating through steep, rugged terrain. There were tons of downed [...]

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