2022 Florida Tree Climbers Rendezvous Schedule
Friday, April 1
| 5:00 to 6:00 pm | A good time to pick up your t-shirt and name tag |
| 6:00 to 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 to 7:30pm | Welcome & Logistics by Griëtte van der Heide |
| 7:30 to 8:30pm | Talk – Conserving Costa Rica’s Natural Treasure – Arboreal Bridges by Eleanor Flatt, Carolina Pinto, and Johan Ortiz |
Saturday, April 2
| 8:00 to 9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 to 10:00am | Workshop – Cat in Tree Rescue by Normer Adams |
| 10:00 to 12:00pm | Workshop – Adaptive Climbing Techniques Workshop by Wild Rice Adventures, Pathfinders, and the GOTC |
| 12:00 to 1:00pm | A good time to eat lunch at a tree |
| 1:00 to 3:00pm | Community Outreach Facilitated Climbing Session by Wild Rice Adventures, Pathfinders, and the GOTC |
| 3:00 to 5:00pm | Open for swimming |
| 5:00 to 6:00pm | Walk with a local naturalist – The Natural History of North-Central Florida, Trees, Birds, and More by TBD |
| 6:00 to 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 to 7:30pm | Talk – Proposal for a 2023 South Korean Rendezvous by Seesaw |
| 7:30 to 8:30pm | Talk – Diversity and Ecology of Temperate Canopy Ants by Michelle Kirchner |
Sunday, April 3
| 8:00 to 9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 to 10:00am | Tree Jeopardy to Benefit the Rendezvous Scholarship Fund by Nick Araya and Eric Folmer |
| 10:00 to 12:00pm | Community Outreach Facilitated Climbing Session by Wild Rice Adventures, Pathfinders, and the GOTC |
| 12:00 to 1:00pm | Lunch in the Dining Hall |
| 1:00 to 2:00pm | GOTC meeting & group picture! |
| 2:00 to 4:00pm | Community Outreach Facilitated Climbing Session by Wild Rice Adventures, Pathfinders, and the GOTC |
| 4:00 to 5:30pm | Open for swimming |
| 5:30-6:00pm | Talk – Geodesic Treehouse by Joe Vogel |
| 6:00 to 7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 to 7:45pm | Talk – Canopy Scale Variation and Photosynthetic Ecosystem Responses in Central Amazonia by Leonardo G. Ziccardi |
| 7:45 to 8:30pm | Talk – Carbon Economics as a Mechanism for Underlying Tree Diversity by Mattiss Castorena Salaks |
Monday, April 4
| 8:00 to 9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 to 10:00am | Workshop – Aerial Rescue Demonstration by James Reed and Eric Folmer |
| 10:00 to 11:00am | Workshop – Sample Collection Techniques for Canopy Research and Lessons Learned by Michelle Kirchner and Griëtte van der Heide |
| 12:00 to 1:00pm | A good time to eat lunch at a tree |
| 4:00 to 6:00pm | Open for swimming |
| 6:00 to 7:00pm | Dinner, last bids & announcement of silent auction winners |
| 8:00 to late | The Big Bonfire |
Tuesday, April 5
| 8:00 to 9:00am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 to 9:30am | Happy Trails & Closing by Griëtte van der Heide |
About the Adaptive Climbing Techniques Workshops:
Participants will be introduced to the many methods used to aid climbers with special personal challenges. From simple self-advancing moving rope systems to safely hoisting the disabled climber aloft in a special chair. Minimum age: 8 years. Fee: donations accepted.
About the Community Outreach Facilitated Climbing Session
Open to both registered attendees and the public, participants of all abilities are welcome to climb using systems appropriate to their abilities. We can get anyone aloft. Ages: 8-80 years. Fee: donations accepted.
Silent Auction
As in previous years, a silent auction will be held from Friday evening until Sunday 6:30 pm. We will announce the silent auction winners after dinner and arrange payment after that.
Pre- and Post- ‘Vous Activities
Some of us will be in the area before and after the Rendezvous dates. We will organize some group tours including scuba diving or snorkeling and visits to local places of interest. Details are to be worked out and announced as they develop.
Climbing Innovations
Expert climber and inventor Richard Mumford of Climbing Innovations will be at the Rendezvous and will present the following at a time and place to be determined:
- Rope walking clinic on the Rope Master.
- End to end climbing techniques.
- On Bight Redirect and clean-up as you go redirects.
- Anchor setting and testing.
- Anchor re-setting techniques.
- Line retrieval options.
- Introduction of equipment innovations.
- Hitch Hiker XF (HHxf).
- Revised Long Shot.
- Line setting for traverses using the MagThrowBag and new line setting tools.
- Footie.
- Scabbard Keeper
- …and more.
