Urban arborists in French Guiana

Alec Baxt and Chris Roddick standing in front of enormous ficus sp. in French Guiana. Alec has spent a lot of time down there climbing trees as part of various research projects.

Alec taking a core out of the ficus in the previous post.

let me explain...

The bra actually has a function in this case other than what you might think. This is the secure footlocking event at a tree climbing competition. a challenge for most climbers is how to keep the footlocking prussick cord that is attached to the climbing line from impedeing the climbers flow as they are ascending. Alec.. the innovater that he is, has cleverly solved this problem by passing the footlock rope thru the bra to his climbing saddle. most climbers pass the rope thru the top of their tee-shirt...but not Alec.