European Tree Climbing Championship

The purpose of the European Tree Climbing Championship is to promote safe working practices, demonstrate improvements and innovations in techniques and equipment, and provide industry recognition to the European public. It is also an opportunity for climbers and professionals in Europe to gather and exchange ideas with each other.

The 2010 ETCC will be held in Prague, Czech Republic and will be hosted by the ISA Czech Republic chapter.

NEWS UPDATE! The Mayor of Prague officially endorses the European Tree Climbing Championship - view here

NEWS UPDATE! James Kilpatrick and Scott Forrest, two well-known names in the tree climbing community, have been invited by the European Tree Climbing Committee to set up the Masters' tree for the Masters' Challenge event at the 2010 ETCC in Prague this June.

These two international climbers, who currently reside in New Zealand, are highly skilled and experienced tree professionals who will use their expertise and history with the competition to set up a challenging and well crafted masters' tree for the Masters' Challenge. The Masters' Challenge takes the top five climbers who have the highest scores in the preliminary events and pits them against each other in an exciting and intense final round that tests a variety of skills and showcases the expertise of each climber. The European Tree Climbing Committee and the local Czech Chapter are honored to have Kilpatrick and Forrest as the set-up masterminds behind such an important and highly skilled final event. In further news, Forrest and Kilpatrick will both be competing at this year’s International Tree Climbing Championship in Chicago.