Joe Aiken and Korey Lofy of Arborjet and The Discovering Forestry Podcast join us and share there background and take on the tree industry.

Daryl Stanby joins us at Arborfest to share his path into the tree industry. It all started with a friend of a friend called Daryl and told him to come work for Extreme Tree and to "learn these 5 knots before you show up in a week." Daryl has been a full time tree guy ever since.

Bill Burley and Jon Sullivan teach us about Teufelberger's new Tree Motion Pro harness.

Kevin and Brett have been in the industry for 15+ years working primarily in the Southeast. They speak a bit about the culture there and how they are trying to make a positive impact.

Courant has been making rope since 1825. Patrick Fitch, climbing ambassador/product tester, and Peter DeVries, Courant product specialist, teach us about Courant's new Kalimba Rope. It's a dual purpose 24 strain rope with a very low elongation of 1.8%.

Alex is a first generation tree man who went to WBU and got a degree in forrest mgmt. He wanted to do timber resource and took care of historic trees in Maryland until he opened his own tree company in 2017. Declan was doing plumbing and wanted to work outside and now climbs with Shy Tree.

Jonathon Hensley joins Phil Rogacki and Tanner Bartee to talk about his chainsaw modification company - The Nobody Saw Builder Company. When he entered the logging industry he had a want for more power. After meeting  one guy with a ported chainsaw he decided he had to dive into how to do that himself. Many years and chainsaws later he has learned how to get the most power possible out of any saw.

Amanda originally got introduced to the industry through her older brother. He would take her on side jobs to pull brush and even got bought her first harness. She got serious about climbing after meeting her soon to be mentor, Philip Ruiz, at the North American Climbing Comp in 2016.

Josiah Georgeson, Work Safety and Territory Manager for Edelrid, talks to us about the Edelrid Megawatt descender.