The Patrol Leaders of 9th Benoni Scout Group have completed their treehouse after a week of construction at Arrowe Park. Last night and tonight they will be camping in the trees. There are two levels to the treehouse, one for the girl PLs and one for the boys. Access is via a block and tackle for the lazy, a Prussik line, or a rope ladder. Greg, one of the ATSes at 9th Benoni, is an IRATA accredited rope access specialist, and has supervised and trained the PLs in this construction. Later on today I'll be climbing the tree to conduct our 2013 planning meetings with the PLs up in the tree. I will post photographs of the interior, details and the view from the top.
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Hey there,
I'm a scout leader in Australia and have some scouts that want to build a tree house, although it will have to be on a smaller scale - we have lots of rules and regulations here :-).
Did you use any backup for your primary platform support? It looks like you have square lashings between the poles and trees, but I think I can see additional slings around the poles. Did you use the slings to hold the poles in place while you did the lashings?
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