VIDEO: Climb for the Rain Forest

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tarek

climber

berkeley

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 30, 2011 - 03:17pm PT

We're lucky to have a really good project going, and we need your help with building it. Even just passing the word would be much appreciated!

Point of a video is not to ramble on in print, I previously described the project here

Check it out.

If you care to donate, you can do so here

But--if we've convinced you to support the project--we'd prefer checks made out and sent to Caura Futures, 805 Folger Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710

If you want an american apparel organic cotton palm climbing t-shirt, pm me. $40 incl. shipping. Indicate your size, and where you want it sent in the message.

Lastly, we are starting to make used harness waist webbing and leg loops into comfy stirrups (for bare feet). So those would be most welcome as well, sent to the same address.

Thanks,
Tarek

David Wilson

climber

Mar 30, 2011 - 11:13pm PT

That's a great video. I'm surprised they slide down those palms so fast - seems like you'd get a burn from that. For consumption, how does the fruit have to be processed or do they just eat it raw?

tarek

climber

berkeley

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2011 - 12:43am PT

You get burned really quickly on one of the barked poles we use for the competition, less so with a moist trunk in the shade. That was a problem in the comp, as multiple laps on each pole were called for during each contest. people started using wraps to protect from the heat while descending. The guy near the end of the video has shoes on, I believe.

The fruits need to be soaked in warm water, which causes the mesocarp to separate from the seed as the fruits are beaten with a large wooden pestle. The hard, eggshell-thin exocarp fragments sink to the bottom, and a tasty, rich beverage is poured off.