The teams have submitted their rescues for Scenario 1, and our expert judges and the arborist community have submitted their scores! Click the links below to view the Scenario 1 Summary Scoresheet, each team's rescue video, and their individual scores with feedback from the judges. Scroll down for the scenario and specifications.

Scenario 1 Summary Scoresheet

Your crew is hired to prune a large tree in the customer's backyard. The tree is assessed as generally safe and healthy, so your new climber - Dean "Speed Demon" Warton - sets up his SRS climbing system with a base-anchor, and an second emergency access line in the tree.

Dean starts trimming a large lower limb. Your crew isn't using a Port-a-Wrap, and Dean has removed all the brush and there's only 4' to 8' left, so he lanyards-in around the trunk, but underneath the limb. The limb snapped halfway through the cut, and as it fell it snagged his lanyard, pinning him to the tree.

Your crew notices that Dean slammed his head into the trunk when the limb fell and is unconscious. He's pinned to the tree with so much weight that you're worried about his ability to breathe.

There are no ladders or bucket trucks available, so you'll need to rescue him!

• The victim is lanyarded into a healthy limb 15' to 30' off the ground. There are limbs beneath the climbers position.
• The victim is using a SRS system on a base anchor.
• There is a second emergency access line doubled over a natural crotch.
• The log is 4' to 8' long and greater than 10" in diameter
• The log is heavier than what a single worker can lift from in a tree
• There are no ladders available and bucket trucks cannot get into the area
• The victim was using a steel-core lanyard attached at the upper hip dee-rings

• The victim must be lowered to the ground for this scenario
• The victim is unconscious and will remain unconscious for the entire scenario
• You do not need to use a specifically steel core lanyard if one is not available, but it should be imagined as such.