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Heck of a Guy

By Kyle Carter
STIHLTIMBERSPORTS.com

Friday, June 19, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Guy German, 55, sat slumped in a white foldout chair, set up in the shade provided by the two 60-foot speed climb poles and their bases. In front of him sat Wade Stewart, 37, and Brian Bartow, 30. They were listening to German explain some of the pieces of the brackets that hold the claw on his speed climbing equipment. German had just climbed 60 feet up and dropped as fast as possible straight down, barely losing to Stewart in the consolation bracket at the STIHL TIMBERS ...

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