Terry Zornes
Haw River, North Carolina
PROFESSION:
Machinist/Operator at GKN. Owner and operator
of Terry's Tree Service, an arboriculture business requiring daily use of ropes
and advanced vertical techniques. Terry is also a machinist specializing in the
manufacture of specialty vertical equipment.
VERTICAL EXPERIENCE
-Officer in Extreme Rappels, LLC
-Team Leader of 1996 El Capitan Expedition, in Yosemite National Park in California where he climbed and rappelled the longest drop in the US, twice (2650 ft. = 808 m.).
-Co leader/ rigger for 2007 Expedition to El Capitan Expedition
-Team Captain of Zornes' Bridge Team at Bridge Day for 7 years with 100% safety record
-Annual participant (1994‑ present) at Whitesides Mtn., Cashiers NC, (longest cliff drop in Eastern US (650 ft = 198 m.)
-Veteran of many of the longest and deepest cave drops in the US, including Ellison’s Cave in Georgia, Fantastic Pit 586 and 400 ft)
-Safety Officer at Bridge Day
ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT INFORMATION
-Participant in a Cave Rescue in Lewisburg WV, 1997
-White water raft guide 1991‑1999 New River Gorge WV
-Wilderness rescue experience
-Experienced rigger