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Well now, you're confronted with a dilemma here. Which opinion do you believe, if either. The three weeks before the Z133 meeting I was in the UK spending time with a friend in the industry. We spent time going over the applicable saddle standards and certifications. From those discussions AND what was said at the Z133 meeting by Jim Pennefeather [ from Buckingham] the Butterfly meets the US standards as they are now in place.
The issue of using the B'fly and other non-American made saddles in competition should be settled long before the ITCC. The decision should be made by unbiased participants. Also, the applicable manufacturing and certifying standards need to be investigated. If those standards haven't changed since last year, how can they change the rules? The Butterfly was OK last year, why shouldn't it be OK this year?
Here's another issue that I found while reading the Z for the umpteenth time. Look at 9.2.2: Scabbards or sheaths used to carry handsaws when not in use, shall be hooked to the arborist saddle. Etc... That makes all of us leg scabbard users Outlaws. Or maybe that only applies to American climbers