Spurring and Chunking

[RC0]

Some footage from this week

 

[David Humphries]

Big tree work there Mr Coates, really liked the camera positioning @ 5.10 onwards, great capture !

[stewmo]

Nice work as usual. Intersted to know when you went back up why you don't ascend the rope rather than spurring up the tree of such large diameter, would seem easier to me?? Thanks 

[RC0]

59 minutes ago, stewmo said:

Nice work as usual. Intersted to know when you went back up why you don't ascend the rope rather than spurring up the tree of such large diameter, would seem easier to me?? Thanks 

Thanks Dave.

 

Stew, I climb trees like that one quite regularly. So it's not that hard, because I'm always well oiled. I do a lot of SRT ascending too, but it didn't seem worth it on this occasion, for the reason I just mentioned. Thanks

[Stephen Blair]

Nice 1 Reg! Are they long gaffs? I usually scrambling on big bark like that!

[RC0]

5 hours ago, Stephen Blair said:

Nice 1 Reg! Are they long gaffs? I usually scrambling on big bark like that!

Two and a half inch, Stevie 

[stewmo]

9 hours ago, RC0 said:

Thanks Dave.

 

Stew, I climb trees like that one quite regularly. So it's not that hard, because I'm always well oiled. I do a lot of SRT ascending too, but it didn't seem worth it on this occasion, for the reason I just mentioned. Thanks

Cheers. Yep get that when in your in the groove thing. Certainly don't get that size of tree regularly here....Do you miss the broadleaves of the UK?

[Steve Bullman]

4 hours ago, RC0 said:

Two and a half inch, Stevie 

Never climbed on longer gaffs.  Do you find they put more strain on your ankles and knees?

[RC0]

We have broadleaf especially here too....maples, oaks, elm, arbutus mainly. Some awkward shapes though. Very slow taper. Had never felt that kind of bending movement in a tree until worked on some of the big leaf mapes in the forrests, competing for light...they're a bit freaky. If I came back to England, I would probably feel a lot safer in the trees

 

Steve, they don't hurt any more or less. You're still stood on 2 points. The long gaffs position your leg only a fraction further from the tree than do short gaffs. But they just penatrate so much better whether stepping up or down, hard or softwood, unfavorable angles too.... so long as the profile is narrow, not abrupt.