Recreational climbing to develop skills.

[AHPP]

Yeah, approach a golf club as a grown man wanting to climb trees. That'll work.

[kram]

Theres no grown men here, we are tree surgeons.

[AHPP]

OP. It's not going to be worth the hassle asking. Just find a tree you like and decide whether you respect the owner's property rights or not. Or indeed if the tree is on public property, remember that you're the public. The same logic by which you may shelter from rain under a traffic warden's skin stretched onto a frame btw.

Edited Saturday at 12:39 by AHPP

[Oldfeller]

I think the op has a number of answers to his question, seems a sensible adult to me, I'm sure he'll make a sensible adult decision as to which answer he deems fit to take on board.

my observation  is he already stated that choice.

Edited Saturday at 12:35 by Oldfeller

[Lee54321]

Thanks to everyone who has taken to time to reply.

I will be taking on board everyone’s comment’s and getting out there and climbing.

OP was more to gain insight into other peoples personal experiences etc and I will not be climbing anywhere which will put people at risk. (Common sense)

thanks again 👍

[Rich Rule]

I have done a fair bit of rec climbing in the past.

 

I have been kicked out of my local park when I lived in Lewisham.  I was only trying out a new bit of kit and was only 3-4 metres of the floor.  The Narky Parky had a right go at me saying I was damaging the tree.  He worked for Glendale.  I told him the bad pruning done by Glendale tree crews caused far more damage than I would that day.

 

We also used to go onto a public footpath across some parkland near a mates in Maidstone.

 

There were some lovely large oaks so one day we climbed them,  just got all the ropes setup and the land owner happened to be walking his dog.  He kicked us off the land politely.  Something about liability and if we hurt ourselves etc.

 

My advice would be to get permission first, saves a lot of hassle or just get in with it and be prepared for the consequences. 
 

 

 

 

[Mesterh]

10 hours ago, Mark J said:

 Sometimes it's better to ask for forgiveness rather than beg for permission. 

I agree with that. You will probably struggle to get permission due to health and safety etc. No one is really going to grant permission to go and climb as they would get sued to death if something bad happened. I did a bit of rec climbing in the local woods while training in college, just make sure you have someone to spot you at the very least.

[orsmors]

You are allowed to climb on common land ie. Parks. Just be courteous.

[openspaceman]

22 minutes ago, orsmors said:

You are allowed to climb on common land ie. Parks. Just be courteous.

Yes but most parks will not be registered common land and neither is CRoW access land. Often common land is also covered by local byelaws, mind I am not aware of a byelaw covering climbing trees, free climbing  was a   boyhood activity on the common here.

[briscoe]

If you join Geocache you can search for ones nearby. There may not be any tree top ones near to you but they are quite common. I found one or two when I first started climbing - containers tied into tree (often trees in recreational grounds/council owned land) with a pen / paper inside to identify self and see who else has found. At the top of one plane tree (approx) 60ft , there were about 30 names of people who had discovered.

Ideally in recreational grounds choose trees away from paths .If possible do early mornings when less people. Hoist rope into tree and leave coiled on branch so that you are hidden and take as little gear as possible to reduce risks - ie no silky hanging off harness. 

 

Heres a guy on youtube finding one 

The Geocache website is 

Geocaching

WWW.GEOCACHING.COM

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