solo tree climbing...

[bareroots]

here's the last vid of three I made... The other two are in the climbing page of the forum.

 

why post?

 

I want to know if there is anyone else doing this at this level or any level or interested in doing it. I've trained (if you can call it that - more just playing about whilst walking the dog) by myself for years. I'm looking for a creative interplay between others. New angles, a bit of friendly competition to motivate.

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_VbupEPBJ4&feature=related]tree climbing 2 - YouTube[/ame]

[bareroots]

here is other two links for convenience...

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8tN9WD5HVY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL]tree climbing three.MOV - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABKn0qDIEjo]tree climbing 1.MOV - YouTube[/ame]

[Will Ayers]

well... thats bloody impressive!

 

used to free climb years ago as a teenager, but since working in trees i haven't done any.

 

amazing skills!

 

have you ever rock climbed? i saw a mad old boy on stanage free soloing everything!

[Mortimer Firewood]

I like it as a steel erecter ive seen a lot of guys that have precision balance seen guys walk across 3 inch roof bracing 120 ft up backwards Until:001_smile: 5 years ago we always use to walk roof perlins out hse changed all that.

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

Nice tree!

[Treecreeper1961]

Fair play, that is pretty cool.

You have to choose the tree carefully I bet.

[bareroots]

I like it as a steel erecter ive seen a lot of guys that have precision balance seen guys walk across 3 inch roof bracing 120 ft up backwards Until:001_smile: 5 years ago we always use to walk roof perlins out hse changed all that.

 

it's amazing what some folk do, I've always loved that photo of workers having lunch on the girders of the empire state building whilst it's being built.

 

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[Hodge]

Another great Vid mate!

[bareroots]

Nice tree!

 

the best

[bareroots]

Fair play, that is pretty cool.

You have to choose the tree carefully I bet.

 

oak, beech, plane, are all fairly reliable and good to play with. Good strength, unions, agreeable bark. The internal complexities vary but that just changes the nature of the routes that you do in them.

 

Just found a new grove of beech trees in my area. There's a right tangle of trees with some great laterals for balance and brachiation.