An Unfriendly Tree

[Whalleyrange]

Had a new experience today.

 

SANDBOX!!! Hura crepitans

 

Every inch covered in spikes and thorns from the base to the tips of every branch.

 

Had two to give a crown lift today one was around 25meter there other 30m situated on a steep slope, tropical under growth. Plenty of vines.

 

After a frustrating time getting a throw line up and then more frustration trying the bag to the ground I managed to get a line up.

 

Carried out the removal of lower limbs over a golf green, which went fine.

 

From the first tree threw a line into the second, came down to grab a drink and a bite to eat, plus didn't fancy a transfer due to the spikes.

 

As I was doing that my ground decided to try and untwisted the throw line and ended up losing my anchor point and but got the bottom branch.

 

rope was to short even for that (had left my long static in the garage) but used my throw line to extend it and get the Alpine butterfly secure to it.

 

Got up, got a higher anchor, used a BOAB with a crab and tried to make a retrievable anchor. Carried out the work just as the heavens opened. Defended in to a doing rubber tree and tried to retrieve my line. No luck!

 

Climbed back up Canterbury over to a traditional system and installed a cambium saver in account if the spikes.

 

Came back down into the rubber tree and pulled my line out....

 

put the cambium saver in the wrong way!!!!!! What an ameture mistake.

 

Anyone else climbed these trees?

 

anyone else have days like this?

[Whalleyrange]

Spikes

[Taupotreeman]

Yup. Believe me, these things are sharp enough and hard enough to poke through the toughest of material.

[Pedroski]

Them look like right hard bastid trees! I have a tough enough time with hawthorn:blushing:

[MikeTM150]

nice tree, bet you don't find many treehouses at the top of one of them little fighters!!!!!

[Dean Lofthouse]

I think even the anti mewp brigade may be swayed

[DrewB]

Ian- have you cut a section and sandblasted the spikes? It looks mental, a friend did it

[eljocko]

was that second pics of Gleditisa tricanthos or similar did a lorry full of this spiteful tree thorns will go through your boots and armored truck sheets, what a nightmare.

 

nice tree if you leave them alone.

[Adam Bourne]

wow, i thought some of our acacia was bad.......have you done many ian?

[Jack Price]

that looks horrible!