Japanese 1600 century Edo period...climbing

[waitey]

wots wrong with ladders?

[Chris P]

wots wrong with ladders?

 

Yeah why did he not strap on some spikes DUH

 

Looks like a very cool way of climbing, Nice to see respect for all involved.

Has anyone here tried it yet?

[Andy Clark]

I'd love to see the look on the LOLER inspectors face, tying to get the wooden sticks through the next inspection.

 

 

Tommy B....... Looks like it might be the answer to the kit funding problem!! Cheap as chips, mate. .

[Tommy_B]

Ha ha!! Ready when you are mate. I'll sort some quotes!! Bit of sash cord and a couple of bits of walnut and I'm willing to have a go!!!

[softbankhawks]

The hangover of that technique are called Sorashi and they whack great and beautiful limbs of trees at the shinto temples. They find it difficult to manipulate that technique for lateral movement you see. A man called John Gathraight who runs Tree Climbing Japan has worked extremely hard to get the ISA introduced to Japan (possibly why they were demoing at Rhode Island?), the Tree Doctors (Consultants) where dead-set against it. They saw what we can do in half a day as climbing arborists and balked because it doesn't involve setting up scaffolding!! Tree Doctors and Sorashi are making way for a new era of Japanese Arborists. I'm going over to do a rigging course next year. Anybody want to come?!

[softbankhawks]

Who is your friend Gibbon?