Fitness Standards For Industries

[TIMON]

I think the ability to do a muscle up with your saddle on's a better barometer of your fitness to climb meself.

 

Jomoco

 

 

Do mean a branch roll? (In queens English) I agree.

[jomoco]

Do mean a branch roll? (In queens English) I agree.

 

What?

 

Agree with me, a scurvy yank!

[stihlmadasever]

I personally dont think muscle ups,pull ups or any other kind of ups assist when climbing ropes.Add to that the amount of friction ascenders on the market now to aid climbing.

Maybe free climbers...

[TIMON]

My Mrs happens to be a yank. Native American and Norwegian descent from Iowa.

I don't always agree with her on that basis, mind.

[jomoco]

Well, as one gets older, they must learn to cheat, take mechanical advantages, to atone for their piteous shortcomings.

 

I'm gettin mighty partial to push buttons n toggle switches meself.

 

Jomoco

[eggsarascal]

I worked around Mildehall and Lakenheath, (both American Air Force bases), still got quite a few American friends from that area although some have gone back over the pond now.

 

I even like Ted, so much I bought him dinner one night........ Or did Mrs Egg pay.

[cornish wood burner]

Climb faster or work faster.

 

Normal working practice wont require pull ups

 

My original question referred to them as an indicator of strength in a climbers arms, so do you not agree strength and stamina have some bearing on climbing and speed of working?

I appreciate modern aids help but I thought strength and fitness, both physical and mental was what this thread is about.

[jomoco]

I love Tolkien's take on trees and humans being unable to coexist together because human's are far too hasty in everything they meddle in, particularly trees!

 

The cycle here in SoCal is whack it to within reach of a bucket truck, and repeat as necessary!

 

The top notch tree companies have resorted to hundred foot bucket trucks of course!

 

There may be a few outfits with climbers doing class one spikeless pruning of hundred foot plus big trees, but they are scarce, and getting scarcer as time rolls along.

 

There's a trade off at work driving this. The scarcity of climbers physically fit enough to footlock n properly prune huge trees daily, and the abundance of climbers who'll hurt themselves trying, and end up on workmens comp attempting such feats.

 

That's why tree service owners, even highly credentialed certified owners, tend to look the other way when climbers on their crews slap the gaffs on to "safely" prune those big trees.

 

Jomoco

[Stephen Blair]

Being strong certainly helps, especially when keeping your climbing basic.

Climbing around talk leggy ash behind tenements and high flats where there are power lines and phone lines so throw lines are out and if not spiking then strength comes into its own.

I am am half the speed and climber I was when I was in my twenties.

[treequip]

My original question referred to them as an indicator of strength in a climbers arms, so do you not agree strength and stamina have some bearing on climbing and speed of working?

I appreciate modern aids help but I thought strength and fitness, both physical and mental was what this thread is about.

 

They have a bearing on climbing but its not like the job cant be done without bulging biceps and one handed pull ups. Using the muscle between your ears should always be option 1.

 

As a climber you spend more time "sitting" in your harness than anything else.