Any arbor climbers (climbing big trees w/ long ropes)?

[Foxfur]

I'm into arbor climbing but have no safety buddy. my climbing buddy got my old job when I was downsized so he can go f himself

The link is a great site with lotsa info and cool pics.
http://www.arborquest.org/

I'm in NW Oregon. We've got some damned big cedars and firs on our land that are begging to be conquered.

It's always best to have a buddy on hand so that when you take a fall and end up with the rope around your neck someone is there to point, laugh, and take pics to use at your memorial service.

Bonus points if you have a compound bow to set throw lines in taller trees.

[TomServo]

Never thought of tree climbing as a fetish! Why not?!

[Ugly Dougly]

Sometimes people like arborists do this and get paid for it.

[Foxfur]

I do tree work for friends.
You'd not believe how much professional arborists charge.
I don't charge $, so all mistakes are free!
I do accept BBQ'd tasties.
I do NOT accept BBQ'd testes.

[AntiM]

MyLarry does the neighborhood trees, but he free climbs without a rope. Yeah, I know. He will put his chainsaw on a rope so it doesn't fall.

His mother used to pull him out of the tall bushes in the yard when he was a baby, he could climb before he could walk.

[gyre]

A friend of mine with marfan's was climbing flagpoles as a little kid.
He didn't even see it as anything special.

He also has overly iron rich blood.

His wide armspan seems to be part of it.


I talked to a bunch of tree guys a while back.
One guy I could spot as a climber the second I saw him.
Looks like a pro ice climber.
Something about him.

[Foxfur]

The folks who climb a lot are in very nice shape. I do not climb a lot .

There's something magic about walking out from the trunk on a limb just a few inches in diameter and 60ft off the ground knowing you are (reasonably) safe.

[gyre]

There's a look to some of these guys besides that.


Somewhat amusing that my monkeyboy friend was a better climber at three years old, than I was in peak condition.