best youtube channels for a beginner climber?

Hard to say going off one pic.

Looks like tight quarters, I can’t say for sure that I would or could do it different.

I think it’s osage orange which is very heavy, and there’s probably not much room down there to drop big pieces.
The presence of the angle grinder makes me think there’s a bunch of metal/ hardware in it, and he’s trying to keep his chains sharp.

I bet the tricky part is already completed, it might’ve been massive.
 
Not sure I’d recommend travor in trees or human as beginner vids. But they’re decent entertainment, just don’t use them as instructional.

All the others suggested are good. Others: Lawrence shultz, Blair Glenn (more about the trees and the whys than the work), arbor Jason (excellent vids from Taiwan and some great how tos), climbing arborist, educated climber, top saw
 
Also I second watching the fails to keep you bound to reality. Climbing arborist has some great podcasts with some arbs going into detail about their accidents and what they did wrong.
 
(I will post a video), he has an axe in his pocket (great if he falls), he dropped a piece on his saw (Resulting in the saw falling to the ground) he is also not tied in, although I dont think he is very high up, but anything off the ground he should be tied in (Except when climbing the ladder) and especially make sure to be tied in when running a saw off the ground (He also runs the saw one handed most of the video)



 
After looking at his other videos, he does not seem to do this as a profession. As a general rule of thumb anyone who doesn't do this in a professional setting is bound to make some mistakes. Probably the biggest thing to learn here is the fact that its the end of the removal and he's probably worn out. Thats when mistakes are easy to make.
 
Jehinten said:
After looking at his other videos, he does not seem to do this as a profession. As a general rule of thumb anyone who doesn't do this in a professional setting is bound to make some mistakes. Probably the biggest thing to learn here is the fact that its the end of the removal and he's probably worn out. Thats when mistakes are easy to make.
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yeah, ive had days like that where im just a little tired, and I can tell im gonna screw stuff up, so I just stop and rest, adn also, im just seeing what has gone wrong (Which took about 3 seconds) so i dont do that, also, if i do that stuff, I need to add in replacement saws in my budget :LOL:
 
Njdelaney said:
Personally I would avoid watching Human. His videos can be interesting to watch but his work practices leave alot to be desired in terms of safety. You don't even need to be a tree professional to see that he's reckless and a bit of a cowboy.
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Times a 1000 on that the guys a weapon and almost died how many times? May be a nice guy but shouldn’t be doing tree work if he wants to see 50
@Reg Coates by far is the best and has the best videos out there, very humble no bs straight shooter tells it how it is guy, then most of who everyone else mentioned after that.
 
just watched that video, so far, im liking your channel, also, what lanyard are you using? looks like some thin stuff, depending on the specs I can see that being a good travel settup, also you have the exact same set of spikes I have lol
 
treesap said:
just watched that video, so far, im liking your channel, also, what lanyard are you using? looks like some thin stuff, depending on the specs I can see that being a good travel settup, also you have the exact same set of spikes I have lol
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I run a steel core lanyard and a much longer DIY one, often using the longer one as an anchor
 
treesap said:
the one in that video looked to be around 8mm rope, if it is, do you know what exact line it is? I want one now for Traveling, and a spare
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Oh yeah, just rewatched that vid: I no longer use that thin orange lanyard. It was also a DIY one but I prefer the feel of a thicker rope.
 
Try pulling up any videos that Sherbrooke Trees posted on YouTube. @Graeme McMahon & Co have been the most inspirational to me. That Tahune stuff is just awesome. No BS, just the pinnacle of tree workers in some highly demanding situations.

EDIT: I should say it isn’t days and days of continuous content, but what it lacks in frequency is more than made up for in magnitude.
 
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