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  1. Mike Islander

    Bought a Treestuff Bag O’ Rope. Any good stuff here?

    The small diameter yellow and green look like waterski ropes (yes, I have no knowledge of ropes). The two large ropes (white and yellow) are about 3/4" diameter. I'm hoping the skinny bluish one is something awesome. Many thanks if you know off the top of your head. If you guess, I'll look up...
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    Climbing pine with spurs?

    We have a huge pine I need to climb. It's on a fence line and surrounded by trees. Almost impossible to to get a rope into. I need to climb it to remove a light that my asshole neighbor put up before moving. Yes, he put it in my tree...good riddance. For one short climb, will spurs cause...
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    Hilarious elderly neighbor

    I fell a small tree on our property line yesterday. Also did a ton of cleaning up along the road. I bucked and hauled a fallen branch in my 87 year old neighbor's yard while I was there. She's a retired cardiac nurse. She knew I just got over Covid. It was extremely hot and humid, and she...
  4. Mike Islander

    Fake arborist dropping branching on fence and in yard.

    My 97 year old mother in law's dumbass neighbor has hired a hack to cut down 5-6 big trees. A-hole is limbing the stems with zero rigging. Limbs on/over her fence. 10" diameter, 25 foot long branch on her front lawn. Then drives away with no cleanup for a week or so. I dragged the big one back...
  5. Mike Islander

    What mushroom is this? Problem?

    4' diameter live oak. Looks very healthy, with new growth on all limbs and no visible holes or caverns. No bugs that I can see. No woodpeckers. This mushroom is 11" across. My mil says it grew over the last two weeks. Soft and pliable, like an Italian drier. Spongy on the underside. My guess...
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    Yikes!!! I don't know anything else about this.

  7. Mike Islander

    Much respect for tree climbers! The Rec Rookie.

    As of yesterday I had only practiced with my gear in my warehouse and climbed straight up one short magnolia to trim a limb hanging in my neighbor's driveway. . Yesterday I was practicing line shots with my air cannon and got a 10oz throw weight stuck about 40 feet up a big live oak after...
  8. Mike Islander

    Why tie instead of rigging carabiner?

    Very rookie question from a very ignorant rec climber. Just curious how common carabiners vs tying in limbs is for rigging. At first glance it seems like a rigging carabiner would be the easiest/fastest tool to use. Are there issues that would make using a carabiner dangerous, and if so, how...
  9. Mike Islander

    Rookie's experience with Hyperclimb

    So far only climbing inside my warehouse. My impressions are: - Feels great with gloves - New rope is very consistent with the RRP and an ASAP on a second rope. - Flattens out when I anchor to my warehouse crossbolts. Doesn't effect how it works with my RRP. These are 1" threaded rod bolts that...
  10. Mike Islander

    Recommend a rigging sling for small jobs on my own trees.

    I just started learning to climb safely. I have several large pines and live oaks on my property and would like to trim the dead limbs, plus do a little pruning when I learn more. I will likely need to tend my own limbs when I cut them. Some of the dead limbs, especially the pines, are up to 10"...
  11. Mike Islander

    New Teufelberger hipSTAR distel slips

    Just starting recreational climbing. I got my hipSTAR lanyard and was playing with it last night. Crazy rains here, so it's indoors only for me as a hobbyist. :) I tried it in anchor mode, and half the time when I sit back the distel slips a good bit. I can lock it up easy by sliding it up a...
  12. Mike Islander

    Introduction: completely new climber

    My name is Mike and I live in Charleston, SC (James Island). New to the forum and formal tree climbing. My only experience is climbing trees with rope and zero training, both for fun as a kid and hunting as an adult. I've learned more here in the last few weeks than anywhere else. A few weeks...

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