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    Jumping off our house roof! We setup a big swing in our doomed ash tree...

    My favorite partner-in-crime visited me two weeks ago and we built a huge rope swing so we can jump off the roof of my house. It started out as a fun thing for the kids and I got jealous and said we should build a huge swing. He did all the work while I sat on the ground with my boy eating...
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    What would you do? I'm a rec climber and want to KEEP my healthy ash tree...

    Hi guys! I recently bought a house with 3 big ash trees. We had the tree in our back yard treated professionally for the ash bore (which are currently wreaking havoc here in Sioux Falls, SD). The same guy that treated our backyard tree recommended we let the street-side trees die so the city...
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    Minimalist rope walking setups?

    Break rules guys. I want ideas that are not compliant with your work regulations. I need an ultralight and compact ropewalking setup for multi-day climbs deep in forests. Up to this point I have mostly just used a rapid ascent descent system made of a small ascender (I don't even use a hand...
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    Just a photo of an absolutely beautiful tree!

    Seriously an incredible morning out in the countryside. Yesterday was a 12-hour blizzard and it made everything crappy as you can imagine. But I am being an optimist today and finding beauty where everyone else is just pissed about all the snow. Haha! I hope you enjoy your day!
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    Climbing like an A**Hole

    So this was the first treecamping trip where I was legit climbing somewhere that I shouldn't have been climbing. I set out without much of a plan other than to bike out into the country side and spend the night in the canopy. But considering my last two adventures ended with me almost being shot...
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    Frozen Laughs & Zzz's in a Big Cottonwood

    This was one of the funnest tree camping adventures that I have been on! A gentleman from Iowa contacted me and said he wanted to go climbing so I invited this strange internet person into my house and it turned out to be an awesome decision because he was a riot and our adventure was amazing...
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    So I climbed in an ice storm...

    I never realized how much I rely on the friction of my shoes against the tree bark while climbing. Attempting to climb a tree which was covered in a sheet of ice changed that. This was probably the most stupid climb I have been on in a long time. Between the ice and the wind so many things...
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    Anyone ever forage tree nuts while climbing?

    Last year I learned that the big green lemon-smelling balls are walnuts. And I just learned that "the annual nut crop from oak trees in North America surpasses the combined yearly yield of all other nut trees, both wild and cultivated." And even though I would consider myself an obsessive...
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    Safety concerns for slacklining high in the canopy.

    I have a very good friend who is getting into the sport of slacklining and highlining. We were discussing how awesome it would be to walk on a high line that is suspended in the canopy between two trees. This requires tethers, clearance, etc but my main concern is the forces applied to the...
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    Simple throwline stainless-steel wire mod...

    Hey guys! I am too lazy to do this to my throwlines but when a good friend of mine showed me this I was pretty impressed. Basically he takes a stainless steel keychain wire with a screw-release and hitches it to the end of his throwline. He then covers that in heat shrink. What this does is...
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    Overnight climb in the middle of nowhere...

    Hey guys! I haven't gotten to climb for a few months because my family and I were living in our van traveling the country. But I am back in a real house again and I decided to dust off my gear and head out for a tree camping trip. I found this secluded wildlife preserve off of a gravel road out...
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    MN Tree Camping on September 15th

    Hey, if anyone is interested in joining in on a big overnight group tree climb send me a PM. Right now there will be between 4-9 other climbers. All of us are rec climbers mostly with rock climbing backgrounds but would love to have some veteran arborists show up. The climb will likely be...
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    Batman Goes Tree Climbing...

    I had an interesting climb a few days ago. Words really can't explain it. Check out the video above.
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    Small rope swing while climbing a 110' beauty :D

    Hey guys! Last week I hopped on my bike and pedaled out of the city in search for a big tree. I do not have this side of the city mapped out so the act of searching for a big tree was an adventure in itself. I spotted a huge (insert type of tree here) near a small lake and bushwacked to the...
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    Question about tree density and wind stability...

    My wife and I just bought a townhome in Maplewood, MN with a large pond surrounded by many beautiful trees. This area is kept "wild" (no pruning, no mowing, and lots of wild animals live there) and is one of the big reasons why we bought our home. HOWEVER!!! This morning as I was making some...
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    *PICTURES* ...epic overnight tree climb in South Dakota

    Hey guys! When I visited the inlaws with my wife last week I decided to run away for a night and go tree camping in one of the local forests. I found the forest via Google Maps and was pleasantly surprised by the rolling hills when I arrived. The trees along the river were some of the biggest I...
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    Why you shouldn't use non-locking carabiners!!!

    Haha, ya... I don't know if many arborists climb with non-locking biners hanging off their harness but I have like 10,000 non-lockers so I usually bring a bunch into the canopy with me just for hanging stuff off of other stuff when tree camping. On my last trip I lended (lent?) a bunch of gear...
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    Ultra Minimalist Gear List for Deep Forest Adventures...

    Well! I am excited to say that I finally figured out the perfect tree camping gear list for 95% of the trees in Minnesota. -60' of 9mm Sterling HTP -Black Diamond Couloir harness -2 Petzl autolockers -2 Metolius screwgates -3 Metolius FS mini's -Petzl Grigri2 -Wild Country Ropeman w/ oval...
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    A question about tree camping (Moss, READ THIS!)

    So I was browsing through another tree climbing forum and ran into Moss's photos of his treeboat hammocks with mosquito netting. The pictures are great and I was excited to finally see some real photos of the mosquito nets mounted in a tree but my question pertains to safety. The photos can be...
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    I got stuck in a tree and had to get rescued!

    Disclaimer: This video is a farce. It did not actually happen. . . The events in the video were created for your amusement . Merry Christmas everyone!

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