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Long-Term Canopy Anchors?
Ha! I just asked @moss this same question. I do keep throw lines in all my trees but have a few crotches with webbing in them and was afraid of UV degradation. I never thought about the squirrels eating the webbing, haha.- TREEfool
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- Forum: Recreational Tree Climbing
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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...- TREEfool
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- Forum: Recreational Tree Climbing
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Set up a new swing...
Hey moss, fantastic vid. I love the chill fun. I gotta make one of these for my boys and the neighbor hood kids. But I have a question for you, do you have any long-term anchor points made of webbing? I fear that leaving the webbing in the tree will degrade it via UV light and injury someone...- TREEfool
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- Forum: Recreational Tree Climbing
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Cool tree tent
THAT PHOTO!!!!!!!! Absolutely awesome man! Dude, this design is fantastic. I have no idea how I haven't seen it before. Thank you for sharing!- TREEfool
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- Forum: Recreational Tree Climbing
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Cool tree tent
Your photos made me question my hatred of tensile tents. It looks like you guys have obtained the experience to properly set them up in a variety of situations (or perhaps you have a few trees that you revisit frequently because those specific trees work well with tensile tents?). A friend and I...- TREEfool
- Post #52
- Forum: Recreational Tree Climbing
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What would you do? I'm a rec climber and want to KEEP my healthy ash tree...
Do you mean get the new trees going right now? I was told it may end bad when they start cutting down the tree if it smashes the younger trees below?- TREEfool
- Post #20
- Forum: Bugs and Crud
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What would you do? I'm a rec climber and want to KEEP my healthy ash tree...
Thank you guys!!! After all of your input I decided to let them go. Having a giant ropeswing in my front yard is pretty kick-ass but I don't want to build a "house of cards". Essentially the tree would only survive with a bunch of unhealthy chemicals, money, and human labor. If I let nature take...- TREEfool
- Post #18
- Forum: Bugs and Crud
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What would you do? I'm a rec climber and want to KEEP my healthy ash tree...
....also, here in SD if I have to mow around the trees, pay to have them pruned, and pay to treat them I would consider them NOT public property. But we do need a permit to plant new trees curbside, there are only about 20 species we can choose from, and the city decides if they are going to...- TREEfool
- Post #13
- Forum: Bugs and Crud
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What would you do? I'm a rec climber and want to KEEP my healthy ash tree...
ATH, thanks so much for the detailed answer and for pesticide recommendations as I am completely clueless. You are correct that the large branch at 4' significantly "artificially inflates" the size of the tree. But I heard 4' is the spot to measure so I just followed the rule. The tree is likely...- TREEfool
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- Forum: Bugs and Crud
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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...- TREEfool
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- Forum: Bugs and Crud
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
@Handy2 that works well!? what size is your rope in the photo? @moss YES! so simple. thanks for making a video of it!- TREEfool
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- Forum: Stationary Rope Technique-Half the rope, twice the
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Hitting the winter woods for a rec climb
If I make it to 75 years old I can only hope that I have her agility!- TREEfool
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- Forum: Recreational Tree Climbing
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
Ok, after an absolute shit ton of recomendations what do you guys think of this: 1. Foot ascender 2. Wild Country Ropeman (micro ascender) attached to a leg loop 3. ascender on saddle loop 4. carry a grigri 5. Ascend by pushing up the Ropeman with hand and stepping up then bring other foot up...- TREEfool
- Post #38
- Forum: Stationary Rope Technique-Half the rope, twice the
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
Dude, where are you posting videos of all your ideas??? I want more than photos :)- TREEfool
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
Just a random observation that I found amusing while reading your post: we are talking a different language. Seriously, how many people in the world can read this and understand what the hell is going on??? Haha. I absolutely love it though. I never considered going up SRT and down DRT. Perhaps...- TREEfool
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
Did you make a post anywhere that gives more details of the Stitch? You posted a photo for me in the "rope runner on 10mm" thread but I'd love to see what hitch sizes and hardware you use for best results.- TREEfool
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
YES! This. I always forget about footlocking... cuz I suck at it. But a saka mini plus a hitch is pretty much as minimalist as i can get. I imagine tending the hitch being a pain in my ass when footlocking up but this is seeming like as minimalist as I could get. Add in my grigri for setting up...- TREEfool
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
I look forward to your report when your Kong gear arrives. I totally forgot about frog setups! I woke up this morning thinking about how rock climbers jug a rope with two hand ascenders attached to two footloops (and I think the low one is attached to your harness) which is kind of like a frog...- TREEfool
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- Forum: Stationary Rope Technique-Half the rope, twice the
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Minimalist rope walking setups?
Thanks for the link! I have read through the whole thing already and was picking Brocky's brain on the stitch hitch. I have some new hitch cords on order so that I can try it out asap.... Haha, and yes, if I went to 11mm it would indeed solve my problems. But all of my ropes are 9mm or smaller...- TREEfool
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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...- TREEfool
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