2nd growth Coast Redwood climb

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How high do you think you got? Also, did you say you are sewing your own eyes? What is your method?

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I did not bring my measuring gear and as mentioned in the video every time I try to guesstimate PNW trees I'm way off (underestimate). After looking at how much rope I needed to make each move I think I reached about 85-90' in the first tree, entered the larger tree at 110-115' and topped out 215-220' or so. The tree was small compared to the giant old-growth redwood but had good height for it's diameter, trunk really shot up, tree has never suffered any top damage so its had undisturbed vertical growth with its feet in rich soil at the bottom of a canyon next to a brook.

Here's documentation of my sewn eye technique so. Got decent pull test results before I started pre-compressing the eyes and using stronger thread so I think these will test very well.

Sewn eye documentation

For the Tachyon eye I used Tex 400 bonded nylon but I just received a spool of size 346 bonded polyester and I like the feel of the thread much more than the 400 nylon.

More sewn eye photos here
 
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Why can't we have trees like that in Minnesota? Darnet.

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Hey a 130-140' white pine in the Minnesota woods will give all of the same kinds of challenges you'll get in PNW conifers. Everything gets scaled up of course but the technique and general climb approach is the same, for me anyway. If you want to climb in the PNW, spend as much time as you can in the biggest white pines you can find.
-AJ
 
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Why can't we have trees like that in Minnesota? Darnet.

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Hey a 130-140' white pine in the Minnesota woods will give all of the same kinds of challenges you'll get in PNW conifers. Everything gets scaled up of course but the technique and general climb approach is the same, for me anyway. If you want to climb in the PNW, spend as much time as you can in the biggest white pines you can find.
-AJ

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I agree. When I watched your video I was thinking it is very similar to white pine. I must say those redwoods do give me goosebumps seeing how strong and sturdy the branches and unions are. But white pine is similar in that it's difficult to find ones with good lower branches. The tops are a bit of a challenge to climb through seeing the branches are many and you need to become quite limber to bend and twist to get into the top of the tree.
 
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Original second growth here, on the river flats, typically exceeds 200 ft. 6-7 foot dia. and 140 years old. On the slopes much less.

Nice dense stand you were in, Andrew.

The down sloping limbs do present challenges to overcome. I'm very familiar with that.

Congrats on a good climb!

Jerry B
 
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Thanks Jerry, appreciate your comments. I lucked out on the climb, everything went very smooth, I could've easily spent the afternoon messing around with throwline instead of climbing ;-)
-AJ
 
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I liked your attention to detail threading the climbline through the wee top. Good on ya!

There's a river flat of second growth redwood where I live called Navarro. State Hwy 128 follows the Navarro River for 11 miles through the redwood flats. It's known as the Redwood Tunnel. Some parts of the groves look like old growth and it's only 150 years old. Trees most worthy for their age.
 
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