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Don't buy spurs. Not now. Don't want to rec climb with spurs. That is for removals.
Get a good rope (Blue Moon is a all around standby), and 150' is more than enough for any tree you will encounter around Ames. Get a harness (keep that simple as well. You can upgrade latter and sell your first one if you feel the need to get something more complex. Unfortunately harness prices have gotten out of hand). A 9 or 10mm eye to eye prusik cord. A Rope Wrench and a Hitch Climber pulley. Half dozen auto locking carabiners. And a helmet. Some gloves and you are good to go. If you want to get fancy buy yourself a throw line and 12 oz bag.
Start simple. If you really enjoy climbing and want to continue, go from there, but don't go out and spend a fortune on stuff just yet. Simple is fun. That is what rec climbing is all about. The rest of the toys you will spend your life saving on will come later if you continue climbing.
Then go watch AJ @moss cat rescue videos and see just how much fun climbing on that gear can be.
 
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I would add that throwline and a weight isn't a luxury or fancy, but more of a need. Otherwise you're moving your anchor in the tree which is important to learn, but not at first. You also need a lanyard. And unless you don't want to buy foot and knee ascenders, you'll need to learn how to footlock. Another great skill!
 
I think it's important to learn footlocking right away, as you always have your feet. Watch @treebing climb in the promo video for the adjustable wrench; note that he is foot locking on a single leg of rope, which is how I learned.

I would also agree that throw line skills are an absolute fundamental, and if you have the patience, learn to get a good throw in from the ground, as that will carry right over into ease of movement in the tree, especially when advancing your Tie In Point (TIP)

I will say, as a self taught climber, I found it easier to learn on the zigzag, as it eliminated a few variables, and allowed me to focus on the fundamentals of climbing. The friction is very consistent, and you don't need to understand any of the relationships between rope types and diameter. It's not cheap, but neither is buying pre made hitch cords after a while- which is part of what motivated me to learn to splice.

It's much easier to learn how to set up SRS and that will get you into the tree with a lot less time and energy spent on set-up, but do practice isolating good TIPs and accessing the old school way. If you don't have someone on the ground to untie a basal anchor, advancing your line is tedious.

Definitely have a lanyard in addition to main climb line. I like a 20' lanyard for rec climbing and working spreading canopies. There are modestly priced adjusters, but that might be the better part of the setup to learn about hitch cords.

Don't worry about a saw yet either. I climbed for a long time before I took a saw up a tree. Other than a handsaw; do get one of those. Start with a smaller folding saw maybe, so it generally stays out of your way.
 
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Lots of good advice here.

If you have a trip to Minneapolis planned let me know. I've got lots of extra gear that has life in it that would be very adequate for a startup. Time for me to have a garage sale.

Watch Treebay for a saddle. Many climbers change their minds or buy-up to a different setup.
 
If you're on the fence about it, a usable setup can be put together for less than $1000 for sure, but if you're trying to get started before you have someone paying you to learn, spend a good long while searching video reviews and old threads- especially old threads. We have all spent countless hours detailing our experiences with a nearly endless array of combinations of products, and describing our various setups weighing on the pros and cons, and discussing the merits of each. I felt like I knew a dozen of these guys before I ever made a username, simply from having read sooooo many posts trying to figure this out. The only thing from my original setup that I still run is the rope and the zigzag, though neither is the best ever of its type if thing, and I have found many other ropes and climbing systems that I really like too.
 
Yes, I was stupid and forgot to mention a lanyard. Essential. Get one at least 12' min. and make it rope, not wire core for your first. The reason you want a long one is because you are going to find that you will be tossing it up over limbs above you, and then back down to your harness. Not just for going around the tree. I have one that is 60', but it is also there as a way for me to get to the ground if I need it should my climb line become not available to me. But for starting out a 12-15' one should be about right, and much easier to climb with.
And the foot and knee ascenders are an easy, although not necessary means of climbing a rope.
 
I think the foot ascender was the most bang for buck in terms of extras. My very first was just a longer prusik loop that I made an English prusik with and wrapped the other end around my foot. $10 or so worth of cordage. Slow but effective, and much easier than footlocking
 
Not to split hairs (lotsa good info above) but I'd like to add if you're going the route of moving rope (DdRT) climbing consider picking up a cambium saver - a leather one isn't that expensive and with just one knot can be hoiked up over a union or a branch and will save wear and tear on the tree's bark - particularly in the spring around here, bark is tender and a moving rope will do a scrape job on most of the trees I climb anyway (plus on conifers it will save getting some sap on your rope). Save the tree (softer soled shoes help too). Have fun, start low and slow and one day when it's a bit breezy, go way up, sway with the tree, have lunch and have a look around and marvel at these living things that give us all so much! Cheers.
 
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Not to split hairs (lotsa good info above) but I'd like to add if you're going the route of moving rope (DdRT) climbing consider picking up a cambium saver - a leather one isn't that expensive and with just one knot can be hoiked up over a union or a branch and will save wear and tear on the tree's bark - particularly in the spring around here, bark is tender and a moving rope will do a scrape job on most of the trees I climb anyway (plus on conifers it will save getting some sap on your rope). Save the tree (softer soled shoes help too). Have fun, start low and slow and one day when it's a bit breezy one day, go way up, have lunch and have a look around and marvel at these living things that give us all so much! Cheers.
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