Oly Climb

[tom_otto]

Last weekend a small group of us climbed a tiny, little toothpick Doug. fir. It was about 220ft tall and about 5.5 ft DBH. We all had a great time! Check out some of the pics. You might see a familiar face or two.

 

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There were four climbers all climbing on different colored ropes, which made line management a bit easier.

 

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We all made to the top, or at least to within 15ft of the tippy top. Here's Chris above and Kathy on her way up.

 

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Here's a shot of Ben, the lead climber, who made it much easier and safer for the rest of us.

 

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On the way down Kathy was sure glad she tied a stopper knot in her 200ft long blue streak. She said she usually just grabs the end with her mouth when she starts getting close, as she is demonstrating in the photo. Even at 100ft from the top she was a few feet short of reaching the access line.

 

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A shot Chris coming down from a good high.

 

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I was the last to go up and the last to come down. After we all made it down, we packed up and went to my house for some pizza and beer! yummy, yummy.

 

[ChuckR]

Nice climb and darn nice tree!!

 

[cmw]

Great tree...awesome climb. Here's a shot of a 200 ft. fly that was going to be the access line. As you can see, it ended up a bit short, so we replaced it with Tom's 300 ft. static line.

 

[cmw]

Thanks again to Ben and Tom for setting the line and to Ben for leading the way. Here's Ben on the mar bars.

 

[TreeCo]

You guys sure look like you had a great time.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[RogerM]

I wish we had "toothpicks" like that around here.
It must have been a blast.

 

[Gareth]

Nice post Tom. Where was the tree ? How did you set your line and how high up was your first access branch ?