SRT Palm Ascent SO-CAL

[jf1962]

Got back from Catalina island on Sunday night , what a great two day trip , had no time to fish or dive it was just TREE WORK ! ;-(

One of the many camps that I service on the Island every yr is Fox Landing and they have 15 tall wash palms, we clean them evry 12 month... These palm dont have a skirt it's just a yr trim , but still no hooks !

It's always a challenge to get your line up and over on these tall and skinny top , but it can be done ..

Me and a couple of SO-CAL climbers are getting together next month w/other tree company to teach them the Safety of Palm Tree Climbing ....

Later in SO-CAL

 

[jf1962]

Wash Palms

 

[jf1962]

Snake Bite going up

 

[jf1962]

clean palms..

 

[jf1962]

SRT Climb , On this one I'm climb on a frog system

 

[jf1962]

Have way up , got to stop and salute the Flag!

 

[jf1962]

At the top

Later from SO-CAL

 

[jf1962]

On my way down on a Eddy

 

[JesseHuffman]

your my hero Javi.

 

[Pstuffel]

Your pictures have gotten me fascinated with palms. We do have them here in Austin and I cant wait to get up in one.
Thanks,

 

[TLHamel]

Nice work with no spikes. Good on ya!

 

[JesseHuffman]

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Nice work with no spikes. Good on ya!

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I agree. I will try to find ways to sell that.
I dont think I need to ever spike a palm again.
Never thought Id say that. The Frog Walker is sooo much easier...once you get your line set that is.

 

[jf1962]

Jesse , the frog system is fast and quick up the tree , but in case of bees or a raccoon attack your stuck until you installed your Eddy or Rig to pale out of the tree .. If I'm going up a palm that has a full skirt on a frog system I always have my ground man ready on my tie off point in case of a quick pale out.. Other ways up the palms trees are a RAD system w/an Eddy or a Rig , my grigri or I can go up w/ my Petzl I'D , on a dbr technique I use the Rope Walker system which is cool .. I will try and post some pic of those systems this wk

Now if Tom would let me barrow his Uni , that would be cool ....


Later in SO-CAL

 

[JSN]

Nice to see someone trim a Palm correctly.

 

[jf1962]

Thanks JSN , just finish 23 palms last wk in the heat , It was the first time doing these palms w/ no tree spike and it was a pretty tough ...

Later in SO-CAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6CVxnnvwUA climbing wash palm trees

 

[JesseHuffman]

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Thanks JSN , just finish 23 palms last wk in the heat , It was the first time doing these palms w/ no tree spike and it was a pretty tough ...

Later in SO-CAL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6CVxnnvwUA climbing wash palm trees

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Hell ya man.
Using any sort of foot straps up top when you cut or are you just "cavemaning" it.
Nothing I love more than plam trees in swingable clusters!
You get all the cool jobs man.

I can not tell a lie, I spiked a few today.
Dont tell anyone, like on the internets or anyhthing