Ascending and descending for dummies!

[Dopo87]

So I found this video the other day and man does he go up a tree effortlessly... how is he getting down? Haha

This system he uses to go up seems efficient but it seems loud and a lot of stuff to drag into the woods with you.

Any advice to a newbie interested in this way of climbing would be great!

 

[TheTracker]

So I found this video the other day and man does he go up a tree effortlessly... how is he getting down? Haha

This system he uses to go up seems efficient but it seems loud and a lot of stuff to drag into the woods with you.

Any advice to a newbie interested in this way of climbing would be great!

Thats the rope walker system and its not for beginners. He gets down by using a descender.

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[Dopo87]

Thats the rope walker system and its not for beginners. He gets down by using a descender.

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Thanks for the heads up! Is there a more beginner friendly set up?

 

[TheTracker]

Thanks for the heads up! Is there a more beginner friendly set up?

Yoyo system is a great starter system. All you need is a grigri2, hand ascender, carabiners, foot loop and thats it.

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[TheTracker]

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[cedar paul]

I use a Singing tree rope wrench along with a rope walking system(knee ascender, foot ascender) as said not for beginners but a very efficient way to climb .

 

[brydan]

That guy in the Petzl RAD video is incredibly lucky to even be alive. He almost smashed his dome on this job (12:00 for the action shot)

and then shortly thereafter completely fell out of a tree

 

[cedar paul]

He should definitely find another line of work. Working aloft and in trees is very dangerous-gravity is not your friend.

 

[TheTracker]

That guy in the Petzl RAD video is incredibly lucky to even be alive. He almost smashed his dome on this job (12:00 for the action shot)

and then shortly thereafter completely fell out of a tree

His TIP broke on him, I talked to him about it on his youtube channel. He did a bounce test and everything was fine then BAM.

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