Agree. Question is will he have a serious injury first, or just life ending fall. My heart skipped when the other guy climbed the big tree, and put all that weight on the dead limb when he got up.
Its Kinda like watching those guys free solo. There is no do over.
Yeah, when he jumped on that dead limb I was like OK! I would think that the biggest danger point would be that first move going down the tree. I can tell you from experience that a tree root can do some serious damage to your foot, and you don't have to fall far at all and land wrong on one. I stepped off the bottom rung of a ladder stick onto a tree root and my ankle went sideways, it sounded like a bundle of sticks breaking and I had to crawl back to the house. I was limping for a few weeks. I can't imagine sliding down 25 feet and landing that way.
This is very much like free climbing. No safety net at all. Now, a tree that has live limbs all the way to the ground I would climb no problem. Gripping the bark and going up the tree like a sloth, nope.
I did try the way he did that first climb but I am no way strong enough now to do that. I got maybe 3 feet. Those guys must have some serious grip strength.