Hey Everyone, I hope you're all doing well. I just thought I'd share my new favourite climbing method.
This is the fastest, lightest and most inexpensive way I've found to climb a tree on private land and you can fit it in the palm of your hand!
4 Treehopper bolts, a DIY aider and you’re good to go! You can do it with just two bolts but it’s a lot more comfortable with four.
A treehopper drill is quiet if you are going up a new tree during the season. If your prepping in the pre-season a cordless drill works great.
Total cost (without drill) is under $30 CDN/$20 USD.
If you wanted to splurge, replacing the DIY aider with one from Backwoods Mobile Gear (Mike's stuff is great) and it'll be a little smoother to use and easier to find the steps.
The aider I made and used here works well though and only cost me around $8 in materials.
Red Beard's Solo Scout video is what gave me the idea so a big shout out to him for posting his video on that method.
Let me know your thoughts or suggestions on how to improve this method.
Just in case anyone needs to be reminded, climbing trees is dangerous! You are taking your life in your hands. Be smart and make sure you and your gear are up to the challenge.
This is the fastest, lightest and most inexpensive way I've found to climb a tree on private land and you can fit it in the palm of your hand!
4 Treehopper bolts, a DIY aider and you’re good to go! You can do it with just two bolts but it’s a lot more comfortable with four.
A treehopper drill is quiet if you are going up a new tree during the season. If your prepping in the pre-season a cordless drill works great.
Total cost (without drill) is under $30 CDN/$20 USD.
If you wanted to splurge, replacing the DIY aider with one from Backwoods Mobile Gear (Mike's stuff is great) and it'll be a little smoother to use and easier to find the steps.
The aider I made and used here works well though and only cost me around $8 in materials.
Red Beard's Solo Scout video is what gave me the idea so a big shout out to him for posting his video on that method.
Let me know your thoughts or suggestions on how to improve this method.
Just in case anyone needs to be reminded, climbing trees is dangerous! You are taking your life in your hands. Be smart and make sure you and your gear are up to the challenge.