• The SH Membership has gone live. Only SH Members have access to post in the classifieds. All members can view the classifieds. Starting in 2020 only SH Members will be admitted to the annual hunting contest. Current members will need to follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Click on your username 2. Click on Account upgrades 3. Choose SH Member and purchase.
  • We've been working hard the past few weeks to come up with some big changes to our vendor policies to meet the changing needs of our community. Please see the new vendor rules here: Vendor Access Area Rules

Climbing in THEIR Park

I just got back from the park where I used the stick with 2 aider steps and another stick with 1 aider step. I only brought 2 sticks and my head was about 15 feet above the ground. No issues with the aiders. I think I could make all 3 sticks double aiders and be good for ease of getting my foot in. Remember, each aider strap is holding half my weight or 90 pounds. When I step on the top of the step it is holding 180 pounds. I will take the laser distance measure and go over to the park to verify height later. I was spotted by a park worker driving a truck but I was previously told there was no regulation against climbing in the park...YET. They didn't stop. The upper half of my body was among the 2 inch branches overhead but my legs were exposed. I was about 45 degrees to the workers hidden behind the tree. They drove the truck to within about 20 yards of me. One worker got out of the truck, scanned the area and picked up some trash. They didn't see me and the driver was about to pull out when he looked up at me and smiled then pulled away. Maybe he is a deer hunter and won't rat me out. I forgot my cell phone/camera so no photos of the park workers. I was quite surprised they did not see me sooner since my RCH is bright blue. I may spray some gray primer on it.
I used the tail end of my linemans belt to clip in above some branches then disconnected my linemans belt and moved it above some limbs. The Tibloc worked OK, similar to the Ropeman at releasing slack. It is much lighter.


The tree from the point of view of the workers. I walked back to the park and the laser distance measure said from the ground to my neck is 5 feet and from my neck to the branch that was next to my head was 10 feet 5 inches.

 
Last edited:
I'm not sure what a borough is, but there is no way I would have gone to the office, and had you not shown everyone would have likely forgotten all about it. Unless the police showed up and ticketed me I would have ignored them.
 
Lacky said:
I'm not sure what a borough is, but there is no way I would have gone to the office, and had you not shown everyone would have likely forgotten all about it. Unless the police showed up and ticketed me I would have ignored them.
Click to expand...
A borough is an old local municipality here in the east. I am thinking you might be right about not asking. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top