Gnarly trees - One Stick or Multiple Sticks

[Bkolowski111]

So you can technically climb with ANY of the methods mentioned. Some just might not be as easy but all are doable. For example, on a straight tree, with my onestick setup with 4 steps aider, I can get up to 20 ft with 3 moves. But if there are any limbs, depending on where they are, I would have to add 2-3 more moves to get around them. This is not such an issue with multiple sticks because you are stopping to setup the next stick anyway. Also you might be fighting gravity with aiders on other then straight tree.

2TC you are doing a lot of small movements, so getting around limbs doesn't add too much issues.

Tree steps let you incorporate existing limbs into the route.

Rope throw sucks......no other way around it. If you can present,

Either way, practice is usually the deciding factors.

But yeah, staying on the group and making a natural blind might be worth considering too if you can give up the beautiful view from height (which I can't).

Man I can’t give up the view! That is such a big part of the enjoyment of the hunt for me. Super helpful post thanks.

 

[bigmike23]

Define gnarly
Leaning, forked, multiple lower branches?

I define gnarly when I look up at it and quote my favorite cop. PG version

 

[bfriendly]

Look into SRT/DRT if you haven't already. There's mechanical and non-mechanical ways up the tree using SRT/DRT. Size, branches, lean and gnarliness don't limit what you can set up in.

This^^^ I finally had a successful SRT Climb today and I’m about to go preset crazy!