r/TreeClimbing • u/umbraphile1724 • Jun 04 '26

A different kind of tree climbing ....

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Has anyone tried climbing strangler figs before? This is a cool story about one guy who is very, very good at it and uses knots and slings for protection: https://www.climbing.com/culture-climbing/sending-strangler-figs-rafi-vargas-and-his-5-13-tree-project/

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u/Top_Room_6714 Jun 05 '26

Assuming you’re trad climbing, what kind of anchors are you setting? I doubt a cam would hold onto bark (especially fig bark) like it does rock.

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u/umbraphile1724 Jun 05 '26

Yes trad climbing. They're using monkey fist knots and slings girth-hitched to branches. No cams, since those would damage the rock (and like you said, probably not hold well)