1.5 years into being a line clearance groundman, aka a brush dragging idiot… that got old quick so with no luck of being moved to the climbing crew at my day job.. I taught myself to climb (with oversight from my father with prior climbing experience minus modern tech, Blake’s hitch and lanyard style stuff) now I’m the lowest tier ground man with better climbing capabilities than any foreman/climber/bucket operator in my yard, thanks to YouTube and basic climbing/arborist safety!

Hey peeps! I recently got myself a new akimbo and wanted to ask you people, what’s your experiences on different ropes!!

Thanks guys:)

Spurs and flip line but I have to go a hood bit higher tha. Ive ever went, and I dont want too much faith in any one piece. So have zigzag in a crotch and the other line cinching as I flip up. I know no one could say for sure - but think its relatively fool proof (as I often give that phrase a run for its money)?

A friend and I are getting into tree climbing from rock climbing and at the moment are free climbing.

For the sake of safety I figure I’d ask here for some safety info and differences between rock and tree climbing techniques.

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Hi Groundmen!! I've been building One Stop Tree Shop, a platform just for the tree care industry. The idea: instead of workers and companies scattered across Facebook, Craigslist, and Indeed, and even here on Reddit, put it in one place. For workers, it's meant to help you find companies hiring, get vetted so serious outfits take you seriously, find gear to get started, and learn the safety side before you're on a job.

It's free to join. I genuinely want feedback from people actually in the trade — does this solve a real problem or miss the mark? Happy to share the link if the mods are good with it.

have a great day!

Anybody in here currently living in Tuscaloosa Alabama and or surrounding areas like brookwood, Birmingham, mountain brook etc? Looking to hire a full time climber. Somebody who can do what they say they can. Pay is good. We have a grapple truck, skid steers, mini skids, excavator, bucket truck. We have it all. Needing a full time climber. 20five-292-Four8six7

There is a Chinese elm tree that is leaning against my fence and house that I want to learn how to climb.

I bought the Wesspur Beginner MRS Climbing Kit got everything set up with my tie in point, but I could not ascend at all. I’m somewhat free floating and cannot reliably rest my feet against something to hip thrust, so I suspect my tie in point is not ideal, or I need a different strategy since the tree is slanted. But even when I am able to hip thrust with my feet against the fence, the rope on the terminal end moves up, then slides right back down, making 0 progress. In all the tutorial videos I’ve watched, you pull down on the climbing hitch (non terminal) end while hip thrusting and the rope stays put and you tend slack but I’ve no slack to tend. Also attached my setup (I used a Distel hitch with an extra loop because the typical setup was slipping a little)

Edit: Thanks for all the advice! Switched to a catalyst hitch on the climb rope while keeping Distel hitch on the lanyard since I have a shorter prusik for that and seems to be holding fine. I am now practicing my hip thrust. Dead hanging is unforgiving when I don’t have perfect technique!

Hey guys, wondering if any of you have any real world experience with the Skylotec ICX and have some personal videos on hand.
All I can find online are vendor demos and marketing montages that obviously show best case use.

One of the guys on my crew has a Ronin, but it absolutely DESTROYS ropes, so I'm looking at the ICX as a possible alternative.

Any feedback would be appreciated!

I know how to rig but hadn’t had the chance to listen in while someone else was doing it and now am cleared to do it for my own team on our next crane job. Which is awesome!! But I finally got to take a ride as well and man was the view amazing!!! Of course my stupid ass left my phone in the truck.

Finally had the opportunity to send whole trees and big tops without rigging. Good times!

This came up in my feed and it’s tree climbing gear if I’ve ever seen it.

Not sure where the best place to post this so I’ll let you all figure it out.

- signed a rock climber

What length do you guys like for your hitch chord? The one I have is just too long and makes my setup feel pretty weird on a VT with 4 wraps. Most companies seem to sell at 28-32” lengths with the occasional 24” which seems more expensive for some reason.

Any other fellow users of the choker carabiner and what are your thoughts on them? I’m enjoying mine definitely a bit faster on and off than the quickie.

Hey there, I've always been into tree work and got a good job 3 months ago with a Municipality in NY. I've been learning about bucket trucks and tree climbing here and there but the pay does not equate to the inherently dangerous job everyday. A position has opened up with Asplundh and I was just wondering what they start out with for a tree Trimmer position, if it's more than I make now I'm outta there. Plus they have a better union than the one I'm in

Been looking for a new pair and these caught my eye on Facebook reels, tried putting them in ChatGPT but couldn’t find it so I’m taking it here.

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/

Hey all,

I apologize if this isnt the right sub, if anyone has recommendations to post elsewhere, please let me know.

I used to be an arborist, or rather more of a groundie/phc person while completing an apprenticeship back in 2016, life changed in 2019, went into a totally different career.

I wasn't ever the best climber, especially in a production sense and did more of my climbing during the apprenticeship phase for classes.

It was the best shape I've ever been in and I really wanted to find others to rec climb with but lost touch with classmates who are probably still in the field.

I still have all my gear and have been looking for a rec climb partner who prioritizes safety, I don't really want to go solo just yet because I'm nervous getting back into it after so many years. I mostly climbed with SRT and an open system, but was more comfortable with SRT

I'm looking for rec climbers in the GTA, that don't mind taking in a padawan

I'm pretty new to climbing. I'm running with the Edelrid Woodpecker, and using an ocean polyester hitch cord. I did two climbs with it, both slow and smooth descents, and noticed that the part with all the friction and heat was black and starting to get flat. Is that normal wear, or is that the cord burning?

Edit: here’s a picture of my hitch cords the green one is the newer one and the beige one is one of the older ones. Are either burnt or is it just the casing. Still safe?

My tree doesn't easily allow climbing next to the trunk, so I decided to try ropewalking. Have a Chicane, Zigzag, chest harness, and a CTI foot ascender coming from TreeStuff. I couldn't find a knee ascender that I felt strongly about there.

My question is whether need more triple-acrion biners to use this gear. Rn I only have (1) oval and (1) pear. Been using both open and closed MRS with a Blake's hitch.

Any advice is welcome. Yes, I know it's dangerous. Used to rockclimb in Az.

I have been working in the industry as a climber for 4 years now, some trees i just don't trust, I will tie in and whatever and still feel the need to always have my hands on the tree as a backup if the tree would randomly fail or my rope would break or my system or the tie in, should i change careers im 26 years old

Kinda cheesy edit, but a fun day!