r/tradclimbing • u/henroneous • 16d ago
Trees
Just curious has anyone ever tried to climb a tree with slings????🤣
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u/bladeoctopus 16d ago
It's a big thing in Costa Rica with their Strangler Figs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuCAI9Wy7kI
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u/drippingdrops 16d ago
No arborist has ever climbed a tree using slings.
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u/mittenstock 16d ago
Sure. The old tree prusik. I have done it to set up rope swings, anchors for HAM radio antenna etc.
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u/bustypeeweeherman 16d ago
Carlo Traversi called Tree Beard possibly the best 5.12 (in Tahoe? Anywhere? I don't remember), and I always sling the last sturdy branch before stepping off onto the rock.
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u/henroneous 16d ago
Heard, I’ll sling a tree at Seneca in a heartbeat. I mean freeing the tree with a belay
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u/SkittyDog 16d ago
Rock climbers are not the people you wanna talk to about this.
Yeah, some of us have climbed trees with belay systems. Some of us have even been trained to climb trees properly, and done it professionally, for money.
But 99% of rock climbers are completely, utterly ignorant of the subject, and more than happy to share their ignorant, unsafe hot takes with zero awareness of how much danger they're putting anyone in who listens to their bullshit.
Reddit has communities for both professional climbing arborists, AND recreational tree climbers... Facebook is even better, because a lot of the pros are blue collar guys who understand that Reddit is for "gaywad nerds" (actual quote, don't blame me).
Broadly speaking, a fair bit of their rope techniques do overlap with aid / BW climbing. But anchor building in trees is not a simple topic, and you can easily cause unnecessary hazards or tree damage if you don't take the time to learn.
Also, tree climbing can be a lot of fun, depending mostly on how fuckin hot or lame your groundie is at sharpening chainsaw blades, and how much meth he did, that morning.