That tree is magnificient! I wish I had something like that to climb in Arizona, the land of glorified shrubs.
EDIT: Is that you sawing off that piece? Way to make that "man glitter" fly!
I have a grappling hook that I use on a length of rated rope with a hitch climber pulley and hitch sometimes. I don't use it as life support, though. It's just a way to traverse between trees OR to move between different parts of a large canopy so that I can then install a redirect. I use it as...
Palm trees are basically nests ready to go. They are like the naturally occurring version of an IKEA nest. Animals just arrive and it's ready to assemble at low cost.
I climbed a thicc palm tree two weeks ago and had an Arizona bark scorpion drop out of the top while I was adjusting my lanyard in the fronds. That mofo dropped about forty feet after grazing me and hauled ass into some nearby bushes. Its stinger brushed up against my bicep as it fell. I also...
Wow, all of that looks great, @BIGTWIG! I'm a sucker for bright colors; especially in colored lighting. LEDs have changed the game. Just make sure they don't flash at seizure induction frequencies! Not sure if you can control the frequency, but that's always something to consider for parades...
@flushcut Great action shots of the tree chunk-down! Were you using a normal smart phone to take those pictures? The shutter speed would have to be pretty high for those logs to not blur whatsoever. Either you're using an actual camera or smartphone technology is surpassing what I thought it was...
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