Climbing the tree vs climbing a rope in the tree

[levi r]

What's your dominant mode in the day to day climbing work?

Where I live, rock climbing is popular. Most tree climbers are at least a little bit into rock climbing. They tend to climb the tree more than the rope, some even look down on throwline lol.

What's your style?

I am 99% of the time setting a base tie with throwball to access and work the tree, even in relatively small trees. Even for removals, though I undo the base tie fairly quick most of the time. The only time I really climb from the ground up is a spruce removal or tiny trees I scramble into sometimes, with no rope or saddle.

 

[cory]

The bucket truck got 75% of our significant trees. Climbing for pruning was either use a ladder or throw to a low limb and alternate lanyard up the tree, or shoot a high line into big trees and Wraptor up. For removals it was usually spur from the ground unless the tree was huge in which case probably use the wraptor

 

[Mick!]

I always climb the tree, in fairness I don’t really know any other method.

 

[biggun]

I do what needs to be done. Pruning I use a throw line and SRT with base anchor.

Dismantles, I spike but sometimes if I need to set rigging I will access with SRT as it is quicker and then at the top can set an anchor, rigging points and then decent to start the works.

If I can just spike up and cut bits off as I go then I will do that. I guess it depends on tree type, task to complete and the surroundings and drop zone.

 

[flushcut]

Up the rope when I climb but if the tree allows climb the tree. Last tree I climbed was a crabapple to about 8’ tied in a nice comfy perch and could reach the whole canopy with a 12’ Silky.

 

[SeanKroll]

I climb both.

An inability to set a throw line and rope- climb is a major liability IMO.

Lots of people spur trees. I can spot the wounds years later. Some trees don't care much. Others do.


Wraptoring for 15+ years and ropewalking for similar amounts.