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Originally Posted by Tree Machine  Multi-system knowledge should allow us to perform the other disciplines rather seamlessly, and we should be able to do rock faces, frozen waterfalls, buildings, confined spaces, etc.
Am I wrong in thinking tree climbers should be the overall best technical climbers in the world? |
Simply put, I don't think you can compare the fields like that.
You can be perfectly right up to a certain point and after that it's just goin overboard.
You can be the world's greatest tree climber and still not have any business doing "rock faces, frozen waterfalls, buildings and confined spaces". Many of these environements bring on an entire world of their own specific difficulties and equipment and technique dynamics.
I'd not want people who read our posts to blindly assume that if they can climb a tree, then they can also do any of the above-mentioned activities. Even if you had the best of intentions while saying it, the results would be disasterous.
Rock faces require knowledge about specific types of rock, and specific equipment needed to access its fall-protection qualities. Frozen waterfalls I wouldn't even go into, (crampons, reading the ice, etc etc), confined spaces you need lighting, and sometimes worry about poisonous gasses and such.
I'd suggest keepin this topic *on* topic, specifically insofar as tree-access.
