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Originally Posted by treekiwi  footlocking is definately one of the best workouts and can be done in your home tree, some of the boys used 2 use a rope bag full of weight to get the strength up  , as for at the rock climbing gym, Its usually cheap to hire gear from the club. Your arborist gear is definately no good for this and works on a completey different principle(would be nice if you could tho). Arborist harnesses are purely 'work positioning harnesses' which means they are designed for a fall of no more than 1.5-3 metres, which isnt much and arnt rated for recreation. Also its prity hard to climb a wall in a harness with a seat lol. Also the rope we used is semi or static line which means it has noor very little stretch and so is dangerous for falling great heights as apposed to 'dynamic' rope used in rock climbing which absorbs energy in the fall.... hope this helps. |
I personally feel this post is all but helpfull...A few reasons...
1)A rock climbing harness is certainly not designed for tree work because it is very very uncomfortable after hanging into it for a longer period of time.Arb harnesses are certainly not only for work positioning. I do agree that there are different models, but it certainly possible to buy a harness that fits for all purposes.Petzl has a few good saddles, but keep in mind that a harness with a seat is not allways for tree-care purposes.
2)In tree-care, it is imperative that you don't have slack in your climbing system.Always try to keep it stretched. If you don't have slack on your climbing line, a fall can easily be stopped safely by a semi-static rope. By using a dynamic rope you will lose a great deal of efficiency when climbing trees because there is a lot of stretch in the line. Dynamic rock climbing lines have a thin outer liner. And they are not keeping their round shape very good. You'll come to find that it's very annoying when a dynamic rock climbing line is used with a hitch or prussik knot.