Health and safety says that its a no no, but health and safety laws are often written by people who have never climbed a tree and are based on statistics.
For a suit who sees an accident happening ie a fall from a tree, he decides that there should be a law to protect people from falling again. Fair enough, but it takes the choice out of the hands of every competant person to decide on the necessary course of action for any situation.
Quite often H and S law is designed to replace common sense for those idiots who have none!
My 7 year old is more than capable of climbing an apple tree without 2 anchor points and im quite sure I could manage it too!
