Kid climbing tree!

Pigdog · 31st December 2007, 09:39 AM

Someone needs to buy these kids some gear!
Makes me nervous watching them!

YouTube - Tree Climbing

newguy18 · 31st December 2007, 12:21 PM

why?i free climb like that all the timewhen i have limbs close togther.

Pigdog · 31st December 2007, 12:40 PM

I guess I still remember my broken arms and nose when I did a belly smacker out of a tree when I was a kid! It didn't really hurt until I woke up!
I don't mind heights so long as I'm tethered to something.
Those kids are so young!

Therrin · 4th January 2008, 05:43 AM

Wow, I thought it was pretty young too when I saw how high that kid was goin, cruisin right along!

It's a good tree for it though... hehe, if they fell, they wouldn't pick up too much speed on the way down.

When I was like 12 I was way up in a pine above our old house when an earthquake hit. We lived 100 feet from the San Andreas fault line. Was quite a ride. Mom was pretty freaked out.

If it was my kid I'd end up giving em tips probably, then go find him a harness.

bigshea13 · 4th January 2008, 06:11 AM

did ya notice the smoke rolling inside when they were looking threw window. they were probably being watched by their older sibling who were inside pullin bongs and listening to hanna montana sayin," hey man. this stuff would b great on utube."

newguy18 · 4th January 2008, 08:14 AM

.But I don't have a bong.

bigshea13 · 4th January 2008, 08:43 AM

I could probably find you one or tell you how to build one.

Therrin · 4th January 2008, 02:45 PM

You might wanna ask Ekka before starting a bong-building thread.

newguy18 · 4th January 2008, 06:24 PM

TREE-SURFER · 4th January 2008, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Therrin

Wow, I thought it was pretty young too when I saw how high that kid was goin, cruisin right along!

If it was my kid I'd end up giving em tips probably, then go find him a harness.

My 9 year old girl already has her own saddle, she loves it, but not too high though

Check this guy out for free climbingYouTube - Tree Climbing - Movement Art

bigshea13 · 4th January 2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TREE-SURFER

My 9 year old girl already has her own saddle, she loves it, but not too high though

Check this guy out for free climbingYouTube - Tree Climbing - Movement Art

wicked!

im trying to get my little woman to try it. she keeps putting me off.

newguy18 · 4th January 2008, 09:13 PM

Any back on subject I have a slash pine in my backyard that stands just a little better than 50'.i can be in the top of that tree in less than 5 minutes and the lowest stub is 8' off the ground.All with out ropes or harrnessess.

bigshea13 · 4th January 2008, 09:22 PM

do any of yous guys know any iron workers? they are the ultimate climbers. i worked with an indian doing electrical that took part in puttin the towers up on top of the empire states biulding. he has a picture of threee of them hanging from some steel over the building and not a one of them had any kind of fall protection on. they can scale an i-beam in seconds

Sean Freeman · 4th January 2008, 10:55 PM

It wasn't just American Indians... How the Irish Built an American Icon (Gotham Gazette, October 3, 2005)

Sean Freeman · 4th January 2008, 11:01 PM

I don't care what nationality they were, they were nuts!!

Urbicide · 4th January 2008, 11:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newguy18

Any back on subject I have a slash pine in my backyard that stands just a little better than 50'.i can be in the top of that tree in less than 5 minutes and the lowest stub is 8' off the ground.All with out ropes or harrnessess.

Newguy you must be part squirrel then.

JayD · 5th January 2008, 01:28 AM

We all know we can free climb,But come on lets show kiddies how to climb safe,Promote safe climbing techniques,How many time have you slipped and fell into the trunk?? well that hurts enough imagine bouncing off all the branches to the ground? Harness and rope please.

I agree, Sean, Those blokes must have been crazy

lucky they dont sleep walk

31st December 2007, 09:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pigdog Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 65	Kid climbing tree! Someone needs to buy these kids some gear! Makes me nervous watching them! YouTube - Tree Climbing

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31st December 2007, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pigdog Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA Posts: 65	Re: Kid climbing tree! I guess I still remember my broken arms and nose when I did a belly smacker out of a tree when I was a kid! It didn't really hurt until I woke up! I don't mind heights so long as I'm tethered to something. Those kids are so young!

4th January 2008, 05:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,273	Re: Kid climbing tree! Wow, I thought it was pretty young too when I saw how high that kid was goin, cruisin right along! It's a good tree for it though... hehe, if they fell, they wouldn't pick up too much speed on the way down. When I was like 12 I was way up in a pine above our old house when an earthquake hit. We lived 100 feet from the San Andreas fault line. Was quite a ride. Mom was pretty freaked out. If it was my kid I'd end up giving em tips probably, then go find him a harness. __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703

4th January 2008, 06:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
bigshea13 Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: hiding Posts: 378	Re: Kid climbing tree! did ya notice the smoke rolling inside when they were looking threw window. they were probably being watched by their older sibling who were inside pullin bongs and listening to hanna montana sayin," hey man. this stuff would b great on utube."

4th January 2008, 08:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,683	Re: Kid climbing tree! .But I don't have a bong. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

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bigshea13 Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: hiding Posts: 378	Re: Kid climbing tree! I could probably find you one or tell you how to build one.

4th January 2008, 02:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,273	Re: Kid climbing tree! You might wanna ask Ekka before starting a bong-building thread. __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703

4th January 2008, 06:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,683	Re: Kid climbing tree! __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

4th January 2008, 09:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,683	Re: Kid climbing tree! Any back on subject I have a slash pine in my backyard that stands just a little better than 50'.i can be in the top of that tree in less than 5 minutes and the lowest stub is 8' off the ground.All with out ropes or harrnessess. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

4th January 2008, 09:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
bigshea13 Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: hiding Posts: 378	Re: Kid climbing tree! do any of yous guys know any iron workers? they are the ultimate climbers. i worked with an indian doing electrical that took part in puttin the towers up on top of the empire states biulding. he has a picture of threee of them hanging from some steel over the building and not a one of them had any kind of fall protection on. they can scale an i-beam in seconds

4th January 2008, 10:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,671	Re: Kid climbing tree! It wasn't just American Indians... How the Irish Built an American Icon (Gotham Gazette, October 3, 2005) __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

5th January 2008, 01:28 AM	#17 (permalink)
JayD Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 941	Re: Kid climbing tree! We all know we can free climb,But come on lets show kiddies how to climb safe,Promote safe climbing techniques,How many time have you slipped and fell into the trunk?? well that hurts enough imagine bouncing off all the branches to the ground? Harness and rope please. I agree, Sean, Those blokes must have been crazylucky they dont sleep walk __________________ Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory