free climbing how often do you do it?

TREE-SURFER

Guilty of cutting into my flipline, phew! thank goodness for my second.


In my time, with only using 1 flipline on one occasion and not tending my slack on another and thinking I could jump for the next limb, only to slip and broke ribs on both occasions. I was one of the lucky ones......

Only time I've free climbed, was when i was a kid, NEVER now.

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TREE-SURFER

Guilty of cutting into my flipline, phew! thank goodness for my second.


In my time, with only using 1 flipline on one occasion and not tending my slack on another and thinking I could jump for the next limb, only to slip and broke ribs on both occasions. I was one of the lucky ones......

Only time I've free climbed, was when i was a kid, NEVER now.

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Isle of Man Tree Surgeon| All Aspects of Tree Work
Andy@Aerial-Arborist.co.uk
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cut-right

I dont climb with a saw so much anymore, but im about to get with it again. I free climb all of the time. I still feel like a monkey in trees with many branches that take away the fear factor.

cut-right

Just read all of the replies. Im trying to move up in the world of TREE WORLD. Im no longer a newbie, but im breaking ice. That is funny. I like it. I am surprised there are not more free climbers. I dont mean for work, with a chain saw. I do not climb daily though. I have someone that does my tree climbing. But I did do my own climbing for a short while, but I need to make it a daily routine.

I do find myself free climbing trees while im out fishing or something. If the fish arent biting I might be looking for the best climbing tree with the best view. Usually a tall maple. Sweet gums tend to leave me enough branches to make it easy and safe.

Aerial

Well, I did it once ... But I'm resolved to not make that mistake again.

I had a crappy, unsuitable, "flipline" but the numerous uncliping it over limbs and even small suckers coming out of the main trunk gave me reason to buy a hand saw to carry with me on lifeline positioning climbs and for use in pruning.

I was happy to hear the votes for Silky saws as I just bought this:



Aerial

Aerial

I received one lame, limp flipline with a "starter kit", I bought a second which I now believe to be a pole climbing lanyard. After much confusion of the terms and tools I think I now know what a proper flipline is.

I'm most definitely going to get one with a cable inside now as a measure of protection from cutting. I figured that the chainsaw would rip right throuigh it, but never considered that the handsaw could cut it as well.

Aerial

JohN Dee

Aerial, a flipline with a cable inside of it, is in no way "protection from cutting". For a conventional climbing saw, say under the 55cc mark, one mishap and cut and you would be about 1/3 to 2/3 through it. The difference between a rope flip line and a rope with cable core flip line is not protection, but a time extension in the unlikely even of you cutting it. 0.25-1 second to cut through a rope flip line, about 2-4 seconds to cut through a cable core flip line.

There is one more difference I should state though, you shouldn't climb near power lines with a cable core cuz one flash and you'll be ash

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nytreeman

I'll free climb at times in small limby trees,I'll still have my rope or lanyards to clip in to cut or work but moving around with lots of hand/footholds I'll be unclipped but only occasionally,and it has to be the right tree

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