how many years climbing?

Jamie Myers · 25th February 2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by FlashD

right now, all i care to use is the DdRT with a bowline holding me in, a good old Blakes Hitch and some solid body thrusting. eventually i'd like to learn some other tricks and probably SRT, but for now this does just fine.

simple is good.i use a blakes cant fault it. you can make things too complicated

Underwor · 26th February 2008, 07:24 AM

Started in spring of 1967 with Davey Tree. Still do it regularly in the summer to support my hobby of teaching the rest of the year. Will quit when it is no longer fun!

TREE-SURFER · 26th February 2008, 09:24 AM

Was dangling off ropes from perfectly good Aircraft for the defence 28 years ago, rocks for about all of that (on and off) and trees for about 10years.
6 years on the ground was too long.

shaggs · 26th February 2008, 07:48 PM

Been in the tree game about 20years now, both for others but mainly myself. Climbing seriously for past 15 I guess. Vertical roping and rescue for the services since 1989. Fell out of many a tree from age 6 though...does that count as a workplace accident??

JohN Dee · 26th February 2008, 09:34 PM

Been climbing for the last 2 going on 3 this year... I've had 3 climbing system changes and about to make it my 4th by going to the VT.

Learning from AS then here at Tree World really helped alot, then last year for the last 6 months I REALLY came forward with my climbing and now I'd like to say that im alot more swift and efficient in the trees.

I'd like to attend (then maybe enter?) a few climbing competitions in NSW in the near future...

26th February 2008, 07:24 AM	#32
Underwor Sappling Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: North Dakota Posts: 40	Re: how many years climbing? Started in spring of 1967 with Davey Tree. Still do it regularly in the summer to support my hobby of teaching the rest of the year. Will quit when it is no longer fun! __________________ Bob Underwood, Associate Professor of Forestry ND School of Forestry Minot State University - Bottineau Campus Bottineau, North Dakota

26th February 2008, 09:24 AM	#33
TREE-SURFER Mature tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Isle of Man,UK. Posts: 332	Re: how many years climbing? Was dangling off ropes from perfectly good Aircraft for the defence 28 years ago, rocks for about all of that (on and off) and trees for about 10years. 6 years on the ground was too long. __________________ The Aerial Arborist Isle of Man Tree Surgeon\| All Aspects of Tree Work What experts say about TOPPING

26th February 2008, 07:48 PM	#34
shaggs Mature tree Join Date: May 2007 Location: sydney Posts: 419	Re: how many years climbing? Been in the tree game about 20years now, both for others but mainly myself. Climbing seriously for past 15 I guess. Vertical roping and rescue for the services since 1989. Fell out of many a tree from age 6 though...does that count as a workplace accident??

26th February 2008, 09:34 PM	#35
JohN Dee Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Climbing around the world Posts: 848	Re: how many years climbing? Been climbing for the last 2 going on 3 this year... I've had 3 climbing system changes and about to make it my 4th by going to the VT. Learning from AS then here at Tree World really helped alot, then last year for the last 6 months I REALLY came forward with my climbing and now I'd like to say that im alot more swift and efficient in the trees. I'd like to attend (then maybe enter?) a few climbing competitions in NSW in the near future... __________________ We are what we repeatedly do... Excellence then, is not an act, but HABIT... Red : Green : Blue

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