This has been an absolutely great video, thanks BAS. I work as fire rescue heavy rescue and everything we do is so reliant on gear (static line; ascenders; descenders; Gri Gri’s; pulley systems; loads of Paratech). The annoying bit is we tend to be pretty good with knots but must use the gear. So watching this video is so refreshing. I’d go so far as to use the word “freeing”. 😅

Thank you for taking the time to make this video! Great information!

Extremely well done, as someone who hasn't climbed tall trees you make it seem safe and achievable

Exactly the way i was trained to do line clearance in 2004 and the methods i still use today. The only difference is i use a taught line hitch instead of the blake. I was taught the blake first but the taught line is easier to tie while in a tree imo. Great throwback video for me. I never see anyone climb without some kind of device anymore.

I am just learning how to climb and I’m not working with anyone else that knows how to do this. This was the most helpful video I’ve watched since I’ve started learning to climb. Much appreciated

FINALLY!! I find (here) a true professional that knows how to properly climb a tree withOUT spurs! There are several trees that I'd like to climb and I do NOT want to injure/kill them. Thanks for posting this.

hey friend thank you so much for the tutorial,this is my first search video about climb,I have never climbed a tree before .much appreciated bro!love you from malaysia

This is the best video. Should be mandatory to learn these skills in school.

Did a test for an arborist apprenticeship and had no clue how to limb walk. Had to climb up about 35 feet then limb walk about 10 feet to hit a bell, with no other branches to grab onto. Somehow I got across and then kind of straddled my way back. Had to free climb another 15 feet from there. It was interesting and I saw people give up at that first limb walk. Seeing this video, I now wonder if I would have been able to use this method. If I take on the apprenticeship, it might be cool to learn the proper way to do these things. God bless and saving this video!

Best climbing arborist video ive seen yet, Please keep them coming dude! And subbed!

Thanks for sharing your knowlege!

Love this video. What is the spar? and how does it help to mitigate the risk of climbing of just a limb

Very impressive! Great vid. Too old now but there in my imagination...

Good video, very informative. I learned how to tie some knots in my trade school

Some very nice information I have not seen presented before, much appreciated!

Easier to use bean bag and a throw line but over all he's got good information

Well done Chris! Appreciate the video!

Thank you :)

You do absolutely amazing explaining. Great detail. Understandable. Got a new subscriber

Thank you , very detailed and helpful for newbie!!! I have been looking for such think what you think tutorials! Again thank you

Throwing the loop is great advice thank you sir

Enjoyed the more personal formatting of this video. Great instructor 👍

Awesome narrative, perfect , thx

Awesome video. Keep up the good work brother

Wow !! excelent

Nothing like the basics! Great job. Hey Chris, how about doing a vid on monkey fists, daisy chains, etc., and how climbers can utilize these to tidy up their saddle, so things like lanyards, re-direct set ups and short sections of rope are well placed and ready for quick deployment?

Looks like a lot of thought and effort went into this video. Keep them coming! 👍👍👍

Thank you for clarifying this method. I was introduced to arborist climbing with zigzags and lockjacks, and when I got my own gear and tried to work with just one rope and no devices it seemed like immeasurably more work - I'm now trying to buy devices, glad to see I was doing it essentially correct and wasn't just missing something. For me, even though it can be done, the big killer with this technique is that the rope doesn't fall through the hitch by itself, and must be manually pulled through with one arm while holding one's weight on the other arm. This puts so much more strain on the arms and hands. I resent how expensive mechanical prusiks are, but I've given in and will be buying one soon, before my forearms seize up completely!

great teacher. thanks

THANK YOU, FOR THIS HELPFUL DEMO VIDEO!!! YOU MAKE IT LOOK EASY!!...

great demonstration and explanation of limb walking. Thank you !

Thank you. This is one of the best climbing videos I've seen yet. Great job!

you make this look so freaking cool

Most helpful to me that i have watched. I am going to prune my oak tree myself am watching a lot of tutorials for general knowledge and different tips. Plan on practicing this low before i head way up. Thanks

habe watched hundreds videos about tree climbing, your video is always so frish and helpful.Thank you for your great effort .

i have been watching you for a while and you dont stop surprising me :) good job. nice vid.

Excellent video! Great for new climbers, and useful to refresh and teach experienced climbers of available techniques.

Alot of gems of techniques in one short video just had to chime in and say thanks got alot out of this

Your good brother

Impressive skills! Not easy to talk and climb at the same time so well done with the lesson 🤩💯😍thanks for sharing!! New sub 🙌

I like this! Very informative and low tech

Rock climbing for trees. No gaffs needed.

Sweet glasses bro!

Great demonstration 👏🏽

Excellent instructional video!!

Good job😊

Great lesson technique and the information, thank you 🙏

This is just my humble opinion. When I discovered how to use a split tail, it made life so much easier. If I was about to climb with a new rope, I would cut 3 or 4 ft off the end and use it as a quick split tail. Same blakes hitch, except without having to re-tie it over and over. I'd rater have a shorter rope, then have to tie a Blake's over and over every time I wanted to switch spots.

Brilliant .. gotta use that monkey fist next time I'm out .. thanks

"I hope this video helped you become more better" lol, heck yeah it helped, I had to watched it twice! Lol

Good video, lots of information in it too!!

This is super helpful. Can you do one with a flip line?

I am afraid of rope over branch friction under load. A few time I tried this there were considerable (imo) marks left on branch, so I decided to practice other methods. Still it looks much easier the way you showed, need to reconsider this :)

I think I can do this! 😂 But I’m a girly girl. My legs are strong. My arms… not so much. May as well try! This looks like fun!

I love climbing pine trees since they have plenty of branches, but I lost the skill of climbing relatively branchless trees awhile ago lol

Thank you so much bro🙏🏻

great video thanks. Question: Wouldn't you be damaging the rope and the tree by loading it and pulling it through the branch? Wouldn't it be better to keep the rope static and climb both sides of the rope with a jumar / standing system with prussicks?

Thanks so much for the video. As a novice climber exactly what I need. A question I have is isolating your line on the spar. First throw around the limb. But second throw to something opposite the limb?

Hi, thanks for posting this video. I 'm interested in recreational tree climbing. What type of rope (static or dynamic) do you recommend using the technique demonstrated in this video? Cheers!

good vid, thanks👍

thanks soooo much im 14 and jsut got given a rope and this help would u be able to give me a list of what u need

All right, I’m up the tree now. How do I get down!!!?

Wow that's so old school.

Great video. What brand/ model are those sunglasses?

Bartlett arborist Supply is where I do all my tree gear shopping. It used to be Baileys but Bartlett's better!

Hello again, I’m curious about this knot you use to climb and slide? Maybe a close up? I didn’t get, might b me though….good day, thanx

I need to learn how to ascend like you are doing...its sheer upper body muscle training required

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Why do you need 8-knot between blake and clove hitch?

does anyone know the size of the rope and weight capacity as well as where i can get the best bang for my buck?

Thank you ^^ I have a question. What the use of figuer 8 knot after colve hitch on carabiner?

I'm no arborist, just a climbing photographer looking for a more efficient way to ascend. But when I see this, I'd rather stick to my GriGri, Jumar and Footloop :D - Don't get me wrong, its impressive you're doing it without any device whatsoever and surely a useful skill to have. But it looks so much more exhausting and more time consuming than any other tree guy I've seen so far. I'm curious to why you are doing it this way.

Where do I get those glasses ?

I just watched your video and did what you said and I am up 100 foot tree. How do I get down?

What is that piece of pro that he’s tying the clove hitch to? It’s not a carabiner, not an eight, just wondering.

Where did the second throw go? The first was over the limb but the limb wasn't to be trusted so there was a second throw it was apparently really important as the limb was not to be trusted, but then it was never explained? Also it would be nice to know the rope specs. I'm contemplating climbing and limbing a redwood in my front yard.

I am not arborist but if you take the first system out without your life saver and the top branch break, won't you finish flying down? Also, is not faster to use a bow and arrow to fish directly the top branch?

How do you tie on your friction hitch I couldn’t see that very well

Which knot do you tie at 8:35-8:40? Clove hitch with extra loops?

I'm hoping you can tell me what kind of PPE sunglasses those are???

does the rope have to be static or dynamic, or can I use either one.

Prussiks to get up the rope is probably fine as well. How does the arborist community feel about toothed capturing devices? Microtraxion and Tiblocs?

My dad used to do this and he had this setup on our tree and he would pull me up to like 16 feet and I would flip upsidown

How often should rope be replaced if no tearing apearse present?

Why'd you add the figure 8 on your bridge is it a stopper knot 🪢 also?

What rope did u use in this video. Thanks

17:00 Thats what the petzl Zigzag is for right? so u dont have to use a blakes hitch like that?

What model saddle is that you're using? Trying to find it on your website to purchase

What type of rope used in this video?

where did you anchor?

"shoot"

What climbing rope is that????

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This video has convinced me not to try it in my backyard. I'll just wait for the tree to fall down.

You're fit and built and young.....the rest of us...oh well.

I get that this is a basics for beginners. But hot damn this was hard to watch 😂. Thank god for throw balls and mechanical ascenders 😂.

Why cut such a beautiful tree😢

WAIT! You don’t say how to get DOWN!

When I was a kid, we used to hunt raccoons along the Mississippi river. This was back in the late 60s and you could get 15 sometimes $20 for a large raccoon hide. That was a lot of money in those days. Well, sometimes the dog would chase a raccoon up an oak tree. And in the late fall, there will still be leaves on oak trees. So you could not see the raccoons eyes with a flashlight in order shoot it. I could climb trees like a monkey, so I would often times have to shinny up a tree 20 feet or so for the first limb. I would climb up to the small branches to where the raccoon was. I had a little Louisville slugger bat in my belt, the ones they used to give out at games. And I would have my ball cap on backwards You used the bat to try to convince the raccoon to jump. Sometimes he would, and sometimes he crawled back down over the top of you. That’s why you had your ball cap on backwards. Then you chased him down the tree. At some point he would jump, and then the fight was on with the dog. Let me tell you, a raccoon can get pretty mean in the small branches. It was great adventure when you were a kid.