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I'm finally done! Nest year I'll try to be more artistic with the ball. Thank you everybody for your help, especially Chaplain242 and Jefflovstrom.

Sorry if it seems like ages to get this palm tree trimmed, but I have a good excuse (twin grandchildren born last week). I'm going to try the following instead of using two lanyards. After climbing the SRT rope (white one), I skip a frond to the left and install a lanyard on the next frond...

I've seen beastmaster slay quite a few of those! I hope I'm not slaying, but just trimming while doing no harm to the trunk. :)

I've done about 1/2 the ball now, but had to redirect my climbing line around the tree to do it, as I found it too tiring to attempt advancing the lanyard without improving my technique. I find I need two hands free to adjust the two adjustable lanyards, and that they are difficult to adjust...

I climbed the palm just now and set up the double lanyard system with additional tie in for foot ascender that Chaplain & Jeff suggested. I was able to move left, right, up and down on the lanyard(s) & split tail system. A single frond seemed well able to support my weight, so it's probably...

Here is what I propose for girthing onto 2 fronds for the 2+ m length to raise myself with a foot ascender. Rope is 11.7 mm, and drawing represents cross section of an upper and lower frond (both green & healthy). I plan to attach near or to the inside of dreaded frond spikes. Does this look...

Thank you both very much! This gives me a good idea how to do this properly - now I'm off to make my spliced eye for tying into fronds. I like the idea of staying tied into the SRT for each complete rotation around the tree. I'm trying to approach this with an abundance of caution and...

If I get you both right, I could use a girth hitch on fronds above using a rope loop and a carabiner to advance my SRT line above me as I went around the ball. This would eliminate the need for the 2 m spliced eye & foot ascender, since I'd be using my SRT line and climbing system. If the...

I'm assuming that tying into fronds even with 2 lanyards should never be used for life-support anchors, so I plan to remain tied into my SRT rope, but have it slack enough to allow me to reach the other side of the palm. On the rope with a girth hitch on a single frond (used for...

I've trimmed it the last 30 years so I know about the thorny spears on frond issues. It's kind of in an awkward spot to get a bucket truck in, and ladder placement has some challenges also. I did a rough trim using each end of the rope with anchors tied at the base. Now to tidy up the trunk...

Thanks Jeff, Do you mean attaching a second lanyard around the fronds above and repositioning as you move around the trunk, and not worry about positioning your feet? Or having an adjustable positioning web strap for each foot?

Hi, I'm looking for advice on trimming my Canary Island Date Palm without using spurs for work positioning. I'm using Stationary Rope Technique to ascend the tree using a rope that passes through the top and anchored on the base of the tree. The tree trimming requires getting around the tree...