Climbing with spurs/spikes

[gtrees]

Spikes are trash , I am learning to do removals without them , and the day I can throw them in a lake and never wear them again will be a great day . And if your doing spruce/pine you don't need spikes even at the beginning of learning to climb a tree .

That's crazy. Spikes give you so many advantages. Safety being one of them

 

[Zale]

I thought we beat this horse enough.

 

[gtrees]

NO STUBS! EVER!

I agree. Dangerous

 

[MasterBlaster]

"Spikes are trash" cracks me up every time!

 

[treeclimber101]

LOL

 

[treeclimber101]

Says the guy running his saw at face level , I put little thought in what you think blaster .

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[treeclimber101]

I enjoyed the day without you , so I am out ... Later hack ...

 

[MasterBlaster]

Sleep well, kiddo.

 

[gtrees]

Disrespectful is a better description. Rude and crude.

D bag would be a better description

 

[MasterBlaster]

Remember, he's a young 'un. Although I was a Vietnam vet at his age. Those were different times...

 

[Zale]

Nice man boobs.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[gtrees]

Saying it's wise to sometimes do TD's w/o spurs is the same as saying it's wise to sometimes trim with spurs.

That's not happening.

Why are your spikes in your kitchen

 

[MasterBlaster]

Why not?

 

[treeclimber101]

Hi Gtrees ... Hope you hang for a while . You sound fun

 

[MasterBlaster]

So nice and polite! Sweet!

 

[Ryan Shaw]

treeclimber101, you should get your groundsmen to video tape you removing a coniferous tree without spurs and show everyone how fast you are without them. I want to know if you're as fast as you say you are, cuz I just can't picture doing those really excurrent trees fast without spikes. But I'm curious to see how you do. And if you are that fast, some of these zealous spur-advocates might back off.

 

[treeclimber101]

treeclimber101, you should get your groundsmen to video tape you removing a coniferous tree without spurs and show everyone how fast you are without them. I want to know if you're as fast as you say you are, cuz I just can't picture doing those really excurrent trees fast without spikes. But I'm curious to see how you do. And if you are that fast, some of these zealous spur-advocates might back off.

I got some pictures of a monster spruce I posted a months ago ...maybe I should have told you to learn to climb first without them , I think that a new climber becomes awesome quicker when he learns without them . And when you use them you smoke through stuff , instead of vice versa trying to learn after you've depended on them for so long , if feels like something very important Is now missing instead of adding something later for speed and comfort

 

[Ryan Shaw]

I got some pictures of a monster spruce I posted a months ago ...maybe I should have told you to learn to climb first without them , I think that a new climber becomes awesome quicker when he learns without them . And when you use them you smoke through stuff , instead of vice versa trying to learn after you've depended on them for so long , if feels like something very important Is now missing instead of adding something later for speed and comfort

Yeah, like learning to drive in an automatic before taking on a standard or learning with ascenders before footlocking. I would like to learn what you're talking about, but I don't really get what you're talking about. Is there a name for the technique you do?