Way back in the olden days, before kids grew up with their face glued to screens, we used to climb trees all the time using nothing but what the gods gave us. It's safer to use the "proper" gear, of course, but folks have been climbing trees for thousands of years without it.
At what point in that rambling post did you give you give the OP any constructive advice?
He asked if it was possible to climb a small tree without spending money. I reminded him, (or perhaps it was new information) that people have been doing just that for a very long time. I suppose I could have just said, "yes, it's possible to climb a tree without spending money", but that would have been less interesting.
He's looking for advice on rope climbing, read the original postHe asked if it was possible to climb a small tree without spending money. I reminded him, (or perhaps it was new information) that people have been doing just that for a very long time. I suppose I could have just said, "yes, it's possible to climb a tree without spending money", but that would have been less interesting.
I did. He mentioned a rope in the post but then asked.
The answer to that is nothing. You don't need any equipment to "experience a climb" of a small tree. Pick one with branches and climb it. I have a really hard time believing that there are any experienced climbers here who have never climbed a tree without equipment. Rope climbing is a fine thing to learn, but it shouldn't be the method a person uses the first time they climb a tree.
As shown in those videos, yes, it's possible to just use one rope. Adding a length of 1" webbing (for a Swiss seat), a carabiner and a 4-5' length of smaller diameter rope would make things significantly more streamlined and efficient for those folks.
Yeah, they're not fun to hang in for very long. No worse than the seats tied by the folks in those two videos though....
