Hello-
I’m new to climbing but I’ve been on ground detail a lot. I took the tci class in Atlanta to get myself a good base line and figured I’d take it slow from there. Have all my own equipment (mostly new) and already have requests from friends for work. I don’t change friends as I don’t have a business license and/or insurance (dangerous I know). My first favor was these two dead pines (a lot of standing dead in this area- got smoked by a cat 5 hurricane a few years back). Got the closer/smaller one down with no real trouble- the back one I walked away from as I didn’t want to rush it. I tried to get into with spikes but super soft exterior made very difficult and the top is just waiting to crack off. I want to get a rope as high as possible and chunk to down to control the fall in sections, but I am inexperienced with dead trees and there’s a lot I don’t like about this one. Any tips or suggestions dead are very welcome- again I’m new to climbing but not new handling equipment. Much appreciated for your time and I’m very happy to be here
I’m new to climbing but I’ve been on ground detail a lot. I took the tci class in Atlanta to get myself a good base line and figured I’d take it slow from there. Have all my own equipment (mostly new) and already have requests from friends for work. I don’t change friends as I don’t have a business license and/or insurance (dangerous I know). My first favor was these two dead pines (a lot of standing dead in this area- got smoked by a cat 5 hurricane a few years back). Got the closer/smaller one down with no real trouble- the back one I walked away from as I didn’t want to rush it. I tried to get into with spikes but super soft exterior made very difficult and the top is just waiting to crack off. I want to get a rope as high as possible and chunk to down to control the fall in sections, but I am inexperienced with dead trees and there’s a lot I don’t like about this one. Any tips or suggestions dead are very welcome- again I’m new to climbing but not new handling equipment. Much appreciated for your time and I’m very happy to be here
