Hello, I have red this whole thread and as my first day of being on the forums, i would like to introduce myself.
I am 16 years old, live in central Florida, and have been climbing for 2 years, I first got intrested in climbing when i was in 8th grade, I got kicked out of school and decided i didn't want to go back, so I got asked to work for a friend one day who is a climber, i was dragging climbs and watching him climb at the same time, it just seemed so interesting, so after about 6 months i decided to start, I knew alot of my cuts on the ground so i got him to teach me how to climb (he uses spikes). I spent a year learning from him and then went on my own, I'm not that great yet but am learning everyday, infacxt I just trimmed up 25 cabbage palms today and cut down a tree leaning far over a apartment yesterday, I use spikes and after reading this forum , never knew there was any other way of doing it, now after reading I can understand a little more of why not to use them , but I have a few questions, there is alot of times when i cant get my trowball into a limb because of all the deadwood in it or its really thick inside and cant get ANY clear shots at a good limb, how would I go about getting up it? Any information you could give would be appreciated because im only into this 2 years and love every moment of it. I'm always watching other climbs to see how they climb differently then me and learn new things every day. TY for taking the time to read this and please reply.