Yessss that's the fun climbs..Just send it
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Never climb with only spikes and a lanyard. Always have a life line. This will make you more comfortable, give you more positioning options, and also give you a chance to rest your legs and think about what you're doing.
Most importantly, the life line is a much faster descent system and there are a thousand reasons why you would need to get out of a tree quickly.
When you free climb with spikes you're trading safety for time. This might seem like it's worth it at the beginning but as you get better at working with safe techniques, you'll actually find them to be faster and easier.
What I've seen new guys do is when one spur slips panic and lean into the tree trying to bear hug the tree and in return your Spurs naturally angle out away from tree causing now both Spurs to loose contact, so learn to not panic and just keep both Spurs angled into tree, the spur that slipped will bite within a few inches and even if not just transfer wieght into remaining spur and regaff tree withother actually easier than it sounds main idea is to not panic it's instnck to want to bear hug the tree making things much worse!!!When ascending with double wrap lanyard, keep both hands on the tree like holding a women's waist and bring it up(lanyard) as you climb.
I'm kinda new with spur climbing and i find it effective when done this way, well maybe for that particular tree i guess.
And sharpened correctlyEven better - keep them sharp!
Read some comments here and it has not been mentioned that the most important thing ( besides doing a visual check on your lanyard to make sure it’s snapped to the “d” ring on your saddle and not your underwear) is the angle. If you place the hooks so that they are pointing at the center of the trunk, you won’t slip.Thanks I was mostly intending on climbing a couple maples and pines that needed to come down. I have also been searching around on the site and found that you can double wrap your lanyard around the tree to make it stop you from falling when you "gaff out" also correct me if I'm wrong your most likely going to be stopped by your lanyard once it runs out of working length or if if your grip it tight enough it will stop you almost immediately? Thanks
Also on dead tree that are a little risky to climb I have seen arborists tie into a nearby tree when they spur climb how will that help if the trees starts to topple when your in it. Thanks
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