After checking everyone's videos , yours is the best You show everything about setting the cabrian saver and then the rope and how it is remotely set up and taken down from ground level . This was always a mystery to me , so thank you for having the insight to show us !
Thank you so much for your kind comments, I made the video based on how I would of liked someone describe to me all the aspects of tree climbing...... thanks Pat
FYI: "cabrian" I think should be 'cambium' = the single-cell-thick layer under the bark between the 'xylem' and 'phloem' layers that is the "living tree". Damage to it can/will kill the tree, hence the 'saver' that doesn't crush/cut the bark the way a sliding rope would. { ; < )
Hi there , very simple tie a small plastic ball on the end of the rope, or a knot will do, pull it up so the knot etc pulls through the large ring but jams on the small ring, it then simply falls to the ground, you can utilise the trow line then you can lower the cambium saver......thanks Pat
20+ year arborist here. Well done sir! Excellent emphasis on safety. Nice idea with putting a hole on the end of the line to attach your throw line to your climbing line! I’ll be mimicking that. I usually will tie a Marl knot followed by a few half hitches to pull through, but I often have trouble with the tip of the rope getting bent over and blocking my pull through. Cheers, mate! Have fun and stay safe!
Hi Caleb, yes at the end of the day, safety comes first, 40 years working for Electrical Distribution Company we had safety ingrained in us. Saw the throw line attachment in a other vidio, makes a streamline secure connection, thanks for the comments, all the best Pat
I'm so pleased to see you back and to hear your clear voice! You are one of the very few TH-cam people who I actually get excited about. I anxiously await your excellent quality content. Thank you!
As always greatly explained and it’s definitely getting other people interested also well am back in China and I showed 24 students the video you made as one of them asked me what’s your hobby and me clueless said tree camping/climbing lol trying being my operative word well anyway showed the students the video and many are very intrigued and now want to do it so now got to clear it with school but they may allocate some money for this as an activity so your inspiration is letting my students try new things once again brilliant keep doing them 😊
That's amazing James hope all goes well and you get some funding for the tree climbing. Great if they get involved and certainly another way of keeping fit, you certainly get about, all the best Pat
Hello from India Patrick. The topic & demonstration is interesting and because of YOU, it became very interesting. Watching you demonstrating is great. Best wishes & Many thanks.
@@patrickdickinson6492 Hi Pat, great to see your response. I didn't expected response for my comment on a year old video. Yes, I am well, watching the Corona havoc around me. I watched another video of yours, the plug-hole spill way at a dam. I am quite impressed by how you want to show and shout about the matters you care for. So delightful. Thank you.
Excellent class. Your thorough explanations are the best I have viewed on this topic. I have been interested in tree climbing because there are twelve climbable trees on my small lot. I usually do most of my own maintenance but if it is up in a tree I have to pay many times my own hourly rate to hire an experienced tree technician. I do not mind being partially helpless, and now, with your answering so many of my questions about climbing I may not need to be totally helpless when it comes to caring for my trees. Thanks Pat.
Yes I know its a unusual hobby, but I like things that are a little bit different. At least you will know a bit more about the art of tree climbing, all the best Pat
Thanks Patrick to show me how great tree climbing can be, after your videos I started with tree climbing and I can't stop anymore :). Great videos. Thank you.
Great demo video. Thank you! I use virtually the same system for solo-climbing the 45' mast of my sailboat. I use a pair of footloops so I can push up with both legs, and they are set longer so I can fully straighten my (short little) legs in each cycle. I use an adjustable-length safety lanyard the whole way up and down (a fall from a mast to the deck below is not pretty to think about). I unhook my ascender and leave it attached to the footloop (which remains clipped to a belt loop) so I don't have to handle it untethered - when tools drop while up a sailboat mast, there's usually a splash sound. I pull a closed bag of tools up on a light line when I'm at my work position and I let them down to the deck again before descending (yup - they are all tethered to the bag or my wrist with light line - to avoid the splash sound) Cheers!
Hi Neil, yes a great system for climbing, using your strong leg muscles to climb up, and your safely secured all the time. As for dropping stuff, the though of climbing back down makes me be very careful, the though of dropping expensive tools in the sea I can see 2hy you are careful..... all the best Pat 👍
Hey good ideas, thank you. I will try to apply these to my 48’ mast on my catamaran. There aren’t many going up their masts these days at my marina in St. Petersburg, FL. Everyone always calls the riggers to do it. I bet this skill would make some new friends appear.
I use this method every time i climb. Lose the foot loop and it's alot less to worry about. You can climb a couple feet at a time depending upon your arm strength. Take hand ascender and pully off then repell down with the grigri. Also i tie to the base of the tree and toss my rope through a crotch and climb the tale up. Very easy climbing system! I love it! Great video!
Hi Josh, so many different climbing systems, this one suited me, using the foot loop allowed me to use strong leg muscles to push up, but many variations, thanks Pat
Nice to see these techniques being used for fun. Worked for a company that did utility line clearance tree trimming . That used these same techniques plus a few different ones as well. Climb on!
Hi Thomas, I worked as a power engineer for what is National Power Grid,spent many a weekend with the tree cutters, I just switched the line out, lads put a earth on, and we were away, easy money, all the best Pat
Patrick, I've watched so many of your camping vids and spending a wet Sunday on the tube looking at rope climbing then your vid pops up, Thought I recognised the name...and there you were. Very well presented vid and now I have to check out your previous ones. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Tree tops are a happy place to be.. I’m just getting started in climbing so l am doing a lot of you tubing and seeing all the technicians at work.. Thank you for sharing...
Patrick Dickinson ,, Thank you for your reply. I just came across your video on your thyroid issue.. l pray for your continued good health.. climb high and safe!!
This is about the 3rd time I've watched your vids. As always great. Clear, well spoken, and very well illustrated. I'm 71 and still climb, try to get other old geezers to climb but they just look at me like I'm nuts. But I really enjoy teaching my 3 grandsons, that have a ball. Any more I'm pretty shaky on a ladder, but fearless while attached to a rope. Be safe, climb high, and enjoy life!
Thanks Will, your doing well to be still climbing, hope I,am the same at 71. Such a amazing place to be, and so few people get to see and experience these wonderful places, certainly a case of those who dare, win..... all the best Pat
Pat, I'm sitting way over here in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Avoiding Covid19 is playing bloody hell with getting out and about. So, I've spent many hours watching videos on how to climb things. This evening, I watched this video all the way through and enjoyed it. I'm so glad the killer squirrels were elsewhere and you made it down in one piece. This was the first video I'd seen on how to set the Cambrium saver (if that's what its called) and a method for anchoring the rope to the tree. I enjoyed your style. Cheers and all the best to you!
Great to hear from you in Ohio, we are going through the same Covid restrictions, luckly tree climbing can be quite a solitary pastime and well suited to social distancing, all the best Pat
Excellent representation and explanation of climbing method. I trust the older folk that tend to take the time and not rush through it. I have all the gear and was looking for this exact video to put it all together in one climbing video. Bingo Dingo..say no more! It's right here. :-)
That's great that you enjoyed the video, I know there is a lot to take in with all the different types of gear, so best to take it slowly, there,s no rush, all the best Pat
Really pleased the video helped Keith, safety is No 1, then you can enjoy being high up in the canopy for many years, improving your skills and tequniques all the time, all the best Pat
That's great Quinten, there is a lot to take in with all the gear and safe climbing tequniques,but it's good to have a new interest, and it's amazing high up in the canopy, all the best Pat
Just finished watching the first two videos full packed of information really looking forward to the next installment I don't think there is a video with that much information packed into it please please continue learning something new everytime I watch your videos many thanks Roy
Hi Roy and thanks for that, nice of you to say, I tried to include everything that I would want to know if I was looking at the vidio. Next part should be out in a couple of days and we get to the top of the tree, all the best Pat
I know some people have questioned your attitude to saftey - this video clear demonstrates just how proficient you are - we do not need to worry! Very clear video and (as a rock climber) some very interesting techniques - I must borrow a static rope from my caving mates :-)
I like to take a relaxed attitude to most things, had 40 years of stress at work, but safety does always come first, even if a bit limited sometimes, thanks Pat
Lots of specialised gear, getting very technical now. Makes for a very interesting vid. I'll never do anything like this, but I surely found it a cracking watch. Cheers, Pat. Onnards an uppards!
Hi Ken, sounds a great way to spend your pension, you'll find the gear is well made and a pleasure to own and use, enjoy yourself up there in the tree canopy........ all the best Pat 👍
Wow you said interesting i say Very interesting, you give me so much inspiration! I can not wait for the next video. Your so educated "your one in a million" Thank you so much again pat. from Paul
5_25_2020 Monday 6:24pm Los Angeles Thank you very much for your instructions . I feel more confident with your technique and enjoy the video. Grateful !!
Hi Lang, nice to hear from Los Angeles, hope you are coping with lockdown and the Covid virus, glad you enjoyed the video, a great way to spend a day, thanks Pat
Great video! I have searched for a good video (just like this) that shows how to perform a tree climbing and I haven´t found one, until now. With exactly this gear that you are using from Petzl and the Singel Rope technique. You also explain it so well. Thank you very much and be safe out in the trees! :)
Very enjoyable Pat .. shall get some kit together , useful for a bit of tree work and recreational climbing , many thanks for sharing your tried n tested technique and kit you use , best wishes
That's some fancy gear there Patrick I'm a tree surgeon used to do alot of work on the power lines tree pruning etc I thing you used to work for United utilities or the old norweb I might of worked with you sometimes used to do a lot of shutdowns I'm 66 now I dont do line clearance but I'm still a working arborist I see you had a go at the big c same here mate ,I ended up having a liver transplant 3 years ago but back doing what I love tree work .nice to see you e got into tree climbing carry on buddy your looking good all the best
Hi John, yes you just don,t know what life is going to this at you, but I,am feeling fine now, thanks to early diagnosis and the NHS. It was YEB, or National Power Grid as it is called now, did loads of 66Kv tree cutting jobs, for me it was a doddle, usually at a weekend, just switch out a line, hang a few earth's on, and they payed me a fortune for it, all the best Pat
@@patrickdickinson6492 ha ha yes I used to envy the linesmen sat in the van drinking tea we would be climbing and grafting usually pouring down with rain for half the money but still happy days
Thanks mate! I just set up my sender and gree gree system and got climbing yesterday and it's so much fun. Traditionally, I climbed using a bolet but solo climbing is great.
When using a RADS system having an adjustable bridge will make a world of a difference for you. Also, the rapid is referring to the speed of the changeover between ascent and descent, compared to older SRT techniques using a chest ascender and requiring a changeover to a descending device.
Hi Patrick...this was a very informative video about climbing srt. I have been rec.climbing with a hitch climber pulley setup for about 4 months now. Just luv the view up in the trees. Still learning the basics,started with Blake's hitch and hip thrust. Now that's a workout. The hitch climber pulley makes climbing easier but srt climbing looks more fun . Will try one day,thanks for info on srt and remember to climb slow and be safe up there. Bye for now from Stroud Ontario,Canada.
Thanks Tony, yes great to be up in the trees, so many different climbing teqniques and different types of gear. Just a matter of what suits you best, waiting for our UK weather to improve, very wet at the moment, all the best Pat
Fantastic to hear from Russia, was such along way away, but not now with modern technology, part 3 will be the best as we get to the top of the tree, all the best Pat
Another fantastic video, thank you for sharing. Very informative and nice simple practical demonstration of the techniques you use. Eagerly awaiting the final part of this mini series .
Hiya Patrick. I remember when i was a young un, i used to throw a rope over a branch, then Tie a stick at one end , sit on the stick and haul myself up. I could stop if i got tired. Your tree climbing is much safer. Mind you, when your a kid, heath and your own safety never entered you head. Stay safe mate :-)
Thanks Billy, yes climbing trees made our childhood more memorable I think, although I, am suprised that we all made it to the age we are, all the best Pat
Hi Justin and great to have you along, last year's tree camping plans were messed up by Covid, hopefully back up in the trees in a few months, all the best Pat
Nice to hear from you in BC, and thanks for looking at my vidios, vary from wildcamping and exploring, with a it of tree climbing and camping thrown in, thanks Pat
Yes defiantly you Mr. Patrick are my favorite in all this climbing tree tasks... but I've got a challenge for you, what about making a minimalist climbing tree technic video in other words climbing a tree using the less technology as posible as we can use. Thanks
Hi Martin, interesting idea, may look into it one day, suppose a rock climber harness and a couple of lanyards would get you up alot of UK trees, just that first 15 foot of tree trunk when you need all the ropes etc, thanks Pat
@@patrickdickinson6492 yeah even a harnes can be replaced by some tactic improsed one with some rope, because we are not goi g to be hanged frome there for so many time... aren't we... thanks for answerin... cheers...
Great video I was looking forward to this second part you made it look so easy. You don't need to go to the gym if you tree climb very impressive looking forward to part three. Thanks for sharing.
Yes David certainly uses a lot of energy and strength, which I, am lacking more as I get older. Part 3 will see us at the top of the tree, all the best Pat
Great to hear from Oklahoma was a long way a way, but not now with TH-cam. Takes a bit of setting up and buying the gear, but worth it for the experience, all the best Pat
Hi Pat, I’m enjoying my new hobby greatly thanks to you! I’ve practiced all your methods shown here with great results. I am a very lousy shot with the throwbag however…. I bought a cheap fishing groundbait catapult, some 12kg high-viz fishing line, made a small 30g throw bag out of some steel nuts wrapped in gaffa tape. I can fire that over a branch 1st go at least 40ft up! Then i pull up the 2mm throwline using the fishing line, then set the cambium saver as per your video. Saved hours of frustration! Cheers, many happy adventures in 2023!!!
Really interesting video Pat, I have often wondered how this was done. A bit different to when I was a boy and you just dragged yourself up! Great video looking forward to the next one! Well done
Enjoyed your video. I have found that a conduit or leather cambian saver is much easier to set and recover than the ring-ring type. You can set them using a slip knot.
Am looking forward to part three, Pat. Truly enjoy your videos. That is some lovely woods there. My family is originally from Lincolnshire and I am due for a visit back across the Pond at some point soon. Would love to find you and get in a climb together. And as I said in another comment, if you ever chance to visit the Pacific NW USA, I can show you some incredibly tall and very ancient trees. There are actually some quite impressive specimens within hiking distance of my home.
Hi Stewart, I have part 3 all filmed now and hopefully put it on TH-cam on Sunday. Very flat in Lincolnshire as you may know, we are only 40 miles away and very hilly up to 2000 feet, don, t have many big trees but 40 to 50 footers are OK for me, all the best Pat
Hi there yes quite a few people have said they started climbing late 50,s 60,s must be all of us returning to our childhood, but why not, all that excitement just out there, thanks Pat
Ha I’m 57 and want a career change into Arboriculture. I thought I’d have to stay earthbound but your comment has convinced me to at least give climbing a try.
That was interesting Pat but as I watched the slow ascent of the SRT I thought "What if I needed to climb a tree to escape the farmers bull" As a kid i have done that once or twice. Infact thinking back they were just boisterous heifers but I was young and there was a tree and I did climb it without any ropes. Some time later I descended, the heifers came back and gave me a good sniff and the odd lick...That was back in the late 1960's..Flippin heck, I'm getting old! Sandy
Hi Sandy if I walked through a field with a bull in then a tree would be a way of escape. If a bull came charging at me I reckon I could get up a tree with no ropes or anything, but the adrenaline pumping round my body. Surprising what a bit of fear can do, thanks Pat
I am glad you can tie an Alpine Butterfly you should use that on you Base Anchor instead of the Figure 8. If you slip or fall the Figure 8 can be impossible to get untied. It can also cut the rope! You could just rap your climbing line around the base a couple of times and then tie a running bowline. So you don't have to carry that extra rope. Great Job for a beginner!! There is a video series you can buy on SRT I can't remember the climbers name that made it but he did a great job. RADS gets its name because it is faster than a Moving rope system (MRS) of DRT. Just remember Low and Slow when you are starting learning new things.
Great video is very well explained and I love the 1 rope method u used I'm amazed. I've been wanting to buy gear but many people use a ton of gear that is not needed using this method. I would love for you to share links for all the gear u used in the demonstration so that people like me could just know exactly what to buy
Hi Oscar, if you look at the video I made before this one called. " My recreational tree climbing gear".....this will describe and tell you all about the gear I used, thanks and hope you enjoy it, thanks Pat
I just make a running bowline up the the support branch with the throw line still clipped to the eye of the bowline. When I'm done I pull down the bowline with the throw line. No friction saver, no anchor, no muss no fuss.
Hi the friction saver does what is says less friction on the rope and less damage to the tree, there are many different methods of rope achors, whichever suits you, thanks Pat
Very well done sir. When you released and all your weight hanging from that one mechanical device that would take some getting used to and trusting the equipment.
Superb as always Pat. So we'll presented and easy to understand. I started watching your videos a couple of years ago which got me into camping and I love it. Now I want to climb trees. Can you please pop some links into your next vid for price of equipment. Many thanks Dave.
Thank goodness for people like you who are willing to share your knowledge with us, thanks Patrick.
Your very welcome Geoff, hope you found it useful and entertaining, thanks Pat
After checking everyone's videos , yours is the best You show everything about setting the cabrian saver and then the rope and how it is remotely set up and taken down from ground level . This was always a mystery to me , so thank you for having the insight to show us !
Thank you so much for your kind comments, I made the video based on how I would of liked someone describe to me all the aspects of tree climbing...... thanks Pat
FYI: "cabrian" I think should be 'cambium' = the single-cell-thick layer under the bark between the 'xylem' and 'phloem' layers that is the "living tree". Damage to it can/will kill the tree, hence the 'saver' that doesn't crush/cut the bark the way a sliding rope would. { ; < )
@@patrickdickinson6492 hi, how do you get back the cambium protector from the ground?
Hi there , very simple tie a small plastic ball on the end of the rope, or a knot will do, pull it up so the knot etc pulls through the large ring but jams on the small ring, it then simply falls to the ground, you can utilise the trow line then you can lower the cambium saver......thanks Pat
I just did my first climb ever using by following your example! Thanks for the quality instruction!
Glad it helped, really pleased , hope you have some amazing adventures up there, thanks Pat
20+ year arborist here. Well done sir! Excellent emphasis on safety. Nice idea with putting a hole on the end of the line to attach your throw line to your climbing line! I’ll be mimicking that. I usually will tie a Marl knot followed by a few half hitches to pull through, but I often have trouble with the tip of the rope getting bent over and blocking my pull through. Cheers, mate! Have fun and stay safe!
Hi Caleb, yes at the end of the day, safety comes first, 40 years working for Electrical Distribution Company we had safety ingrained in us.
Saw the throw line attachment in a other vidio, makes a streamline secure connection, thanks for the comments, all the best Pat
I'm so pleased to see you back and to hear your clear voice! You are one of the very few TH-cam people who I actually get excited about. I anxiously await your excellent quality content. Thank you!
Thanks nice of you to say love making the vidios and glad it comes across, all the best Pat
As always greatly explained and it’s definitely getting other people interested also well am back in China and I showed 24 students the video you made as one of them asked me what’s your hobby and me clueless said tree camping/climbing lol trying being my operative word well anyway showed the students the video and many are very intrigued and now want to do it so now got to clear it with school but they may allocate some money for this as an activity so your inspiration is letting my students try new things once again brilliant keep doing them 😊
That's amazing James hope all goes well and you get some funding for the tree climbing. Great if they get involved and certainly another way of keeping fit, you certainly get about, all the best Pat
Hello from India Patrick. The topic & demonstration is interesting and because of YOU, it became very interesting. Watching you demonstrating is great. Best wishes & Many thanks.
Hi and nice to hear all the way from India, hole you are well and glad you enjoyed the video, amazing place, high up in a tree, thanks Pat
@@patrickdickinson6492 Hi Pat, great to see your response. I didn't expected response for my comment on a year old video. Yes, I am well, watching the Corona havoc around me. I watched another video of yours, the plug-hole spill way at a dam. I am quite impressed by how you want to show and shout about the matters you care for. So delightful. Thank you.
Excellent class. Your thorough explanations are the best I have viewed on this topic. I have been interested in tree climbing because there are twelve climbable trees on my small lot. I usually do most of my own maintenance but if it is up in a tree I have to pay many times my own hourly rate to hire an experienced tree technician. I do not mind being partially helpless, and now, with your answering so many of my questions about climbing I may not need to be totally helpless when it comes to caring for my trees. Thanks Pat.
Yes I know its a unusual hobby, but I like things that are a little bit different. At least you will know a bit more about the art of tree climbing, all the best Pat
Thanks Patrick to show me how great tree climbing can be, after your videos I started with tree climbing and I can't stop anymore :). Great videos. Thank you.
Good to hear my video got you into tree climbing, such a great place to spend sometime, thanks Pat 👍
Excellent video Patrick.
Very clear and you have a great way about you.
Like a normal bloke instead of a "youtuber"
10/10 mate.
That is so nice of you to say, really kind, thanks Pat
Great demo video. Thank you! I use virtually the same system for solo-climbing the 45' mast of my sailboat. I use a pair of footloops so I can push up with both legs, and they are set longer so I can fully straighten my (short little) legs in each cycle. I use an adjustable-length safety lanyard the whole way up and down (a fall from a mast to the deck below is not pretty to think about). I unhook my ascender and leave it attached to the footloop (which remains clipped to a belt loop) so I don't have to handle it untethered - when tools drop while up a sailboat mast, there's usually a splash sound. I pull a closed bag of tools up on a light line when I'm at my work position and I let them down to the deck again before descending (yup - they are all tethered to the bag or my wrist with light line - to avoid the splash sound) Cheers!
Hi Neil, yes a great system for climbing, using your strong leg muscles to climb up, and your safely secured all the time. As for dropping stuff, the though of climbing back down makes me be very careful, the though of dropping expensive tools in the sea I can see 2hy you are careful..... all the best Pat 👍
Hey good ideas, thank you. I will try to apply these to my 48’ mast on my catamaran. There aren’t many going up their masts these days at my marina in St. Petersburg, FL. Everyone always calls the riggers to do it. I bet this skill would make some new friends appear.
I use this method every time i climb. Lose the foot loop and it's alot less to worry about. You can climb a couple feet at a time depending upon your arm strength. Take hand ascender and pully off then repell down with the grigri. Also i tie to the base of the tree and toss my rope through a crotch and climb the tale up. Very easy climbing system! I love it! Great video!
Hi Josh, so many different climbing systems, this one suited me, using the foot loop allowed me to use strong leg muscles to push up, but many variations, thanks Pat
Nice to see these techniques being used for fun. Worked for a company that did utility line clearance tree trimming . That used these same techniques plus a few different ones as well. Climb on!
Hi Thomas, I worked as a power engineer for what is National Power Grid,spent many a weekend with the tree cutters, I just switched the line out, lads put a earth on, and we were away, easy money, all the best Pat
Patrick, I've watched so many of your camping vids and spending a wet Sunday on the tube looking at rope climbing then your vid pops up, Thought I recognised the name...and there you were. Very well presented vid and now I have to check out your previous ones. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Hi there, yes I do like to vary my videos, as my interests vary, lift camping in the trees was certainly different...... thanks Pat
Tree tops are a happy place to be.. I’m just getting started in climbing so l am doing a lot of you tubing and seeing all the technicians at work.. Thank you for sharing...
Yes Paul its another world up there, all waiting to be experienced, and we have trees all round us just waiting to be explored, all the best Pat
Patrick Dickinson ,, Thank you for your reply. I just came across your video on your thyroid issue.. l pray for your continued good health.. climb high and safe!!
This is about the 3rd time I've watched your vids. As always great. Clear, well spoken, and very well illustrated. I'm 71 and still climb, try to get other old geezers to climb but they just look at me like I'm nuts. But I really enjoy teaching my 3 grandsons, that have a ball. Any more I'm pretty shaky on a ladder, but fearless while attached to a rope. Be safe, climb high, and enjoy life!
Thanks Will, your doing well to be still climbing, hope I,am the same at 71. Such a amazing place to be, and so few people get to see and experience these wonderful places, certainly a case of those who dare, win..... all the best Pat
Pat, I'm sitting way over here in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Avoiding Covid19 is playing bloody hell with getting out and about. So, I've spent many hours watching videos on how to climb things. This evening, I watched this video all the way through and enjoyed it. I'm so glad the killer squirrels were elsewhere and you made it down in one piece. This was the first video I'd seen on how to set the Cambrium saver (if that's what its called) and a method for anchoring the rope to the tree. I enjoyed your style. Cheers and all the best to you!
Great to hear from you in Ohio, we are going through the same Covid restrictions, luckly tree climbing can be quite a solitary pastime and well suited to social distancing, all the best Pat
I'm really enjoying these tree climbing series of videos. Thank you Pat.
Your very welcome, hoping to do a bit of climbing and tree camping when the weather gets better, and we have some leaves on, thanks Pat
Excellent representation and explanation of climbing method. I trust the older folk that tend to take the time and not rush through it. I have all the gear and was looking for this exact video to put it all together in one climbing video. Bingo Dingo..say no more! It's right here. :-)
That's great that you enjoyed the video, I know there is a lot to take in with all the different types of gear, so best to take it slowly, there,s no rush, all the best Pat
For a beginner like, you explained it so for super safety and the next step. Thank you
Really pleased the video helped Keith, safety is No 1, then you can enjoy being high up in the canopy for many years, improving your skills and tequniques all the time, all the best Pat
I've been thinking about getting into climbing and your video explained a lot really well and in good detail... Thanks!!!!
That's great Quinten, there is a lot to take in with all the gear and safe climbing tequniques,but it's good to have a new interest, and it's amazing high up in the canopy, all the best Pat
interesting video Pat, you're a man of many talents. thanks for sharing, & hope you are keeping well
Thank you kindly, all very well and remember this video, somewhere different to wild camp..... thanks Pat
Perfect explanations, clear, uttermost didactic. Missed a calling of entertainer.
Thanks Harry, kind of you to say, thanks Pat
Thank you for showing us how to install a Cambian Saver with a throw line. Very well done!
Thanks David, it's a bit like magic when it falls into place, thanks Pat
Just finished watching the first two videos full packed of information really looking forward to the next installment I don't think there is a video with that much information packed into it please please continue learning something new everytime I watch your videos many thanks Roy
Hi Roy and thanks for that, nice of you to say, I tried to include everything that I would want to know if I was looking at the vidio. Next part should be out in a couple of days and we get to the top of the tree, all the best Pat
Totally impressed Pat . I don’t know how I missed this video but i’m glad I found it . ATB Gail from Worcester Massachusetts USA 🇺🇸!
Hi Gail, such a different environment to be in, a lot of effort, but worth it to be up there, thanks Pat
I know some people have questioned your attitude to saftey - this video clear demonstrates just how proficient you are - we do not need to worry! Very clear video and (as a rock climber) some very interesting techniques - I must borrow a static rope from my caving mates :-)
I like to take a relaxed attitude to most things, had 40 years of stress at work, but safety does always come first, even if a bit limited sometimes, thanks Pat
Lots of specialised gear, getting very technical now. Makes for a very interesting vid. I'll never do anything like this, but I surely found it a cracking watch. Cheers, Pat. Onnards an uppards!
Onwards and upwards that is the way to go, as you will see in part 3 all the best Pat
Just found your site - absolutely excellent Patrick - thoroughly enjoyable and educational.
Welcome aboard Toby and glad you enjoy my conent, all the best Pat
One of the best video of how to climb with SRT, i learnd alot from it, i think. I want to learn to climb trees..
Looks quite challenging, and it is, but the rewards once your high up in the canopy make it all worthwhile, all the best Pat
Thank you Patrick for a really helpful video. Looks like this month's pension is going on a Petzl ascender, rig and so on.
Very best wishes. Ken
Hi Ken, sounds a great way to spend your pension, you'll find the gear is well made and a pleasure to own and use, enjoy yourself up there in the tree canopy........ all the best Pat 👍
Excellent video all around 👍. The camera work was awesome and you provided a very thorough explanation of RADS.
Thanks Nicolaus, glad you enjoyed it, thanks Pat
The explanations and techniques you show are easy to understand, thank you.
Thanks I tried to put the information across so easy to understand, thanks Pat
I can’t wait to see that blue climbing helmet and climbing gear again it’s so entertaining and I learned so much from this video
Hi Billy, hoping to get back up in the trees soon, got some nice leaf cover on now, just got to find a nice tree..... thanks Pat 😊
Wow you said interesting i say Very interesting, you give me so much inspiration! I can not wait for the next video. Your so educated "your one in a million" Thank you so much again pat. from Paul
Thanks Paul really nice of you to say, I find the equipment and techniques so interesting, but realise it's not everybody's choice, all the best Pat
A bosun's chair would be right comfy I would think. Thanks Pat, always a smile watching you.
Thanks Doug, yes the bosons chair would be comfortable way to just hang about in the tree, thanks Pat
5_25_2020 Monday 6:24pm Los Angeles
Thank you very much for your instructions . I feel more confident with your technique and enjoy the video.
Grateful !!
Hi Lang, nice to hear from Los Angeles, hope you are coping with lockdown and the Covid virus, glad you enjoyed the video, a great way to spend a day, thanks Pat
Great video!
I have searched for a good video (just like this) that shows how to perform a tree climbing and I haven´t found one, until now. With exactly this gear that you are using from Petzl and the Singel Rope technique. You also explain it so well.
Thank you very much and be safe out in the trees! :)
That's eat Kasper and pleased it was useful, there are so many different ways to climb, all the best with your tree climbing, thanks Pat
Very detailed, safe well done video. The very method I use. But the two different ways of using the single rope. Very cool!😎
Thank you Charles, hard work getting up there, but so worth it once up there, learning about all the gear makes it so interesting ...... thanks Pat 👍
Slow but precise, in descriptions that a novice like me could understand, looking forward to my first tree climb since I was 11 👍🏼
I,am sure you will love it John, glad my video was of use, a real adventure up there, all the best Pat
Very enjoyable Pat .. shall get some kit together , useful for a bit of tree work and recreational climbing , many thanks for sharing your tried n tested technique and kit you use , best wishes
Thanks Dave, quite alot of gear just to climb a tree, burst least you'll be safe, thanks Pat
That's some fancy gear there Patrick I'm a tree surgeon used to do alot of work on the power lines tree pruning etc I thing you used to work for United utilities or the old norweb I might of worked with you sometimes used to do a lot of shutdowns I'm 66 now I dont do line clearance but I'm still a working arborist I see you had a go at the big c same here mate ,I ended up having a liver transplant 3 years ago but back doing what I love tree work .nice to see you e got into tree climbing carry on buddy your looking good all the best
Hi John, yes you just don,t know what life is going to this at you, but I,am feeling fine now, thanks to early diagnosis and the NHS.
It was YEB, or National Power Grid as it is called now, did loads of 66Kv tree cutting jobs, for me it was a doddle, usually at a weekend, just switch out a line, hang a few earth's on, and they payed me a fortune for it, all the best Pat
@@patrickdickinson6492 ha ha yes I used to envy the linesmen sat in the van drinking tea we would be climbing and grafting usually pouring down with rain for half the money but still happy days
Thanks mate! I just set up my sender and gree gree system and got climbing yesterday and it's so much fun. Traditionally, I climbed using a bolet but solo climbing is great.
Hi Paul, glad your enjoying it, hoping to get back up there in Spring, all the best Pat
Great stuff Pat. Can't wait for next video. Your an inspiration to us all.
Thanks Steve, the next vidio should see us at the top of the tree, thanks Pat
This is exactly the type of video I've been looking for !!
Wonderfully informative at a pace I can keep up with !!
Thank you SO much !! 😀
Your very welcome Mark
When using a RADS system having an adjustable bridge will make a world of a difference for you. Also, the rapid is referring to the speed of the changeover between ascent and descent, compared to older SRT techniques using a chest ascender and requiring a changeover to a descending device.
Thanks for the info Raphael, I can now see where Rads comes from now, thanks Pat
great vid pat, takes me back to training when i did my forestry training round derwent.
Some big trees round there, very envious of your job, thanks Pat
Very cool. I don't even climb, but you made it very easy to understand what to do and why.
That,s good, glad it came over well, thanks Pat
Ohhhh man, this has made me happy, watching you, pat
Amazing up there, thanks Pat
Fascinating stuff Patrick, Great camera work as usual.
Thanks Patrick, was a enjoyable film to make, see you on part 3, thanks Pat
Hi Patrick...this was a very informative video about climbing srt. I have been rec.climbing with a hitch climber pulley setup for about 4 months now. Just luv the view up in the trees. Still learning the basics,started with Blake's hitch and hip thrust. Now that's a workout. The hitch climber pulley makes climbing easier but srt climbing looks more fun . Will try one day,thanks for info on srt and remember to climb slow and be safe up there. Bye for now from Stroud Ontario,Canada.
Thanks Tony, yes great to be up in the trees, so many different climbing teqniques and different types of gear. Just a matter of what suits you best, waiting for our UK weather to improve, very wet at the moment, all the best Pat
great second part of the tree climbing videos! Best regards from Russia!Thanks, Patrick!
Fantastic to hear from Russia, was such along way away, but not now with modern technology, part 3 will be the best as we get to the top of the tree, all the best Pat
I have done SRT for mine exploring, never thought it could be used for tree climbing !
Yes very similar, see you up in the canopy, all the best Pat
Another fantastic video, thank you for sharing. Very informative and nice simple practical demonstration of the techniques you use. Eagerly awaiting the final part of this mini series .
Thanks Andrew, part 3 will be the best, as we get high up in the tree with lanyards, all the best Pat
Super interesting. Liked it very much. Great presentation. Thank you very much for sharing.
Your very welcome Romin, great to pass on what I have learnt, always good to talk about three climbing, all the best Pat
Hiya Patrick. I remember when i was a young un, i used to throw a rope over a branch, then Tie a stick at one end , sit on the stick and haul myself up. I could stop if i got tired. Your tree climbing is much safer. Mind you, when your a kid, heath and your own safety never entered you head. Stay safe mate :-)
Thanks Billy, yes climbing trees made our childhood more memorable I think, although I, am suprised that we all made it to the age we are, all the best Pat
Mate you’ve just got a new subscriber thanks for the awesome info, looking forward to the third production cheers
Hi Justin and great to have you along, last year's tree camping plans were messed up by Covid, hopefully back up in the trees in a few months, all the best Pat
Great video. You have beautifully emphasized every point. 😊👍
Such a interesting subject, I had to cover it in as much detail as possible,glad you enjoyed it, thanks Pat
Wow did wonder how get a rope up in a tree.
Thanks Pat
All clever stuff Ence
Just discovered you and your videos today. Many thanks from BC Canada!
Sky the Tree Guy
Nice to hear from you in BC, and thanks for looking at my vidios, vary from wildcamping and exploring, with a it of tree climbing and camping thrown in, thanks Pat
@@patrickdickinson6492 I'm definitely interested in the camping part! Thanks for your posts
That was sick!!!! 😂 very impressive!! Great content
Thanks Rafael, nice of you to say, thanks Pat
Excellent Pat keep up the good work, it's always a pleasure to watch
Thanks Tony, not a popular pastime with a lot of people but can,t please everybody, thanks Pat
Nice to see you back Pat . Superb video. Really great advice.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks Ian, your the first comment, thanks Pat
Hey Patrick amazing video.😊
nice surroundings and good explanation. A little greeting from Denmark
Nice to hear from Denmark, Dennis, and a enjoyable way to spend a day, all the best Pat
Yes defiantly you Mr. Patrick are my favorite in all this climbing tree tasks... but I've got a challenge for you, what about making a minimalist climbing tree technic video in other words climbing a tree using the less technology as posible as we can use. Thanks
Hi Martin, interesting idea, may look into it one day, suppose a rock climber harness and a couple of lanyards would get you up alot of UK trees, just that first 15 foot of tree trunk when you need all the ropes etc, thanks Pat
@@patrickdickinson6492 yeah even a harnes can be replaced by some tactic improsed one with some rope, because we are not goi g to be hanged frome there for so many time... aren't we... thanks for answerin... cheers...
Very good explanation. Thanks for sharing. Great camera work.
Thanks Mark, great place to be, high up in the canopy, thanks Pat
Now I know how to climb SRT. Thanks... Off to watch your first video and will return to see the lanyard technique!
Thanks Alan, just thought I wod do something a bit different, not everybody's cup of tea, but enjoyable to film, all the best Pat
Great video I was looking forward to this second part you made it look so easy. You don't need to go to the gym if you tree climb very impressive looking forward to part three.
Thanks for sharing.
Yes David certainly uses a lot of energy and strength, which I, am lacking more as I get older. Part 3 will see us at the top of the tree, all the best Pat
Excellent. I wanna try this so bad Patrick, thanks for another Great video, cheers from Oklahoma 😀
Great to hear from Oklahoma was a long way a way, but not now with TH-cam. Takes a bit of setting up and buying the gear, but worth it for the experience, all the best Pat
Very professional in detail! Post Scriptum: sorry to incorrectly in my text. I'm a person of Polish.
Nice to hear from you Zdzislaw, such a interesting hobby and a great way to spend a few hours high up in a tree, thanks Pat
That's an ingenious system - interesting video. Cheers!
Yes great way to pull yourself up a tree perhaps a bit. More muscle power would help, all the best Pat
Awesome info. Thanks for making the effort to share this highly useful info. God Bless.
Glad it was helpful! and it was a pleasure to make, thanks Pat
Great video, thanks Pat!! I’ve just bought the gear for this, going to (safely) give it a go!!
Sounds absolutely great that, such fantastic gear, hope you enjoy yourself ......... thanks Pat
Hi Pat, I’m enjoying my new hobby greatly thanks to you! I’ve practiced all your methods shown here with great results. I am a very lousy shot with the throwbag however…. I bought a cheap fishing groundbait catapult, some 12kg high-viz fishing line, made a small 30g throw bag out of some steel nuts wrapped in gaffa tape. I can fire that over a branch 1st go at least 40ft up! Then i pull up the 2mm throwline using the fishing line, then set the cambium saver as per your video. Saved hours of frustration! Cheers, many happy adventures in 2023!!!
Really interesting video Pat, I have often wondered how this was done. A bit different to when I was a boy and you just dragged yourself up! Great video looking forward to the next one! Well done
Yes Phil,I think we all just pulled ourselves up, I,am surprised we are all still here, thanks Pat
@@patrickdickinson6492 Back in the old days we only used the foot lock method or body thrust. It was physically demanding and not very safe.
Totally fascinating, but I'm still not going up any trees without a ladder. LOL. Looking forward to part 3 and PLEASE stay safe.
Yes saftey always comes first, as you can see quite a lot to this tree climbing, thanks Pat
Enjoyed your video. I have found that a conduit or leather cambian saver is much easier to set and recover than the ring-ring type. You can set them using a slip knot.
Great tip!....thanks for nthat, so many different ways to climb trees....thanks Pat
Thanks a lot for your tutorial. It's easy for me to practice it.
You are very welcome and glad to hear it was useful, have a great time in the trees....... thanks Pat 🌞
Am looking forward to part three, Pat. Truly enjoy your videos. That is some lovely woods there. My family is originally from Lincolnshire and I am due for a visit back across the Pond at some point soon. Would love to find you and get in a climb together. And as I said in another comment, if you ever chance to visit the Pacific NW USA, I can show you some incredibly tall and very ancient trees. There are actually some quite impressive specimens within hiking distance of my home.
Hi Stewart, I have part 3 all filmed now and hopefully put it on TH-cam on Sunday. Very flat in Lincolnshire as you may know, we are only 40 miles away and very hilly up to 2000 feet, don, t have many big trees but 40 to 50 footers are OK for me, all the best Pat
Really informative video Pat (Not that I intend to do any such things myself!) Well done & look forward the the third episode.
Thanks Philip, no not everybody's choice of a hobby, but nice to show people what is involved, thanks Pat
Good deal I started climbing trees at age 60 I am 62 now and love it. It is good to see an old grey hair like me climbing.
Yeah never get old Ryan, that's my thoughts anyway, once you give up and take life easy then you will get old, all the best Pat
Cheers Patrick this is an awesome explanatory video !
Your welcome and glad you enjoyed it thanks Pat
Awesome video Pat! Great information. Always loved climbing but didn't know about all these things. Must be exciting to be up in the trees! ❤😊
The best place to be is high in a tree.!! all the best Pat
Great video. It was very helpful.
My pleasure, many different methods of getting up a tree, I,am happy with this and feel safe and secure..... thanks Pat 👍
Today I learnt something new, Thank you Sir for making this great video
Your very welcome Rafael, all the best Pat
enjoyed... I started climbing trees at age 57. love it!!
Hi there yes quite a few people have said they started climbing late 50,s 60,s must be all of us returning to our childhood, but why not, all that excitement just out there, thanks Pat
Ha I’m 57 and want a career change into Arboriculture. I thought I’d have to stay earthbound but your comment has convinced me to at least give climbing a try.
That was interesting Pat but as I watched the slow ascent of the SRT I thought "What if I needed to climb a tree to escape the farmers bull" As a kid i have done that once or twice. Infact thinking back they were just boisterous heifers but I was young and there was a tree and I did climb it without any ropes. Some time later I descended, the heifers came back and gave me a good sniff and the odd lick...That was back in the late 1960's..Flippin heck, I'm getting old!
Sandy
Hi Sandy if I walked through a field with a bull in then a tree would be a way of escape. If a bull came charging at me I reckon I could get up a tree with no ropes or anything, but the adrenaline pumping round my body. Surprising what a bit of fear can do, thanks Pat
I am glad you can tie an Alpine Butterfly you should use that on you Base Anchor instead of the Figure 8. If you slip or fall the Figure 8 can be impossible to get untied. It can also cut the rope! You could just rap your climbing line around the base a couple of times and then tie a running bowline. So you don't have to carry that extra rope. Great Job for a beginner!! There is a video series you can buy on SRT I can't remember the climbers name that made it but he did a great job. RADS gets its name because it is faster than a Moving rope system (MRS) of DRT. Just remember Low and Slow when you are starting learning new things.
Thanks for the info Ted, all good stuff, thanks Pat
Parabéns! Excelente vídeo, excelente instrução. Prático e objetivo. Obrigado por compartilhar. Pelotas City, Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil. South Brazil.
Great to hear from you Francisco all the way from Brazil, and great that you enjoyed the video, thanks Pat
Great video is very well explained and I love the 1 rope method u used I'm amazed. I've been wanting to buy gear but many people use a ton of gear that is not needed using this method. I would love for you to share links for all the gear u used in the demonstration so that people like me could just know exactly what to buy
Hi Oscar, if you look at the video I made before this one called. " My recreational tree climbing gear".....this will describe and tell you all about the gear I used, thanks and hope you enjoy it, thanks Pat
I just make a running bowline up the the support branch with the throw line still clipped to the eye of the bowline. When I'm done I pull down the bowline with the throw line. No friction saver, no anchor, no muss no fuss.
Hi the friction saver does what is says less friction on the rope and less damage to the tree, there are many different methods of rope achors, whichever suits you, thanks Pat
Certainly informative, thanks Patrick. Looking forward to part 3. 👍👍😎
Thanks David
Great video Pat, learned a lot there and now tempting giving it a go with my young lad......thank you.
Done safely I, am sure it would be a great adventure for him, thanks Pat
Very interesting video again Pat. Thanks. Johnny :)
Glad you found it interesting Johnny, all the best Pat
Enjoying your video again.
Thanks again!......Pat
Great stuff Pat looking forward to the next one
Thanks Brian, next part out in a couple of days, thanks Pat
Brilliant, thanks for that video Patrick - very informative and well made. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed the vidio, all the best Pat
Very well done sir. When you released and all your weight hanging from that one mechanical device that would take some getting used to and trusting the equipment.
Yes at first a bit wary, but your confidence in your gear grows with time, just don,t get over confident, no second chance, thanks Pat
Superb as always Pat. So we'll presented and easy to understand. I started watching your videos a couple of years ago which got me into camping and I love it. Now I want to climb trees. Can you please pop some links into your next vid for price of equipment. Many thanks Dave.
Hi Dave, great you got into camping, must get back out myself soon. If you want any info just ask, beyond my I T skills adding links, thanks Pat
Nice video. Slow pace explanation easier to understand.
Thanks Dhuan, tried to exain things how I would of liked it myself, thanks Pat
Well presented and clearly shown thanks
Thanks and glad you enjoyed it thanks Pat