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Greg, I'm talking strictly about managing your safety during climbing a tree where part of the time you are unsecured, that is, freeclimbing. Always lanyard in when not actively ascending or descending free. For example, if you stop at some point during a segment of climbing free to place your...

I suppose it would be good if I made clear that for FS climbers it is proscribed that climbing free is to be used ONLY when actually climbing. We require strict observance of three point climbing technique, including a pretty tight definition of what does and does not qualify as a legitimate...

Exactly...and this is the official policy of the USFS tree climbing program.

We still freeclimb under the FS Climbing Guide regs., actually teach proper methodology for it, including when and when not to do so. It's one of a few points where we diverge from ANSI Z133. I freeclimb at any height that the tree form allows it to be done properly...and my cojones hold up...