The amount of time to get a line set and start climbing is from 1-2 hours. With hilly ground, the high side of the tree is the best place to shoot from. The arrow can land 100' down the mountain below this point as it is lowered by the fishing reel. This distance means cooperation among the...
I stayed up all night to reedit the video.
Lets address the issue woodworkingboy raises. There is always some question of the security of remotely set lines. From the ground, the angle of the observers eye looking upward can't show the precise position of the rope running over the fork. It is...
TNT is correct, because he knows its all just trick photography.
Good observation of the backsliding. You probably noticed both hands are together on the upper ascender. Since this climb, I have added a 4th ascender for the right hand to operate. It helps stay upright by spreading the hands...
At the summit of the Black Fox Sugar Pine
These shots were taken in October of '07. It was a real challenge to get our video person to back up fom the tree far enough away to get the entire tree in the frame.
Steven Barry is my climbing buddy on several jaunts in the redwoods on the coast, in...
Here's some more video of the Black Fox Sugar.
Black Fox Single Rope Technique
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