Climbing the tree vs climbing a rope in the tree

[SeanKroll]

Different strokes and all that.

Don’t get me wrong, in many/most circumstances, getting a high tying in point quickly with a throw line is undoubtedly a more effective way of getting up there.
In the great scheme of things though, on a one or two tree day, with one or two groundworkers, the time saved is negligible.

The ergonomics are better.

I'm definitely for efficiency, however I'm thinking career long marathon not daily sprints.





I have taken an hour for a hard shot at 80'. That's where the work was, 2 large fir branches to prune from over the house. It wasn't a tree to advance from the bottom spurlessly.

I'm usually good for 60' hand throw in 1-3 tries.10,000th time is the charm! Starting to experiment with the Dan Kraus hook shot.
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[Mick!]

We had a long journey to work today, and I was impressing on my young climber the need for him to throwline/srt/spurless.

He gets it (he says) but he mustn’t get stuck with me in the mid 90s, though to be fair it is rather cool here, no mobiles, girls look better and Weezer have released ‘Just like Buddy Holly’. Good times.