When sport climbers go speed climbing

[daveyjones]

I used to "speed climb" trees for fun and exercise. I impressed people fairly well, because I'm 6'4" and was at least 260 lbs, but could climb a tree like an ape lol.
I'd jump to reach higher branches, get as high as the tree would support me, then descend the same way, often dropping to catch lower branches, and swinging hamd over hand like a gibbon.
I was also adept at running through thick forest, often making huge leaps and swinging from branches to find the shortest route. I could beat friends in a race with them sprinting on a foot path roughly the same distance.