How to Pick the Best Gear for Tree Climbing

0:26 PPE
0:35 Helmets
0:50 Safety Glasses
1:10 Ear Protection
1:30 Boots, Gloves, Things Like That
2:06 Harnesses
2:53 Books and Education
3:40 Throwline
4:47 Throwball
5:45 DRT Climbing
6:45 Classic DRT Ropes
7:05 Modern DRT Climbing and Prusiks
9:40 Switching to SRT Climbing
11:30 SRT Rope
12:02 More DRT Rope Options
12:32 Foot ascenders
13:17 Knee Ascenders
13:40 Hand Ascenders
13:50 Hold-up Thingies
14:37 Spur Climbing
15:50 Lanyards
16:41 Friction Savers
17:33 Handsaws
19:14 Tool Clips and Harness Accessories
19:50 Bags and Storage

[turdferguson]

I planted a tree yesterday and ordered everything I need to cut it down from you. Hopefully the gear gets here before the tree becomes a hazard.

[LadDox_]

VERY helpful, Nick. Thanks for taking the time to continue putting out this high quality, valuable vids. For someone new to the industry, like myself, these videos have been extremely helpful

[TreeCutterDoug]

Really great run through of the basics. The pop-ups make for a great visual example, without having to juggle a ton of gear. Well done sir.

[rudihenryjan]

This is a great video. Thank you from an arborist in London, England!

Rudi, The Berkeley tree company.

[padthai]

Thanks this really solidified my confidence in getting my first setup. I climbed as a kid with a club, we jumarred up an SRT and absailed with a baby rattle, and lots of crevise points, overhangs and good good training. I'd never get into climbing without a course unless I had that training from a kid. It's like learning to swim, you have to have learnt to float before learning to swim, and jumping in the water without knowing how to swim, is like climbing just from watching a how to. I really advise anyone who wants to learn, to at least go out with someone who climbs and do a few practise runs, with no agenda other than just getting familiar with the handling. It's your life on the end of the line and it's not worth throwing it away because you didn't learn properly or enough or practise. Be wise, be safe, and live to tell the tale. Oh and climbing is addictive.

[tree_monkeyxp]

Great video Nick that will definitely help get a new bee started and helpful to a guy like myself been in the game 12yrs! Stay safe!

[Bythirteen]

awesome! This could have been twice as long and I would have still watched it completely through and appreciated every minute! As a recreational climber of less than one year now, I can say that I am still slowly figuring out which tools/accessories I need to further my mobility in the tree and this was incredibly helpful and reassuring as to the decisions that I've made to date. It's a daunting (and expensive) hobby to undertake, but the challenge and reward has made it extremely worthwhile.

[joshpomponio]

Thanks Nick like of of your vids it helps to see an break down gear when we don’t have it in our hands to see it be safe

[PatrickBrandt]

Great video, Nick! Thank you for putting it together.

[kennethsizer]

This is definitely one of your best! TONS of information!
So many toys, so little time

[DucatiMTS]

Nick - thanks for creating such a useful overview. I'm just starting to learn this stuff and your video sure helped me alot.

[JonsDailyHustle]

Awesome video. I appreciate your knowledge shared here

[ShawnBatt]

I have a good amount of love for TreeStuff. In particular, your videos tend to have good issue selection and perspicuity, so that I am much less inclined than average to speed up the playback to spare myself the extra verbiage. Nevertheless I offer a quibbly critique: a book might be a good choice for gaining "education, " and often outperforms in-person instruction, but tree climbing is pretty dangerous, so the question of education might deserve a little more careful attention here. It doesn't take much investigation to find out Youtube videos likely outperform even "classic" books when it comes to concrete knowledge like this. Compare any randomly chosen 7 TreeStuff videos to the book. Compare the book/in-person combo to just the book. Note a few things about cost of various options, where the fluff is, etc. cheers

[miguelsandoval]

I being looking for this video long time ago, thanks nick!

[mona]

Thank you for the spanish translation. I am deep Brooklyn and my husband is deep Mexican - This HELPED. LOL

[georgelake]

Thanks Nick great video now I can compile a list of goodies

[inbtehlulz]

Nick, I think this video is actually helpful for some new climbers, I appreciate it not being a notch commercial and it felt genuine.

[sempi]

Great video! Thank you!! Especially schoeing the products and prices!

[SmithTrek]

Love all the videos learning so much from your amazing content, I can’t Help but notice how much you sound like Alton Brown the famous cook 👨‍🍳 and the glasses I’m convinced you’re related !! 😂😅 Great Work !!!

[ianpatterson]

What a great video, I am just starting out and of everything i have watched this has to be up there with the best of them, thank you.