No spikes, No ascenders No Problem!! Use the lanyard crawl Tree climbing method Strider Tree

Josiah, the Tree_Strider is a tree climbing Instructor focused on training the next generation of climbers, arborists and other tree workers in safer, more efficient work practices at height and on the ground.

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[Knot-orious]

The carabiner he mentions is the DMM Ceros.

[jaseverchanged]

These technics are amazing. I’ve been watching climbing videos for years and I’ve never seen these before. Awesome Job

[paulamoore]

You make climbing trees look so easy. I'll keep on practicing...

[hobbybaumpfleger]

Just tried it out today... And it works easier than I expected! And it is still faster then run back to the car and get the forgotten foot ascender ;-) Thanks for the idea! Cheers Reto

[philo-aletheia]

Awesome. One of the things I like about what you are doing is that it automatically has redundant safety systems. That is, you generally have two attachments to the tree in the event that one fails or a mistake is made.

Thank you for sharing this.

[dabrokest]

I don't have any spikes or ascenders and have been climbing like this for a long time. I taught it to some of the heavier guys on the crew I was on and it performed well for them as well. Great video!

[d.christopher]

Nice Job! Thanks for taking the time to make these. Great approach for trimming healthy trees. No spike damage to the tree. Love it!

[philknight]

This technique is awesome. I used it when i was learning how to use spikes, kind of used the top line as a backup so i could try faster spike and lanyard climbs.

Thanks for the video!

[JustMe-gweo]

You mean I been climbing for years and never thought of that. Dope!

[Daniel]

That looks like a lot of time and effort. I’ll just use my ascender. I’ll give the video a like to help with the YouTube algorithm for increasing popularity to your content. I like your video content as a whole and how well you explain what you’re doing. 👌🏼

[Gtiger]

You make it look easy!
Thanks for the info!

[richfagan]

Cheers for sharing this technique mate👍

[justinjones]

Excellent, miss this type of content from you.

[shawngustafson]

You made that look effortless! The prime lanyard slack is definitely the key. Just gotta feel that out for yourself as you learn, like boxers with their reach.

[RAMTreecare]

Thanks for showing this simple climb up in the tree 👌🏽🤗🤗

[GOASTize]

Would love a video of you actually doing a whole tree like this.

[mvblitzyo]

Ive done this style of ascent back in the 90's but was very new and I was just figuring things out . great video young man ... 30 plus years late, as a tree worker, I found u tube haha I really enjoy your videos thanks for really good information ..

Joe

[callie_waldschmidt]

This is great! I was curious if you have a method for climbing spikeless on spars? I have a few 40' hemlock trees that need to be pruned but they don't have any viable branches for ascending - they're all too skinny. I'm based in the pnw and most guys just spike up them but I want to have a better option.

[timeorspace]

I’ve been hitch climbing because my new work rope has two slaices, and I did not know I could get it through the zig zag. I’ll try it tomorrow, thank you. Also, foot locking works, and was cool around the same year this video’s music graced long elevator rides.

[lisamcqueen]

Pretty cool!
I like it!
Thanks for sharing,
Steve