The Most Ridiculous Tree Climbing and Hammocking Tutorial EVER!

[lazy river road]

Awesome video. Is tree climbing a hobby where did u learn these nifty skills? Thanks for the good laugh this morning. Awesome video.

[FireInMyBones]

Thanks for the laugh. It was rather informative. I did have to pause the video every once in a while to pick out some of the knots you use.

[Suede]

Great video! Funny and entertaining! Thanks for making and sharing.

[Refreshing]

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Awesome video. Is tree climbing a hobby where did u learn these nifty skills? Thanks for the good laugh this morning. Awesome video.

I am a long time rock climber and was daydreaming one day about how awesome it would be to sleep in the canopy. After researching like 10, 000 arborist blogs and videos I decided to aquire a static rope, a $12 hammock, and I used my rock climbing gear to ascend my first tree (and I froze my butt off cuz I didn't have any under insulation )

[genixia]

May I ask why you do not like my base anchor? Is it the knot? The tree is too small? No branches to stop the line from creeping up? Or maybe a combination of all these?

The lack of branches is a concern because trees usually taper upwards and especially since you use static rope. In a fall if that anchor slid up you would gain downward momentum. Then when the anchor hit a branch there would be no absorbtion of the dynamic force in the rope, creatiing a shock loading possibly sufficient to cause gear failure. It's exacerbated by the choice of knot that only has one loop around the tree (thus little friction to stop that slide). That knot has no backup shown either. I'd much prefer to see a tensionless hitch with a double figure eight backup. The tree itself looks fine, it's not going anywhere.

Incidentally, have you seen this? http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor...-the-Knot.html

[Refreshing]

The lack of branches is a concern because trees usually taper upwards and especially since you use static rope. In a fall if that anchor slid up you would gain downward momentum. Then when the anchor hit a branch there would be no absorbtion of the dynamic force in the rope, creatiing a shock loading possibly sufficient to cause gear failure. It's exacerbated by the choice of knot that only has one loop around the tree (thus little friction to stop that slide). That knot has no backup shown either. I'd much prefer to see a tensionless hitch with a double figure eight backup. The tree itself looks fine, it's not going anywhere.

Incidentally, have you seen this? http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor...-the-Knot.html

Thanks for helping me better understand what you were talking about.

[Meekin]

Oh no Bobby. You could have died. (In that 1950's announcer voice)....

[nothermark]

Good one! Thanks!

[Chard]

I am .............. amused.

I can hardly wait for Bobby's next adventure!

[Xtrm tj]

That was awesome, looks interesting to try.

Looks extreme....I like extreme things. Just as a part time job I am a firefighter/Emt.....makes for some interesting moments...lol