My Recreational Tree Climbing Equipment 

Very well presented and so detailed. Looking forward to part 2/3 & more tree camping.👍

Great to see you out and about again ⛺

Your videos are so awesome I’m climbing now and I’m 50 years old and it looks s great exercise I love it.

Since i discovered Pat on here, i have been hooked. What a decent, interesting guy

Brilliant!Im 60 and bought all the gear!Cant wait!😃👍

Thanks Patrick ....looking forward to part two 👍🏻

Thanks Pat, last years tree camping vid is probably my favourite vid on your whole channel. Can't wait for parts 2 and 3

Always very happy when I look on RU-vid and see a Pat video, showing the world the true Yorkshireman spirit. I've probably got another 15 years working life ahead, but Pat's living my dream for when I'm finally done.

Started climbing for fun two years ago and 66 years old this year. Your videos are quite inspiring to another old lad! Amazing to see all the new kit available now for safe climbing. I am in the Pacific NW USA above Seattle. Some fantastic huge trees here and even have several big ones in my own yard. Thanks, Pat, for all your efforts in sharing your experiences.

you are one of my favourite outdoorsy channels, informative, interesting...keep doing what you are doing pat

Hi pat only found your channel recently and really glad I did it’s great to see someone enjoying this world for what it is. I do similar things. Never stop. your are a great example of how to live your life.

Im going to go up my Jacaranda in the front yard before I cut it down. I'll also be teaching the kids how to climb. A real life skill and looks like lots of fun. Thank You.

Hi Pat, Yes very interesting, looking forward to seeing parts 2 and 3. All the best, Dave.

Patrick i too just retired from the Power company. Always liked climbing but the freedom of being in the trees moving around and the smell of living trees is much better than hanging off a power pole with its treatment.

I've still got all the SRT gear from my caving days. Tempted to dig it out and climb a few trees. 😀

The open air, the birdsong - and the commentary (or poetry!) from Patrick.

Glad to see you out and about pat love your videos and look forward to the next all the best

Pat, you are incorrigible in the best possible way....I'm just blown away by your intrepid adventures...looking forward to Part 2..

Really enjoy the mini series Pat and love the passion you have for all you do. You brought back some child hood memories I thought long gone. Kids today I fear will never know the pure thrill of climbing a tree. Roll on episodes Two. 👍🌲.

Thanks for further expanding my knowledge, I like climbing for geocaches on trees.

Had to laugh at the title for this.... .a middle age man has a kit cos he likes climbing trees for fun...thats why I love this channel...ya never know wots coming next..👍👍

I'm enjoying the tutorial Pat!

You are looking well! Glad to have this personal look at your choices! We used to climb in the orchard near my parent's cottage. We would spend hours up in the boughs telling stories and grabbing the odd apple or handful of cherries. I can't wait for your next installment! Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us! Cheers from North Tonawanda, New York.

its always great to see what you've been getting up to Patrick..looking forward to part 2.

Watching your video tonight because nothing on tv,found this very interesting,can't wait for part two 👍

My hats off to ya mate. I'm older than you and still climbing. Love all these new techniques. Great vid. Keep climbing mate👍👍👍

Always a real treat to get a new video from yourself, Pat. Look forward to sharing this with my little lad. Voice sounds completely back to normal, I hope you feel restored. Kev in S11

Excellent instruction. Thank You.

Phenomenal production 👍👍.

Hi Pat, I had no idea about tree climbing techniques but I certainly do now after watching this. Excellent and informative video mate...well done! Best regards George.

Thanks for such informative thorough content. You have a great way of presenting your pastimes and have inspired me to attempt a tree camp. 👍

Thank you. It was a pleasure watching your video. I'll definetely go back in the trees like I am 30 years Younger :-)

hi pat, really look forward to your video,s, always super interesting and in some lovely scenic places and with the added bonus you are a top bloke.

Hi Patrick, good to see you in action again. Certainly interesting & looking forward to the next video. 👍👍😎

Thank you so very much the inspiration I was looking for!!! Stay up on the trees my friend

Great stuff another great video mate looking forward to part 2 thankyou

I love Your and challenging tutorials of tree climbing techniques!

When I was a wee boy we just climbed trees for fun, or to scrump apples, it never accured to me climbing trees was a recreation !

Hi Patrick nice to know the basic gear and in detail of each item, Tony :)

Great video! Thank you!!!

Me and Andrew Motnacz were the climbers on our estate. He was better than me but we did it year after year. We'd climb anything! Great vid

Great series thank you

Happy camping Pat! Really enjoyed the video. 🌳🌟🙂

Enjoyed your video, thanks.

Amazing as always! Keep it up!

Excellent, thank you very well explained .

thank you Patrick!

Hello, Greetings from Israel... I came across your videos, lovely ones. I am into canyoning and abseiling myself. Love your methodological videos.

Hell yeah pat stay safe and have fun climbing 👍

can`t wait for part 2 and 3 . Awesome job. Peace

Glad your back pat been to long can't wait for next video thanks.

You rock ! Were about the same age,I remember the trees when young, you make me want to climb one now , thinking about it !!! Just for fun to the first branch 😉 then we'll see from there .!!!

You are a master at this, i learn alot of this..

Great video on your kit Pat. When I was doing arborist work (and rock climbing) we used a lot of the same equipment.

Very informative video and well presented as always.

Fantastic video truly! Very informative and helpful! Thank you!

Nicely Done . . . . . . . VERY Helpful !!

Great video. Happy climbing and stay safe

Love your vids Patrick.

Hi Pat, I feel what you felt like, I'm still climbing at 60 year young. Though slowing down a bit since I got frozen shoulder. Good job mate..

Great stuff Pat. Look forward to another tree climb adventure camp. I remember as a kid (I’m still a big kid) I clumb a local tree escaping the local mad dog. I was there for hours. It was like a cartoon. It got bored. Everyone passing just laughed. 😞 years later I was working on the area and the tree was there. Bigger but I still couldn’t resist. Up I went. It never leaves (leaves 🍁) you. If it’s in you you’ll be up them. I still do it. Not as high though. Anyway great to see you amang the trees again. Atb

Really enjoyed it Patrick. Have tried both SRT and DRT and prefer DRT using a zigzag and foot ascender. Have also used two slings to climb slender trees and poles. Can’t wait for next in the series.

Great video Patrick, there is nothing like getting out amongst the trees, whether it be climbing them, walking through them in the Bush or camping amongst them. Looking forward to watching your next videos, cheers, Lyndal from The Bush Telegraph

Some of the most enjoyable activities are the ones society thinks you should "grow out of" ! 👍 A lot of people have trouble climbing stairs by the time they are 50 , so you should enjoy life while you can .

Hi Patrick, you should have your own TV series! - this is inspirational and well presented.All the best.

Fantastic stuff.. I'd love to do this.

Your opening words so true... i used to climb tree’s and it was like natural. Now no way scary stuff.

Well presented lesson

Nice, new presentation Patrick. I would be slightly anxious I might get up there and be scared to start off back down! I might have to be a permanent canopy resident! Great explanations as always. Thanks for sharing.

Hullo hullo Patrick from a cold wet Denmark...! Found your videos today. Very inspirational...! Will get me a tree Harness, for sure...! To my knowledge, "RAD", Rapid is only referring to: "Rapid Change" Rapid change of direction. From Ascending To Descending... and or back...! No need to switch gear with direction, unlike other safe ascend and descend methods. RAD is a simpler climb, whitch is a bonus, for recreational users. Stay Safe...Greetings.

Just some information for guys just getting started that dont have 500$ to spend on a harness. I just bought one from Amazon called kisslove thats very similar to the sequoa . it surprisingly well made and I wear it 8 hours at a time and barely notice it on. Its only around 80$. Ive inspected all the key attachments and the stitching is well done and the d rings and the rings for the floating bridge are robust and we'll made. I doubt it will last as long at the petzel but for the cost and as often as I climb it will definately hold up till I can afford to upgrade. Good video and safe climbing

Thanks Patrick

Thanks for the video!

Nice kit Patrick .I use to use a Buckingham USA harness . Nice to see you following your dreams

Hi Patrick. I hope you are well. I'm now well into tree climbing! The other day I climbed one with an arborist friend, he was rather quicker than I was. We reached the 70+ foot canopy of a massive tree near Durham. It was such a fantastic afternoon and a fabulous experience. I may one day do some tree climbing in Sheffield, that's where my son lives. ..... Three months ago, I had a fear of heights when I started out and I whimped out at 10 foot high. Then it became 16 foot. Then I was terrified to get beyond the first branch. Then I sat on a branch and couldn't go further. Then one time, I accidentally threw my throw line too high, and ended up hanging from a 50 foot branch, and bottled it to go up further. All the time, safety was in my mind, and part of it is learning how the gear behaves, and learning to trust it. It helped when I climbed with 2 sets of gear to put my mind at peace (my recent massive tree climb was with one main rope and 2 lanyards). On changeovers when up the tree (to advance my rope), it helps me when I use both lanyards, and I test them as I go. When your life is on the line and it depends on some knots you tie, it makes you learn them rather effectively! Thankyou Patrick for helping to inspire me in this, you are one the key people that provided me with inspiration to do something about what I only watched with interest previously.

Adventure before dementia! I'm stealing someone else's quote there, but it's so appropriate for what you do, Pat. Don't stop sharing your adventures with us. Cheers from the U.S.

GREAT VIDEO PAT

Another good 'un, Pat . Helen is most impressed. Again ! Can't wait for the next instalments. I predict there'll be lots of folks up trees shouting for ya to get part 3 done, when part 2 is out!!! Helen sez can you get a wheelchair up there? What's next....tree pub! Now there's an idea..........

Cheerful lad....like to watch you videos.

great video as usual pat yes kids these days are missing out big time infact I was listening to bbc radio 2 other week loads of people were texting in about climbing trees after an article about a woman who used to climb her tree to escape bullies and now shes older she still does also keep up the good work matey.

Great vid pat👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 just about to get back into tree climbing after many years,just hit 50 and looking for help with my gear👍🏻Thanks for the help👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Manchester 🇬🇧

Great video Pat. Roll on parts 2 & 3 👍 Johnny :)

Have a good day pat

Just got in from 5+ hours out on the canoe I put RU-vid on to find something to wind down too..... ahh excellent Patric climbing trees!

Watched your last tree camping video and was blown away, an awesome thing to do, I would 1/ accidently hang myself 2/ fall out the tree 3/ get stuck and end up in a fire brigade training video. Looking forward to part 2 and 3.

hi patrick. looking forward to part two. When i climbed up a tree, me and my mates would play `tree tick` lol. I would also make a rope swing , especially if I was over a slope or a stream or pond All the best mate :-)

Fantastic! I think I will get my climbing gear out and have a go at some trees. Love the idea of tree camping; the ultimate stealth camp??

Great video...very interesting👍 Here in Finland we have a lot of big and high trees. 😀

When we were brats, we never suspected tree climbing would become so involved, did we? Once it was as simple as pretending i couldn't, and watching the girls go first! (Can't think why that would be...) I wish I could still hack it, as it appeals to me, camping up there. But I'll have to do so vicariously thru your very informative and enjoyable videos. Your enthusiasm cannot be hidden, Pat. Hope you get some decent spells in this summer, such as its turned out so far, and I'm very keen to see the next two, having been intrigued by your previous ones. Stay safe, & good times mate! Thank you.

Hi Pat, I think all men are children at heart, that's why we get in trouble with the wife, we are be there grown up child LOL. Great video as ever, looking forward to the next one.

Your welcome to abseil down the well shaft in my garden if you fancy camping down there sometime.

Hi Pat. Awesome and informative video as always . Roll on parts 2 and 3. The boys in blue will have a tough time spotting you in the canopy this time so you have your peace and quiet and no 36 DD hassles this time :-)) Cheers and all the best from Malaysia

Hi Pat, Nothing wrong with a bit of tree climbing. I've got a few that I have climbed close by but not climbed them in a while. I have flew over them in the paramotor though. Does that count? Interesting to hear about your equipment and the ropes. Static and dynamic. There was a guy called Albert Pierrepoint once and he used static ropes to arrest falls and yes your right. Dead right. They did cause injury! The sudden jolt was swift and clean so they say! The cube for the throw line is a great idea. I have put antennas into trees for ham radio purposes and as you say, if the line is on the woodland floor it picks up all sorts of stuff and snags. Very frustrating. Looking forward to part two:) Sandy

Great video, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Eagerly waiting for the follow up parts two and three.

Another wicked video, always very informative ✌️ and yes your Right! We are still kid's, just older in this adult world!!! Which we've had to Follow by the Rules 🤘🤘👍👍👍 Looking forward to seeing the other videos 👌🏻 By the way, the Wife asked? What if you're crap at throwing the Throw line thingy 🤭🤭🤭 #takecareoutthere 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

Totally identify with this, as I was usually the one shaking conkers from the very top of the tree for the rest of the gang, or carefully placing fruit in my pockets from others..

Hi Patrick, I’m have trouble finding a carabiner that would attach/fit nicely to the assender with a pully. Which one do you have???

Brings back my memories of tree climbing in Graves Park pat, only h&s then was to be home before the street lights came on or you got a good telling off 😀😀. Did you teach yourself all the climbing techniques and stuff or has it been picked up from your days at the electricity board from any pylon climbing? Great video Pat, looking fwd to the next parts 😀🎄 🎄

Great informative video Pat. Your home must be full of different hobby equipment, I wonder if the wife really knows how much gear you really own....Ssssshhhh it's a man's secret L.o.l. Atb Adrian

Unbelievable. Thank Patrick. You have really inspired me. I just wanted to ask - I fount 2 types of that Pitzl Harness - one for single rope and one for double. I was just wondering if it is possible to use one of those for both types of climbing?