I’ve gotta say I’m impressed. I’ve been climbing trees deer hunting for about 40 years. You’ve got yourself one slick method for climbing a tree. It’s quiet and relatively fast. I bet you could start a business selling that system. Just add a lineman’s rope. It usually takes me about 15 minutes to get up a tree in my Summit stand. You got up in probably 5 minutes. Stay safe.
Scott, this is indeed an innovative way to climb for a saddle hunt. I like the comment below by DBLDREW as I was thinking the very same about safety and living longer than 73 years old. :-) My daughter makes all sorts of leather goods from purses to shoes, boots, belts, etc. I will engage her talent to make some straps as you have done. Many thanks for posting the video!! Best to you in 2021!!!
I don't recommend this technique without the use of a third tether for safety purposes. In fact, there is a risk of falling with any kind of climbing technique. I personally have studied the technique as much as I possibly could from watching climbers from Brazil. I am now using regular climbers rope and am having some trouble that I didn't expect. Be safe, safety first. Thanks for watching.
@@scottadkins3771 I just started using climbing spurs with a squeeze. I felt like I was getting out of position when advancing the squeeze so just going with the linemen and tether above hooked to my bridge. Thanks for the safety advice! Yep any climbing technique is potentially life threatening and should be backed up. Would like to see your new system once you get it dialed in. Thanks!
I appreciate everyone's comments both negative and positive. This is actually a primitive technique of climbing and your comments help me to look for and make improvements to the system. Thank you.
maybe add a climbing harness and attach it to the belay loop on the harness.. that way if you slip and lean backwards you dont end up paralyzed from the neck down..
From what I can tell, this climbing technique doesn't really have a name but it dates back thousands of years. Those people used roots and different plant fibers or cordage to use for climbing. I simply using modern climbing rope to upgrade the system. I intend to release new video around the 18th. Thanks
That’s innovative, but looks terrifying. All climbing is risky, but some look riskier than others, and this appears to be way up there on the “shit could go sideways” meter for me. I do admire your bravery sir, and its terribly clever.
You're right. All climbing does have risks. But I think this system has the potential to be one of the safer climbing systems and I am working on that in some of my other videos. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
Scott Adkins what happens if/when your foot slips off the tree? Seems to me you could wind up upside down in the blink of an eye if you don’t maintain good tree contact the whole time. Am I wrong, or are you doing this without a lineman belt?
@@brianmincher716 I address this issue in one of my other videos with the use of a climbing belt, a rock climbing harness, or a soft saddle. Thanks for watching
I'd hit on the stirrup concept as well, mostly to replace the relatively expensive platforms at the expense of around the tree mobility, but haven't had a chance to put something together. I like the seat belt idea. I might try this with a saddle on instead of the knee strap, and just tie loops in climbing rope for the bottom stirrup portion and use both feet to climb like in alot of climbers. Using a timber hitch opens alot of possibilities because it's just the free end of the rope looped around the tree. Nice and simple. With a normal tree tether on a saddle instead of the knee loop it'd be safer as well and even if the hitch on the bottom gave out the most I'd drop is a couple feet.
This was really fast and makes a lot more sense to me than most climbing methods I've seen for saddle hunting. As of now I have the WE Stepps and an Aider but would be really interested in this once you got a product put together for sale please let me know. I think it looks pretty safe as is but I don't see a reason someone couldn't have their saddle on and use a linemans belt as an additional safety measure. The linemans belt will add a slight amount of time as it's another thing to move but I'd probably use it.
This is a really nice method. It needs a bit of modification for going around limbs, and i would recommend a rappel/descent line all the way up, but other than that very nice. Stay safe and happy hunting!
I like it. I’ve tried using multiple webbing loops and girth hitching them, but this is a bit more realistic. I’m looking forward to seeing the details of your setup.
great job you looked balanced enough i could not see all the equipment i think if you had a limb or two i would not be too difficult to untie one at a time to go above them alway's a work in progress thanks for the great idea's
Eduardo Gonzales my video you replied to is a primitive technique , in my new videos I show how I develop the system to make it safer . My 2020 video were a saddle or harness is used is a much better system. If you are familiar with tree climbing with ropes , this is a pretty easy system to put together. Safe climbing and always use materials designed and weight tested for climbing.
Excellent!. Thank you for the video. I´ve been trying a very similar method which I sow being used for the ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) workers, here in Costa Rica, for climbing the electric poles. It consist just in a couple of rope rings and its used in a very similar way you do. I actually couldn´t manage myself with the old pair of ropes those workers gave me. It seems to me your sistem is saver and easier. But maybe is more the grace you have using it than other thing, hahaha.
My dad showed me a technique very very similar to this back when i was a youngun, and climber weren’t very popular yet. I’ve never tried it my self but looks promising!
You make it look easy man! Wow! For safety and for comfort, a saddle with a linemans rope would make this perfect... although more complicated I'm guessing the good old scratchy brown hemp-rope would make fine timberhitches.. Great video,Thank you!
I intend on releasing a new video this weekend coming up around the 17th or 18th. The system has been upgraded to standard climbing rope. Thanks for your interest.
Nice job really fast an quit best way I've seen so far I wish you would make another video an go a little more in depth on how you make you equipment ,an what materials you used.thanks again
I used regular climbing rope with a tensil strength of at least 6,000 lbs. I use 25/kn caribiners. 2" 6,000 lb rated webbing. 50 lb rated thread for sewing, extra strength fabric adhesive, 1/4" thick foam for padding, any kind of good durable fabric to make the sock that the foam fits in. 2' of 1/4" bungee cord. These are the materials I use. I am considering going to a 30 kn caribiner so that my entire system will be rated for over 6,000lbs. I no longer use the materials I used in the first video. An eye splice is much safer and more reliable than a timber hitch. The timber hitch tie in technique is primitive and one that I witnessed on RU-vid where they were using vines or tree bark for rope. I do not recommend this method to be used. I'm still working on my system to perfect it. There are also sewing techniques and stitching calculations that have to be done so that you keep your 6,000 lb weight rating of your 2" webbing. Remember, BE SAFE. Thanks
I like the idea, however where I hunt there would be branches to deal with more often and would cause issues. Great video. Any videos going around limbs?
I have used it to go around limbs with the use of a belt and a lanyard but I will admit it is an inconvenience and it slows the system down. I mainly focus on straight trees that you can use a climber tree stand on. In my newer video, I use weight rated climbing rope. I have considered using caribiners on the eye loops of the tethers which would make for disconnecting and reconnecting to go around tree limbs more efficient. Thanks for the comments.
I think you have something here to be marketed. Left leg sturp and a second little belt that goes around calf that's attached to line. For stability. Right thigh two straps around up high one above knee connected by two vertical straps . Just thinking out loud. Good job.
Could you explain how to make your gear? Since I live in Florida; we have mostly pine trees and was wondering how effective your gear would be in pine trees.
I have some other videos out that address this, but for safety purposes it's better to find trees with no limbs, or limbs you can easily cut off. Thanks for watching
Jim the system is more safer than you think. When I fasten the right climbing rope above my knee, it's pretty much impossible to fall out of a tree. The belt strap is tested at 6,000 lbs and the rope is tested for 4,600 lbs.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Do you have a link to that (or similar) rope? I assume you'd want a light weight, large diameter, rope. What is the smallest diameter tree you've been able to easily/safely climb with this method?
I'm in the process of putting a system together using regular climbing rope. I've seen similar methods used on flag poles with a diameter of maybe 3 inches. I personally wouldn't trust a tree that small and I like trees with an average of 12 inches in diameter give or take 4 inches. This is the tree size that works best for me. For safety reasons, I recommend the third tether either hooked into your saddle or some type of safety harness.
Couldn't you do that with one tether connected to your bridge on your saddle (a short bridge) and the other tether on your foot like you have here? It might be slower because you'd only gain height with one leg instead of two.
Actually I have in some of my newer videos. I use an extra stirrup with a rigid saddle and don't need a platform. Now if you mean too climb with , yes but I climb much faster with a leg and foot stirrup.
I suppose they could slide down a little, but since they're both connected to you they can't actually fall beyond reach. Thanks for commenting and watching.
Most of the trees I climb are fairly straight, but crooked trees don't really seem to be a problem. If you use it on a tree with a few bigger limbs, use a belt and lanyard to go around the limbs with. It does slow down the climbing a little bit.
Point of my saddle / stick set up is to get up trees that my climber won't go up easy or practically any tree the stick will fit. . If I'm limited back to straight trees with your set up, ( Unless you can maneuver around limbs easily )then to me this is kind of pointless method.
When it comes to limbs, it slows you down a bit. Right now I use a lanyard to help go around limbs. But keep in mind, the method I use in the video is an old primitive technique of climbing that can be modified and improved upon.
@@scottadkins3771 just want you to be safe my friend I apologize for being direct, but I know one friend who fell from a tree stand...never came home again. As we get older playing it safe is always the best approach God bless and good luck
@@perryrusso3764 thanks. I admit this climbing method isn't for everyone and any climbing method should be practiced. If a person doesn't feel secure in that climbing method, they should not use it. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.
@@scottadkins3771 hunting accidents happen...but saddle hunters push to the edge to lighten their load...one thing that always concerns me is the ability to come down quickly when you have to...sudden high winds and fast approaching storms are the things that can add to making a mistake...anyway I use the wild edge climbing steps and I'm currently working on a aider....well hunt safe and have fun
Here in SW Pennsylvania the Oyster Mushrooms are awesome. My favorite to eat has to be Young Pheasant Back/ Dryads Saddle.Cant forget Sheep Heads to eat with deer meat n chili!! Happy hunting
