Tree Climbing High in the Canopy using Lanyards 

Thanks for those kind comments, yes took a bit of planning, but all part of the fun. I tried to imagine what I wanted to know when I first started and then tried to put the information over in the vidio. Thanks again for the comments, all the best Pat

Patrick Dickinson video* but this is awesome! It’s made me think about when I go on tree climbing on my residential trip,now I’m less scared of it :)

Absolutely agree, this is an excellent production.

Thanks really appreciate your comments, all the best Pat

Thanks Doug, a little bit different this series, but very enjoyable to make, thanks Pat

Thanks Mark, very enjoyable vidio to make, all the best Pat

Hi Rik sounds a just like my childhood, requiring nerves and ability which I would certainly be up for, all the best Pat

@richm2835 Yup, I have similar memories. At 8-10 years old I scrounged some scrap boards, dragged them halfway up an old hemlock at the edge of our woods, wedged them across some branches making a small 'deck'. No climbing gear, no ladder or steps, just an old short 'haul' rope. I don't remember how I managed to climb up and down -- there were some dead limbs below the 'green' ones which I must have clambered up and down. 65 years latter I'm watching/listening to Pat (and others), assembling gear and eying a 100 ft white pine and several 50+ ft white ash in our woods and thinking about tree camping. Good times. Thanks Pat for your inspiration and expertise!!!

Thanks Philip, bit of a challenge to film, but all part of the fun and enjoyment of making a vidio. I think I will be back out wild camping next, all the best Pat

Great to hear from you Eliseo, so much gear is,nt there just to climb a tree, but what a amazing place to be, all the best Pat

Thanks Don, appreciate that and glad you found them useful, all the best Pat

Thanks for the kind words, hope to be back out wild camping soon, all the best Pat

Thanks Ian, enjoyed making this zeies of vidios, all the best Pat

Thank you for your kind comments, got to look after these old trees, and it's so easy to do. Such a wonderful place to spend a day high in nature's canopy, all the best Pat

Hi Robert, yes quite a lot of info on gear and teqniques to take in, all the best Pat

Thanks Philip, enjoyed making these vidios all the best Pat

Yeah, I grew up in an area with a lot of tall pine trees and as a young kid (basically grade school to early high school age), we would climb to the tops of those pines. The tallest were probably 75-100 ft or so... Sometimes we would fall somewhere along the way and the limbs would slow us down so that we didn't hit the ground with full force and even when we did finally hit the ground, this was pretty old forest, so there was quite a bit of pine straw under those big trees -- a 50 year old tree probably had 50 years of pine straw under them. Surprisingly, none of us ever broke any bones in these endeavors -- apparently, Darwin was sleeping on the job... These days, I wouldn't do anything like that without a climbing harness and safety ropes. I've determined that gravity sucks a lot more as you get older and I've broken rips from falls that are a **lot** closer to the ground just around the house. So, at my age, why in the world am I looking at videos like this? Just getting some ideas for going up in one of the trees on my property so that I can trim some of the limbs that are dead or just need removing. It's a live oak tree, so not that tall (maybe 40-50 ft) and I don't need to go all the way up, but it's further up than I'm willing to fall at my current age, especially with a chain saw and since the landing point would most likely be on the concrete.

Thanks Kevin, it is another world up there, all the best Pat

Glad you enjoyed the vidio, thanks Pat

Thanks for that, something I have always enjoyed, been high up in the trees, and very interesting to film as well, all the best Pat

You are very welcome.... safety is the No 1 priority, certainly a lot to learn, but thats what makes it so interesting, thanks Pat

It's amazing up there Manuel, just so different, and so interesting with all the different gear. I,am glad I have if items the spark, all the best Pat 👍

Thanks appreciate your comments thanks Pat

Thanks David, yes not getting any younger and certainly use some effort getting up the tree, but worth it, all the best Pat

Thanks again Mark, and glad the video came across well, thanks Pat

Thanks Bram, yes poer lines are easy, but the towers are very high, all the best Pat

Nice to hear from you from all those mile's away. This lovely bit of woodland is in the suburbs of my home city only 1 km from my house great place to climb and just day dream, all the best Pat

I bet most of my comments on tree climbing from the US, it is a lot more popular there, slowly growing in the UK, thanks Pat

Love the trees, another world up there, I do have a tree camping vidio I did last year, amazing, thanks Pat

Thanks Greg, nice place to hang about for a few hours, all the best Pat

Thanks Steve, I enjoy trying out different angles, brings the vidio to life, thanks again Pat

Thanks Roy, alot of info to get in, all the best Pat

Hi and thanks for watching my vidios, vary with my interests, but hoping to do some more wildcamping soon, all the best Pat

Yes Will, amazing to be high up in the canopy, all the best Pat

Thanks Damian, little bit different, fancy a bit of wildcamping next, will have to see, all the best Pat

Thanks Toby, yes a lot of filming and editing, but all part of the fun, thanks Pat

Thanks Nell, little bit different, all the best Pat

Thanks for that, and nice to hear from somebody with similar interests, thanks Pat

Thanks for commenting Robyn, hope to be back out wildcamping soon, all the best Pat

Your a long way from here Franklin, but great that you can see my videos, glad you enjoyed the video, such a easy way to climb, thanks Pat

Thanks John,it's a great way to climb, nearly free climbing, but very safe, and that's what counts, thanks Pat

Just amazing up there, another world.... all the best Pat

Yes David, happy days, happy days, who needed ropes in those days, thanks Pat

Sounds very exhilarating that, love to have a go, glad you enjoyed the vidio, thanks Pat

Will do Billy, thanks Pat

Thanks Stuart

Thanks John, yes bit of a challenge, but all part of the fun in making a vidio, all the best Pat

Hi Duncan, yes a great hobby, so much to learn but its interesting, and the rewards when high up in a tree...just wonderful.....all the best Pat

Thanks David, took a bit of planning to get the sequences right, but happy with the results, thanks again Pat

Glad you enjoyed it thanks Pat

Glad you enjoyed it....really hard work, just the climbing never mind all the filming as well, but its different.....Pat

A great way of climbing, basically free climbing, but you are anchored and safe all the time thanks Pat

Yes Phil, it is very much like returning to your childhood, fantastic, thanks Pat

Thanks for the comments, appreciate it, thanks Pat

Thanks, you can make quite rapid accent with the lanyards, and be safely secured all the time, suits are UK broad leaf trees which have plenty of branches, thanks Pat

@@patrickdickinson6492 Thank you for your awesome climbing videos, stay safe broo .

Hi Sam, yes never too old to climb, thanks Pat

A lot of gear and tequniques involved, but what a great place to be, high in agree, thanks Pat

Thanks Malcolm, did think of it once, but happily retired now, all the best Pat

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, all the best Pat

Hi Russel, might not of included it in detail rapelling down, such alot to fit in one video, may have to show more in another video in Spring, thanks Pat

Thanks Ence, another world up there, thanks Pat

Thank you, appreciate that, thanks Pat

Love to take him along with me, could even get him down a drain as well, haha, thanks Keith, all the best Pat

Hi Mark, yes can look a bit alarming but every bit of kit has a job to do, and it all goes together and is very safe. Nice to hear your comments, all the best Pat

Thanks You, Pat

Hi Andrew and thanks for the kind words, was a pleasure to make, and such a lovely location in my favourite woodland, thanks Pat

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Pat

Yes your right, love it up in the trees, different and amazing, all the best Pat

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it Raimo, all the best Pat

Yes I do worry ,I tend to climb in secluded, private areas, thanks Pat

Hi Tim, a lot of gear and tequniques to learn, but it's interesting and once your up in the canopy, just amazing, thanks Pat

Thanks Andrew, GoPro mounted on my helmet, thanks Pat

Thanks John

Thanks Bill, back out wildcamping next I think, thanks Pat

Your very welcome Les, thanks Pat

Yes I visit that spot and have some thoughts for another camp up there, great location, thanks Pat

Hi Billy yes climbing trees will open up new challenges for you, there all over the place and there are some big uns out there, keep on climbing, all the best Pat

Thanks for that, not too bad when you build your confidance up, always careful, all the best Pat

Thank you for that, Pat

Thanks Carl

Glad it was helpful Jarle

Hi Emily and nice of you to comment, hopefully left work behind now, yes I would have some interesting stories but, these explores and wildcamping alot more interesting and Fun, all the best Pat

Your very welcome Vincent, great way to climb trees with lots of branches, nearly like free climbing, but you are safely secured all the time, thanks Pat

Hi again, yes you have got it slot on, I tie a knot like you say or you can fastern a plastic ball on that does the same thing, thanks Pat

Thank your Sergel, we both have a interesting and exciting hobby, such a great place to be, high on a tree, thanks Pat

Yes very popular near were I live with Stanege Edge only 3 miles away, but trees are all over, waiting to be climbed, all the best Pat

Thank you so much....just amazing up there, with the lanyards it's like free climbing, but in a safe way, always attached...... thanks Pat

Your very welcome, thanks Pat

Yes Jimbo, we are having poor weather, raining all the time and many floods, too wet to climb so I,am waiting for Spring, all the best Pat

Hi Andrew, sort of run out of time, very easy though, there are plastic balls you can fasten on or tie a knot it passes through the big ring, but catches on small ring which it can,t go through, then simply falls to the ground, a similar method lets you lower it to the ground, thanks Pat

Thanks Nguyen, really pleased you enjoyed the video, thanks Pat

Hi Leslie, I, ve got one in the pipeline for Sept or Oct but fancy a bit of wild camping as well, all the best Pat

Hi, if you tie a knot in the end of the rope, pull so it passes through the large ring of the Cambian saver, it will jam on the small ring allowing you to pull the Cambian saver down, thanks Pat

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks Patrick yes should of shown that but ran out of time. Basically a knot in one end of the rope will pass through the big ring but jam on small ring, bringing the friction saver to the ground, it can be lowered with the throw line as well, thanks Pat

Hi Brian, yes should of included this but, basically put a knot in the end of the rope, it will go through the large ring, but not the small which it snags on and pulls the friction saver to the ground, thanks Pat

Great and speedy way to accend a tree, well suited to our trees with many side branches, thanks Pat

Your very welcome Keith

Thanks Mark, very kind of you to say, thanks Pat

@@patrickdickinson6492 your welcome pat.look fwd to all your future adventures!

Thanks for that, Pat

Best place in the world Jim, high up in a tree, all the best Pat

Hi Juan, yes should of included this, with role through both rings of friction saver, tie a knot one end, pull other, knot passes thro big ring, jams on small ring allowing friction saver to be pulled to ground, thanks Pat