climbing over ivy.... help?

[O41 Super AV]

thank you for the advice and criticism, subing the 2 tree's out was the best advice and chalk it up as experience.

 

[tree md]

I have fallen twice in the 21 years that I have been climbing. Once when I was green and doing something incredibly stupid and once when I gaffed out and my knot didn't bite. Both times I was in an ivy covered tree.

 

[Nor Cal]

wow

What about the fact he needs to remove the ivy! It's harmful to the tree and makes it difficult to inspect the trunk to see if you should be climbing the tree in the first place!

 

[boutselis]

Does anyone have any advice for spur climbing a tree covered in ivy? The tree is about 80ft oak and has 25-30 feet of ivy up the trunk, i need to get my flipline over the ivy and i find myself not making much progress. I am using a steel core flipline with a rope grab and leaving myself extra slack trying to clear some of the ivy. The ivy is 360 around the whole tree, as the tree is the middle of the yard and gets sun from all direction, i'm trying the climb the side with the thickest facing me hoping the other side would be the least amount of resistance for the flipline. I don't not want to got out and buy a bunch of new rope climnbing equipment, and i know i shouldn't be spur climbing a tree that i'm not taking down, but i'm just not taking it down yet. the home owner didn't want to spend the money at this point in time but is worried about alot of wind broken limbs and some dead branches falling onto his pool cover or children who play in the yard. any thoughts or ideas would be great thanks alot

38ft ladder.

 

[Carburetorless]

What about the fact he needs to remove the ivy! It's harmful to the tree and makes it difficult to inspect the trunk to see if you should be climbing the tree in the first place!

That's why I told him to start at the bottom and work his way up.

If someone had gotten rid of the ivy a long time ago the tree would probably be in good shape, but you know how some people love their ivy. I'm surprised they didn't ask if he could remove the tree without hurting the ivy.