The first 45 seconds of this video is exactly how it happens and looks, when you get your friction saver stuck. Lol

@themeatpopsicle

4 жыл бұрын

The tarp-kicking really nails it hahahaha

@ChosMan16

4 жыл бұрын

I agree! That and the lined up cones haha

@carlcox7332

3 жыл бұрын

Well he'll yea. Have you seen what they charge for those damn things lmao

@suzannecalvin

3 жыл бұрын

way too funny 😖 stuck again / had some practice unstucking friction saver spiderwoodman@gmail.com

That montage of anger is basically every single time I use a throwline. Gotta start the day off right, with a solid barrage of cursing and unbridled rage.

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

Every arborist out there knows, throw line rage is real!!!

@aliray1165

3 жыл бұрын

Accurate af. Then your mate will chime in “you haven’t even done any work yet either”

Love how you capture the anger in that type of situation 😡😭😂 fantastic.

That was by far the best advice for retrieving stuck anchors.

That intro was so cathartic. Too real.

Ah thats a class technique mate. If only our lecturers at merist wood knew that one 15 years ago, would have saved us having to climb back up those big old oaks again at the end of our climbing sesh!!

@ClimbingArborist

Жыл бұрын

😂

This man's great taking time to show people what he's learnt

“Retrieving your friction saver is easy! Just use your throwball line” you seriously overestimate my ability with a throwball.

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

Have some faith in your abilities 😀

@KeenanBaird

5 жыл бұрын

@@ClimbingArborist I try to, and I am getting better. It only takes me 10 minutes now instead of 45 :)

@nate2838

5 жыл бұрын

@@KeenanBaird slingshots really help, easily worth the money, and if you need a really high shot thats hard to hold back far enough, your lanyard combined with a panic snap and quick link makes a nice trigger system.

You little beauty. Had a cambium saver stuck 12 metres up a tree. After a few expletives, not a good war dance like the one in your intro, nice, watched your video and plucked it out first time. Awesome

Love this, I will master this method "today". I know it's going to feel great to tell a helpful co-worker who's volunteering to rescue my friction saver, to stand down, at ease climber. My old and tired carcass has got this under control. Good looking out MR. Holiday, as usual. Very happy about your smart tactics😁🔥💪😎

@ClimbingArborist

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Thanks Dan that was really great 👍🏻 you filmed that really well. All that’s left now then is to “go rescue that little bad boy!” ✌🏻🤘🏻

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

🤙

May the Good Lord bless you for sharing these tips! Now I can practice my friction saver installations higher than my Marvin pole saw can reach, LOL 🇨🇦

with every scenarios that kept escalating in difficulty I kept waiting to see you pull out the chainsaw

The first 45 seconds is soo true - whether we acted on it or not: it was certainly an expression so tempting to do. Tying the throwline to the rope prior to pulling it out could be another option to save a lot of time as a “just in case” measure.

The first bit of the video was me about half an hour ago as I was out practicing setting a friction saver. Tired on a limb about12 foot off the ground. Did fine. Then I tried on a higher limb, about 20 foot up. After I finally got the throw line over the limb (took FOREVER!!! lol) I noticed that I forgot to pass the throw line through the big ring of the friction saver. Started again. Several throws later... Everything going well...got the friction saver up... and then noticed that, somehow, I managed to get the cord twisted round the side with the big ring. After a several attempts, the only thing I could see to do was to let the cord down and leave the friction saver. Was low enough (was only practicing today thankfully) that I could use a long pole to knock it loose. Wish I'd seen this video first. Would have been something else good to practice. Do love your videos. Fantastic. Brilliant work.

@ClimbingArborist

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a fun day out 😂

@erisculpepper8867

2 жыл бұрын

@@ClimbingArborist Was right frustrating but actually productive... lol I deffo need more practice.😂

Thanks Dan, very helpful ! Appreciate your time to make this

Well Dan what an excellent lineup of tips ! all excellent. I would share a long story but I’ll keep it short and simple, I had this happen to me a few years ago, I tied a log hook onto a rope, use the log hook to get my line free, although I don’t advise it, because I forgot about the point😳 I did not damage my rope or rings but I thought about it afterwards. Joe

Haha the start was very good:) Spot on tips, never heard of them before 👍

Fantastic. I just met you today at the comp climb today. Great trick. Thanks.

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

Great to meet you bro

That beginning was hilarious, really represented the way you feel.

I just used the slip-knot trick to retrieve a friction saver that was stuck 65’ up - thanks for the great video (and all the others)!

@ClimbingArborist

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Tim, I bet that felt so satisfying

I recall encountering problem where a similar, albeit simpler trick was. Same type of problem, but different piece of gear stuck ... Not even had main line up yet. Got the throwbag lodged in one of the consistently not-too-wide forks of a southern hemisphere podocarp ... so I threw another throwbag on the opposite end of the throwline over another fork two metres further up, and pulled line through there. What had felt like a throwbag wedged as snuggly as a well crafted mortise & tenon then proceed to be fished out with ease that belied the tribulations of the preceding efforts to dislodge the PITA Incredible how if the angle of pull is no good for effecting release, just how hopelessly ineffectual (at best) or detrimental (at less-than-best) the escalation of force sometimes can be ...

@paulhooversr8149

8 ай бұрын

I like your writing style... reminds me of W.C. Fields -- Ah yes!

LMAO! That was the most accurate example ever

@silnatic506

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same haha . Very accurate portrayal of treeman rage

These are some really great tips. I’m not so sure might throw ball game is good enough to actually execute either of them. LOL I’m far more likely to throw a lower union and climb my forgetful but back up the tree.I do love the video though, thanks for sharing the knowledge.

@nate2838

5 жыл бұрын

i'm right there with you. though if the shot is real easy i MIGHT get out the slingshot for it, way easier and more accurate for me than throwing. i don't throw very often, so suck at it. on the rare occasions i using line access, i always shoot it into the tree. the slingshot takes a lot less practice

Thanks for the great tips! I know I will be trying to remember them the next time this happens.

Best intro ever did this a few weeks back I sure got mad

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

The throwline rage is real ... 😡

@TheToolnut

5 жыл бұрын

@@ClimbingArborist Brilliant intro Dan, i had a good laugh at that, 🤣. Always happens at the end of a tough Day, used to drive me mad. As time has gone on i've learned to have some patience and perseverance. I used to get my pulley saver stuck alot but not so much anymore. Are you selling those Arb shirts on your online shop Dan?

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

I am selling them but haven't got the black or the red on the website just yet

bloody good acting that was awesome. Your techniques and tips really makes you a Master at this profession.

Amazing. Time watching was well spent. Thanks.

very good. I stopped trying to retrieve them from the ground for this reason.

It worked in 15 minutes. I spent hours with many methods including fire, paintballs, just all kinds of insanity. You rock.

@ClimbingArborist

3 жыл бұрын

Thats awesome, Give me a full explanation of what happened, how long it was stuck for etc...

@pearnold

3 жыл бұрын

I am relatively new to tree climbing, but I am pretty experienced rock climbing. Used an ascender and a gri gri. Everything went perfectly. Cut a few branches. The last step was pulling rope down. I attached a lead line twine rope to my climbing rope because I wanted to leave the twine up in the tree for a few weeks to practice some more (found a great spot/crotch to top rope from). The carabiner got stuck when I was pulling the lead line back through. I went to pull the lead line back and it snapped. My rope was completely wedged. I was angry. Very angry. Haha. I threw another twine line up, irrationally, IT ALSO GOT STUCK. I literally set that line on fire with the idea of melting both out.--But I quickly put it out for fear of starting a forest fire. I then shot it a thousand times with my paintball gun trying to lubricate it. Tugged. Forever. Nothing. 2.5 total hours of futile toiling and cursing. Went inside as night fell. Found your video. Went back out this morning and got it out in less than 15 minutes. Took a victory picture. THANKS AGAIN MAN! You have restored my faith in tree climbing. 😆

@ClimbingArborist

3 жыл бұрын

@@pearnold amazing!! Send me the victory picture mail@climbingarborist.com

Thank you! You are awesome for making these great videos. Cheers!

Always at the end of the day on Friday. First part of the video is absolutely spot on! 🤣 I've had this one too many times though and when I'm done, I always take the friction saver down with me.

Thank you for explaining it very well amazing work

Thanks! This is something you NEED!

Hahahahahaha, that opening sequence actually made me laugh out loud ! No bullshit lol ! It was so funny, that I was certain that you'd end the vid with a laugh. When you said, what can you (one) do when you've pulled your rope out 'sans' saver, I was expecting you to say, climb back up there you total wanker ! That would've been the instructions I'd have issued on site ! Great little trick, well done 👍

@ClimbingArborist

3 жыл бұрын

Love your comment Rob , glad you got a good chuckle from this one.

Oh man that gave me a good laugh! Thanks brother. Nearly cried when mine got stuck in a ~110’ pine, but the tree gods smiled on me when I flipped the hell out of it.

Great video awsome ways to retrieve a friction saver have never seen it done before but like some other people commented throw ball game isn't all that good so my sorry butt be going back up tree like have many times lol

Awesome video mate 😂😂😂 thanks. Very helpful

Treeman rage!!!! Another great vid brother 👍

Perfect! Thank you very much from Germany!

That’s slick. Thanks for sharing Dan. 👍🏼🇨🇦

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers dude

EXTREMELY HELPFUL. THANK YOU👍

Wow that’s gonna save me so much time thank you..

This is so satisfying haha!! Great work

@ClimbingArborist

Жыл бұрын

🤙

Wow! Awesome tips.

You had me at the intro! Lol

@ClimbingArborist

3 жыл бұрын

😂

The DMM Captain Hook can be handy for retrieving a stuck RnR also. Used like the slip knot technique

Pretty slick, thanks

Great video. I had this happen in a redwood just a couple months ago. My method looked closer to the first part of this video except that I had 5-6 spectators so I had to tone it down.

Good video. Good luck.

Great video.

Thanks, very helpful!

@ClimbingArborist

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for your comment.

Cheers mate, you got me out of a right pickle. Lincolnshire, uk.

Very cool trick😯👍THANKS

nice tip! will remember that for if it happens

I was already clicking the thumbs up button 40seconds in the video XD

I clicked the like button before the first minute!

I've seen this technique before for retrieving a stuck throw weight. Many climbers call it the Golden Retriever.

@ClimbingArborist

Жыл бұрын

👍

Why have I never thought this before.....

Hahaha i love the beginning of this vid

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

😡😤

Very good!

that happened to me yesterday, thanks for the tip

cool. thanks!

Today during the hottest part of the hottest day of the year, whilst practing ropes in the park I did a very foolish thing of setting and pulling up rope into friction saver , but not leaving any tail in the rope. So the knotted end of the rope was not heavy enough to come down with gravity. I have only started learning, had not ascended any tree yet and didn't have equipment for srt. But I did try to do SRT with footlocking for ages and couldnt make it work. In the end I did ddrt with other end of rope , directly into limb. No friction saver. I was forced to ascend tree for first time. This whole "ordeal" took two additional hours after my planned one hour of practice. I was so thirsty that whenever passers by asked me what I was doing I could not reply, my mouth was glued together, dry and gummy. But once I got up the tree, I got my rope and friction saver down, thankfully.

What sorcery is this,,, Now only if I don’t get my throwball and throw line stuck, we be good, Thanks for sharing.

4th option, get the second crew member to go get it or borrow his/her line and get it yourself. If they pulled it out it's their responsibility to get it on our crews.

I think I broke my computer by smashing the like button in the first 40 seconds of the video

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Excelente idéia, 👍👏👏👏

Thank you !

@ClimbingArborist

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

God bless ...man..hope all is well as can be ....dano

@ClimbingArborist

3 ай бұрын

Appreciate brother 🙏

Nice 🤩

Amazing trick. You sir, have yourself another subsscriber

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude, glad you liked the video

@harm7448

5 жыл бұрын

@@ClimbingArborist hey man, from the 17th of may there is a championship for arborists in the netherlands. Its in a place called apeldoorn. Here is the link:www.kpb-isa.nl/index.php/kampioenschappen The website is in Dutch but you may be able to translate it. Hope to see you

And the 4th option...cut the !#^@&*^ tree down! Good tips, thanks. I need to ask a question, what boots were you wearing? I've been looking for a minimal boot without the lugs so I won't damage the tree.

Genious!

Nice

Lmao at the beginning.....hilarious.😂....how many throw attempts with the bag Dan?

I liked the video for the first 45 seconds.

Too relatable

only add on. tie a second throw line on to 1st throw one. Now you can pull either direction.

Genius :)

HAHA..LOVE IT DAN, ON HOW TO RESCUE A FRICTION SAVER..I JUST RESCUED MINE YESTERDAY BUT I HAD TO CLIMB..WONDER WHAT'S MORE REWARDING..A CAT OR F/S ? I'VE NEVER TRIED A CAT.

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

Cat is way more rewarding because you get paid, stuck friction saver is just bad luck or stupidity

Too many trees to climb in one day to have the time to set up a friction saver every time I gotta go up, concept is idea but not very practical to me unless I'm working with a triple braid rigging line or something very abrasive to the bark :/ Great video though! I Always love the cutback on manual labor

Wow. I have a rope stuck in Tempe tree. If this works I'll be so happy.

NIce!

Will rain hurt it? Can I leave it outside in the rain?

Dan, what is your advice in a case when you tie the ball to the wrong end of the rope and it is stucked in a small ring aloft)?

@ClimbingArborist

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose the only advice I can think of right now is to start climbing. I'm sure there is a way it could be retrieved but can't think of one off the bat

0:28 me every time I use a throwline and someone offers a helpful hint Edit: gotta admit I’d have creased up if the rescue line had got stuck solid and we had a replay of 0:28

@ClimbingArborist

3 жыл бұрын

That should have been an outtakes part at the end...

first part of this video was me yesterday!!...lol

Exactly how I feel every time lmao

what kind of boot r u using ?

NOICE!

😅por isso a importância de escolher o lugar certo na ancoragem.

That's some slick $&!t

The good ol FSF (Friction Saver F**kup)

Not enough rage 😤😂

That intro… 😂😂😂😂

@ClimbingArborist

2 жыл бұрын

Glad the intro tickled you 😃

@thecanopyclimber

2 жыл бұрын

I’m just curious what your neighbors were thinking while you threw your “tantrum” 😂😂

@ClimbingArborist

2 жыл бұрын

@@thecanopyclimber probably thinking ‘it’s just that weird tree guy playing with ropes again’

Lol, a bit dramatic but I definitely understand

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

😤😡😠

👍👍🤙

Me, every time I get my friction saver or throw ball stuck. Lol

@ClimbingArborist

5 жыл бұрын

😡 😤 😠

Thats me today...... my first time the knot went throw both rings and the second time i made 2 knots on my rope and now it doesnt pass throw none of the rings of the friction saver