Roped belayed tree climbing

I've watched a couple videos of climbers who are top roped climbing tall trees .... I wondered if anyone has tried roped, belayed tree climbing.. and their what are their opinions, it looks like fun to me !

There’s a dude who pops in my Instagram feed now and again who lead climbs big strangler figs in I think Costa Rica? Looks very fun and the pro seems pretty good if runout at times. 

nowhere wrote:

There’s a dude who pops in my Instagram feed now and again who lead climbs big strangler figs in I think Costa Rica? Looks very fun and the pro seems pretty good if runout at times. 

Noah Kane. Here is a rad video of him climbing trees with Ethan Pringle. 

Yeah that’s the dude. This dude does some wild treesolo stuff 

https://www.instagram.com/leo.urban?igsh=MXFpc3ZwbnFzcDNxaQ==

https://www.mountainfilm.org/films/treeverse/

Ken Tubbs wrote:

https://www.mountainfilm.org/films/treeverse/

I watched the video .... real multi day climbing ! 

With a finite # of cliffs, and more and more crowds, I sense "tree climbing" could become a huge new sport. 

Ricky Harline wrote:

Noah Kane. Here is a rad video of him climbing trees with Ethan Pringle. 

Exactly what I was imagining, why hasn't this taken off as a new popular sport ? Especially on those hot "scorcher" summer days ?

Definitively on this summer's list of things to try ... I hope others do as well and share their experiences. 

I’ve dabbled. A buddy was into it, he’s just plain into climbing trees.

We were using slings around the branches, though I’ve seen the knotted pro Noah Kane uses.

I dunno, it ultimately did not grab me like rock climbing does. It felt way more sketch to me. You’ve got bark sloughing off, and the challenges are just different than rock climbing. The access/legality in some cases isn’t always so clear though we were never hassled.

The pros of it include the vast amount of climbing that opens up. Lowering down yields a whole other activity that you’re lowering through the tree and can actually Tarzan swing between branches. Other possibilities like transferring from one tree to another open up.

My friend was pretty convinced it could become a big thing. I’m not so sure, but there’s obviously interest. You’ve likely got the gear as a rock climber, give it a go. 

When I lived in NZ we used to climb an invasive pine species with our ice tools and crampons, slinging branches or eventually the trunk for pro.