Climbing Dead Trees with Ice Tools

Thoughts? This lockdown shit has me desperate.

I don't feel like the lock down is your problem

Martin Brzozowski wrote: Thoughts? This lockdown shit has me desperate.

Please record/post the videos of you ascending said trees. Thank you 

Andy Eiter wrote:

see I'm not the only one

Andy Eiter wrote:

Boss af

On lead, no less.

More good memories

Pretty cool. Nice idea.

Looks pretty cool.

I need to find a dead tree...

I have a massive tree in my back yard. It needs trimmed occasionally. I use ice tools to get to the first big branch. After that I can usually toss a rope, fix it, and jug. Rinse and repeat until I'm in place to start cutting.

So I've done it.

While actually ice climbing, I love sinking into a stump while topping out, so bomber.

The destructive side of me would love to try to climb one of those sheet metal warehouse buildings.

Ash blight. Poor trees but amazing ice 

simulation. Back yard woods has hundreds-
*I haven't died yet*

Dead ash trees are exceptionally dangerous, dont climb these!

Arborists nationwide are no longer climbing these brittle, unpredictable trees that can fail at any diameter. When it comes to ash, nothing is big enough or sturdy enough. Even trees that have been treated with insecticide should be treated with extreme caution.  
Yall are nuts, I'm always glad to be out of the dead ones, and that's when I'm getting paid. 

I got started ice climbing by climbing dead trees with Gunkiemike.  There's a fine line between dead enough to climb and dead enough to fall over.  Be careful. 

I just wish it was as easy to get good sticks in brittle ice as it is in wood

That's pretty cool! Unfortunately, we do not have here dead trees.   

KathyS wrote:There's a fine line between dead enough to climb and dead enough to fall over.

This is not true of ash trees. There are no dead or even declining ash specimens that should be climbed. The effects of emerald ash borer leave these trees, even seemingly large, sturdy ones, incredibly brittle and unpredictable. Dead ash of any species should never be climbed.

Other tree species might be candidates for such a pursuit, especially if adjacent trees are used for life support. I'm consistantly amazed at the forces dead and declining trees withstand during removal operations. 

Still not my idea of something to do in my spare time.