Designed for tree professionals who need not only climb tall trees but also stay at their upper branches, perhaps for long periods, to perform their work, the Tree Spider Speed Safety Harness is equipped with features designed to make working at the top of tall trees safe and comfortable. It is also used by hunters [...]
Designed and handmade in Italy, the Lowa Vajolet GTX Boots are primarily intended for climbing the mountain ranges to the country’s north –the Alps. If they are good enough for tough, wet, and technical climbs, they are certainly good enough for tree climbing. Indeed, they work well with tree climbing spurs. The upper section of [...]
Weighing only 345 grams or a little over 12 ounces, the Petzl Alveo Best Helmet is a lightweight and comfortable headgear that is barely noticeable even after hours of use. In spite of its rather insubstantial weight, it provides ample protection from falling tree branches or twigs, or rocks, as well as from electrical hazards [...]
Designed to be both functional and stylish, the Wiley X Blink Polarized Sunglasses 557 provides excellent protection without impairing your vision and at the same time makes you look good wearing it. In addition to these, it is a sturdy piece of sunglasses that can last for years. This is because both the frame and [...]
Combining synthetic leather, spandex, 3D mesh, and terry cloth, the Wells Lamont 831 Blister Armor Fingerless Gloves provides excellent protection for your hands that is also comfortable and even stylish. You can confidently grab your ascenders, ropes, or twigs and branches with rough barks without worrying about blisters and scratches on your palms. This, of [...]
Climbing trees whether for sport or for a living can be a dangerous exercise. This is especially true when climbing tall erect trees whose branches to which you can hold or step on are perhaps a hundred feet or more above the ground. In such cases, you will need all the help you can get. [...]
Created specifically to meet the needs of women climbers, the Petzl Elia Women’s Climbing Helmet provides an excellent fit and extra comfort for their intended users. The Petzl Elia is suitable for most types of climbing including rock and ice climbing, mountaineering, canyoning, caving, and tree climbing. The helmet’s headband is designed to fit heads [...]
Named after a lizard that adheres to virtually any surface, the ISC KH452 Gecko Supersafe Carabiner keeps your ropes and other climbing gear close to where you want them at all times. Made by International Safety Components, Inc, the Gecko Supersafe features a unique configuration designed to force the connection point to the ‘biner’s small [...]
When tree climbing, you need to protect your hands as gripping ropes and grasping tree trunks and branches with rough barks can chafe or even graze and scrape your palms. At the same time, however, you need to maintain your manual dexterity in order to be able to manipulate your carabiners, ascenders, rope grabs, and [...]
Sporting a design that is different from typical harnesses, the Buckingham Deluxe Traverse Saddle has plenty of advantages over them. It uses a split tail system for more comfort and better positioning. Taking advantage of this system, there are two sliding dee rings on the durable Nybuck webbing bridge that allow lateral movement of up [...]
Reinforced with Kevlar and fiberglass, the composite shell of the Pacific Helmets WR5 is one tough headgear that can take bumps, crashes, and collisions in a stride. Since Kevlar is five times as strong as steel given the same weight, the WR5 is extremely light yet exceptionally strong, making it comfortable to wear, and making [...]
DMM first introduced the revolutionary concept of incorporating a pulley to a carabiner with its DMM Revolver. This, however, is a non-locking carabiner that is closed with a wire gate. With the DMM Revolver Locksafe Carabiner, a locking version is now available. The pulley is embedded into the biner’s basket. It rotates on a high-tensile [...]
The name Shanta originated from Sanskrit, the classic literary language of India. It means calm or serene. It is an apt name for the New Tribe Shanta Rope Pack, because it assures you that your climbing ropes, on which your life may sometimes literally hang, are fully protected. Climbing ropes can be damaged when exposed [...]
Gripping ropes, grasping twigs and branches and perhaps even hanging on them requires adequate protection for your hands, otherwise you risk cutting them with the rough bark of tall trees. At the same time, however, you also need to be able to manipulate your ascenders, descenders, pulleys, and carabiners, as well as the knots and [...]
Instead of the more common tie-in and belay loops, the New Tribe Pro-Gear II Arborist Saddle has a tie-in point that is fixed at the front and which is closed with a pear screw link; and, in place of the belay loop, it uses a floating roller D on the leg loop crosspiece or strap [...]
All climbing ropes, no matter how strong and sturdy they are, have their own service life expectancy. They can only take so many falls and so much exposure to the sun’s UV rays, rain, dirt, or moisture. They can also be seriously damaged when spilled with chemicals or oils. Inevitably, they weaken and become unsafe [...]
All adventure sports activities necessarily involve a certain element of danger, but it would be reckless not to take simple precautionary measures that could prevent injuries, lesions, cuts, or even death. The Stein D11C Height Safety Helmet Plasma SSES Hi-Viz is one of those gears that can contribute a lot to the avoidance of harm [...]
With its French cowhide leather main body, the Metolius Belay Gloves looks elegant enough to give the impression that it was intended for cold weather city wear. A closer examination, however, reveals that the split cowhide reinforcement at the palms is simply too durable for just opening car doors and gripping steering wheels. Unless, of [...]
Featuring the first sit harness with two floating bridges, the New Tribe Nikosi Arborist Saddle provides you with full freedom of movement. You can turn, twist, or extend your reach without getting hampered by the waist belt or leg loops. This is possible because Nikosi’s unique double floating bridge design allows the waist belt and [...]
Climbing trees, especially very tall trees, can be dangerous if you are not properly equipped with the necessary tools and accessories. The good news is that, unlike when you were a kid when you climbed trees with nothing but your bare hands and a prayer, you now have strong, sturdy, and scientifically tested equipment to [...]