Congratulations bro! I hope to do that someday myself. Those trees are so majestic. May God protect them from greedy fools, the same sorts of fools who fell that 385 foot tall Sequoia in Northern California back in the 40’s. I used to live about 2 hours away from the giant sequoia trees when I was 7 years old. My parents managed a restaurant called Snowline Lodge. It was so precious living in that area. I live in Baldwin Illinois now. (Southern Illinois.) Thank you for sharing this video. That drone shot is remarkable
An arborist myself, I have to say that is my favorite video to watch. It definitely sparks a need for me to pursue climbing a specimen like that myself! Thank you for this inspiration and climb safe my friend......🖖
@@Jeffopar : 🤣 Behavioural ‘omnivores’, is a heart attack and cancer and high blood pressure, fat deposits clog the arteries everywhere, Limp👇🧟♂️🦠🍖🔴Diiick eating Cooorpses 🛏💔🤷♀️🤦♀️ .. ruclips.net/video/KK7vFRcB8lk/видео.html .. ruclips.net/video/XmXynDLkbXY/видео.html 😂🤣😂😂. Over a frigging 5 minute burger or chicken etc. CuItfoIIowing !!!! MeatfIake !! Caveman !!! 🙄 Time-Iapse pig carcasses. 6-10 days in your stomach puuutrefying 🤮. Deodorant mask the symptoms but you still smell bad in your feet and shoes and socks 🔴🍖🦠🧟♂️🥾🦶🧦, 🧟♂️💩🚽🤮🤮🤮. No Fibre. PH 4, hard arteries.. ruclips.net/video/VvSZTmWRvXY/видео.html .. Vegans they don’t smell, because lots of fibre if you eat plants and fruit and nuts and berries and tubers and lentiIs beans and potatoes etc. Lots of fibre !! PH 7-10. Smooth arteries. ToiIet ✅❤️💩🚽😉neutral. And you get bigger and stronger and fitter when you go plant based. No fat deposits because fat deposits is animals and cheese and fish etc.
Oh, "Jeff", how you and I, do so LOVE our "big red friends"! If . . . I weren't so plagued by vertigo, I'd be right up there with you. I have, however, taken naps in Sequoia goosepens(Laughs!!). Judging from the lushness of the ground vegetation, and the patches of moss on this big guy, it looks like you shot this vid around the Calaveras Groves; am I right?
Wow, what an awesome climb and tree!! As an arborist in europe my highest climb was about 130feet and it's really rare, not much big trees here left... 300 feet was probably an incredible feeling and experience, need some good throwball skills though. Well done 👍
A trip out to Sequoia National Park is unforgettable. You should go out for sure. The idea for this climb came while visiting the park. This tree is south of Yosemite.
Richard's Favorite Places Hi, I am an arborist that has been climbing trees for almost 20 years. You could go with someone like myself with very little training. It is harder than it looks though. The tree is on forest land so no permits needed. It is very important that we use climbing techniques that do not injure the tree. It will be around long after we have left this earth. One of the coolest things I have ever done.
@@Jeffopar When I get ready to come out there, maybe you could help me climb one? Could you drop me an email and let me know how much you charge and that sort of thing? richardsfavoriteplaces@gmail.com
Hi Don, if you look at the beginning of the video I am using what is called a bigshot. It’s basically a giant slingshot on an eight foot pole. I shot a weighted throwline up first, then used that to pull my climbing line up and over a branch.
First I launch a small throw line up and over a limb from the ground. There is a picture in the beginning of me kneeling. I am pulling on a giant slingshot called a “big shot”. Once I was in the canopy I just continued by throwing either my climbing line or my smaller throw line and using that to pull up my climbing line. You can RUclips “arborist throw line” and you should see tons of techniques on how to get a rope up into a tree. By far my favorite is the “Big Shot”.
"Landowner"?! It's in a park (state or national, not sure). Probably have to 1) make a reservation, 2) pay an insane fee and 3) climb with a guide from a certain list of approved guides. Crazy expensive, I bet.
Dan Tyler Actually it was completely free. I am an arborist so I own all my gear. The tree is on forest land so no permission or fees either. One of the coolest things I have ever done. I climbed it alone and my wife flew the drone.
I launched a throwline up into the canopy with a “big shot” basically a giant slingshot. I then used that to pull my climbing line up and over a branch.
Thank you, it was an amazing climb. No wildlife, my wife got eaten alive by the mosquitoes on the ground though. She toughed it out to get that drone footage.
What would I give to climb this tree but my only problem is I'm a free soloist tree climber but aged 68, began just over two years ago. Having said that I would love you to tell me where I can go to find someone to climb this Sequia
Just a few questions regarding a tree that size. At that height how can you tell you've secured a decent tie-in with the big shot? Did you commit your line to choking that first branch before ascending. Did you find a lot of branches getting in the way advancing your line. I've worked on a few Wellingtonia's and struggled with the drooping branch structure (or is this a coast redwood?). Thanks.
I just chose the largest safest looking limb and choked my climbing off to it. It looked very good from the ground. I did commit my climbing line once I sent the tail up. It was pretty easy to advance my line up the tree as I went. The canopy was open enough that little branches were not a problem. This a Giant Sequoia, the limbs came pretty much straight out from the trunk.
I used something called a big shot, which is a large slingshot on the end of an 8 foot pole. It’s used in tree work to set a throw line that you then use to pull up your climbing line. I can accurately set a rope up to about 100 and 25 feet or so. There is a picture of me kneeling down pulling down the slingshot in one of the first frames of the video.
@@Jeffopar I heard a forest ecologist mentioning how many large sequoias had actually been gutted by the recent fires.Perhaps they where in a different park.Cheers.
@@Jeffopar I worked in the Giants for 23 years. I serviced their summer Trash Service. They say “If you’re gonna pick up Trash, do it in a nice place” We live just outside Sequoia’s entrance. Over the last two years we’ve lost an estimated 10% Of giants. I assume you were in National Forest for this Climb. The National Parks are mighty strict. Last year 132 Square Miles of Sequoia/Kings Canyon burned. We were under a Mandatory Evacuation Order for over a month in September/October, but we chose not to leave. The Fire came within a half mile of our home. It’s good to have Wildland Firefighter friends. They kept us grounded and informed. The previous year there was another big fire to the South of us that affected a lot of Giants in the National Forest. Amazing Video. Kudos to your wife touching it out and getting that fantastic Footage. Cheers.
Curious how you made this happen? This is a dream of mine to climb up into the canopy of a redwood - did you need to have a permit? I have 4 years climbing experience and I have been looking into this for the last few months. Once in a life time experience to climb the largest organism on earth!
I visited the area to do some scouting while on vacation. My wife and I flew back a month later with my climbing gear and made it happen. This was on national forest land so it didn’t need a permit. It was truly incredible!
I'm an arborist/timber faller in the Sierra Nevada, I used to live near a few of the over 250 foot Giant Sequoia, climbed them a few times. You cannot climb the Giant Sequoia in Sequoia National Park or Yosemite National Park. And beware that in some of the larger groves on Forest Service lands the trees are off limits for various reasons, the fires were so extensive that entire areas are not safe for climbing. Thousands of Giant Sequoia are dead, it's very sad. The sight of dead standing Giant Sequoia is depressing. Entire areas are closed, or it's not advised you visit right now. I've done a lot arborist work in massive Sugar Pines over 180-200 ft, and a few really big Giant Sequoia next to cabins,over 200 ft. I love my job, sole proprietor. Taking the time to visit the General Sherman Sequoia is well worth it, it's stunning. And then after a visit there it's amazing to think that the Lindsey Creek tree was close to twice the over all volume, blew over in a storm on 1905. Many of the Coastal Redwoods were over 425 +ft.
Absolutely beautiful. I’m always trying to reach new heights myself. Is this in the sequoia national park or no? I’ve been trying to find some trees like this open to climb or just on public land
Thanks! This tree is in the Sierra forest, south of Yosemite. The forest land is, as far as I know, ok to climb in responsibly. If you are a professional climber I can’t recommend it enough. It was a truly incredible experience!
So jealous!!!! Here in ohio, we talk about climbing redwoods a lot. Hopefully one day I get the opportunity. Highest I've climbed is 100ft. Seems like small potatoes to something like this.
It was an absolutely amazing experience. Get out there and at least visit the redwoods. My wife and I were out at Sequoia National Park and Yosemite on vacation and I decided that I had to climb a redwood. We flew back out (from NC) the following month with my gear. I found this tree on forest land, its not protected like national park land.
All those climbing these ancient trees are contributing to their demise. One or two scientists help us to understand what is taking place up there in the canopy. However - do you remember a teacher pointing out to you as a young student - if one person picks a flower, ok, but if everybody picks a flower, they will all be gone! And your teacher was right. If you truly revere these trees, admire them with your mind, and let them be here for your great, great grandchildren!
It is amazing we still have any of these giants left. The Early Pioneers **decimated** the old growth forests and cut down thousands up thousands of Sequioa and Redwood with wanton destruction and greed.
Cool. I couldn't do it as don't like heights. Although it is majestic climbing a tree that old. Where those lines already in the tree before you started?
Thanks for representing from arfcom! I set the initial climbing line from the ground with a "big shot" basically a giant sling shot. Then I had to advance my lines up in the canopy with a small throw line.
Cool. I always represent the videos from arfcom. Funny you are the first that has said that. There is another guy that posts mainly motorcycle videos and some guns his channel on RUclips is nws and he is another poster on arfcom. Its all #'s for his username there 10 something never can remember the rest. Look up Bike won't start. Hard to look cool. on arfcom and you will find him.
@@Jeffopar really? because no matter how i word my google search for the tallest giant sequoia in the world is general sherman. i know the get up to about 311-320 feet but cant seem to find a single example.
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as a tree climber you are making me want to push my limits and climb higher, much love for your page! so glad I seen your video
Now this was absolutely wicked!
Climb high stay safe brother!
👍 👍👍👍
Congratulations bro! I hope to do that someday myself. Those trees are so majestic. May God protect them from greedy fools, the same sorts of fools who fell that 385 foot tall Sequoia in Northern California back in the 40’s.
I used to live about 2 hours away from the giant sequoia trees when I was 7 years old. My parents managed a restaurant called Snowline Lodge. It was so precious living in that area. I live in Baldwin Illinois now. (Southern Illinois.)
Thank you for sharing this video. That drone shot is remarkable
Thank you so much! My wife flew the drone and she was being eaten alive by mosquitoes. She toughed it out and got some great footage.
"fools" is to kind...
An arborist myself, I have to say that is my favorite video to watch. It definitely sparks a need for me to pursue climbing a specimen like that myself! Thank you for this inspiration and climb safe my friend......🖖
Thank you so much, that is a huge compliment from a fellow Arborist. It was an incredible experience for sure.
@@Jeffopar where did you do this? I thought it was illegal to climb big trees? Or was that just for redwoods?
@@Jeffopar : 🤣 Behavioural ‘omnivores’, is a heart attack and cancer and high blood pressure, fat deposits clog the arteries everywhere, Limp👇🧟♂️🦠🍖🔴Diiick eating Cooorpses 🛏💔🤷♀️🤦♀️ .. ruclips.net/video/KK7vFRcB8lk/видео.html .. ruclips.net/video/XmXynDLkbXY/видео.html 😂🤣😂😂. Over a frigging 5 minute burger or chicken etc. CuItfoIIowing !!!! MeatfIake !! Caveman !!! 🙄
Time-Iapse pig carcasses. 6-10 days in your stomach puuutrefying 🤮. Deodorant mask the symptoms but you still smell bad in your feet and shoes and socks 🔴🍖🦠🧟♂️🥾🦶🧦, 🧟♂️💩🚽🤮🤮🤮. No Fibre. PH 4, hard arteries.. ruclips.net/video/VvSZTmWRvXY/видео.html ..
Vegans they don’t smell, because lots of fibre if you eat plants and fruit and nuts and berries and tubers and lentiIs beans and potatoes etc. Lots of fibre !! PH 7-10. Smooth arteries. ToiIet ✅❤️💩🚽😉neutral. And you get bigger and stronger and fitter when you go plant based. No fat deposits because fat deposits is animals and cheese and fish etc.
That looks like the Bull Buck Tree in Nelder Grove.
That’s impressive!
Great video! I don't know why it doesn't have much more views.
Stunning climb, perfect views from the top.
holy crap someone actually climbed a sequoia! You deserve a like
Oh, "Jeff", how you and I, do so LOVE our "big red friends"! If . . . I weren't so plagued by vertigo, I'd be right up there with you. I have, however, taken naps in Sequoia goosepens(Laughs!!). Judging from the lushness of the ground vegetation, and the patches of moss on this big guy, it looks like you shot this vid around the Calaveras Groves; am I right?
Wow, what an awesome climb and tree!! As an arborist in europe my highest climb was about 130feet and it's really rare, not much big trees here left... 300 feet was probably an incredible feeling and experience, need some good throwball skills though. Well done 👍
Thanks, it was an amazing experience!
Thanks! 👍
Is there a service I can go pay for that will allow me to do this?
That was amazing to watch! You are very brave and have an incredible view at the end.
On my bucket list to see these magnificent trees in person. May they always be protected🙏🏻
A trip out to Sequoia National Park is unforgettable. You should go out for sure. The idea for this climb came while visiting the park. This tree is south of Yosemite.
Nice. The helicopter is very handy for looping the ropes up onto the tall branches. I didn't think to do that before.
Ummmm... What are you talking about?
I think he thinks you set the rope with a drone for some reason.
That looks incredible, I would love to learn how to do that and to ascend one of those trees. Do you need any special permits or anything to do it?
Richard's Favorite Places Hi, I am an arborist that has been climbing trees for almost 20 years. You could go with someone like myself with very little training. It is harder than it looks though. The tree is on forest land so no permits needed. It is very important that we use climbing techniques that do not injure the tree. It will be around long after we have left this earth. One of the coolest things I have ever done.
@@Jeffopar When I get ready to come out there, maybe you could help me climb one? Could you drop me an email and let me know how much you charge and that sort of thing? richardsfavoriteplaces@gmail.com
That's nice. HOW TO GET THE ROPE ATTACHED WAY UP???????
Hi Don, if you look at the beginning of the video I am using what is called a bigshot. It’s basically a giant slingshot on an eight foot pole. I shot a weighted throwline up first, then used that to pull my climbing line up and over a branch.
how do you put the rope at the top of the tree? (sorry for my bad english 😅)
First I launch a small throw line up and over a limb from the ground. There is a picture in the beginning of me kneeling. I am pulling on a giant slingshot called a “big shot”. Once I was in the canopy I just continued by throwing either my climbing line or my smaller throw line and using that to pull up my climbing line. You can RUclips “arborist throw line” and you should see tons of techniques on how to get a rope up into a tree. By far my favorite is the “Big Shot”.
@@Jeffopar ah ok thank you for the answer, really interesting techinque 👍🏻
Climbing 300 feet is just like sitting on top of the statue of liberty
Great climbing, you make it look easy. 👍
Thanks Ben, I have been climbing a long time.
Very nice, have to do that in the near future... Where is is beautifull tree at and does one need permission from the landowner to do this? Thx.
"Landowner"?!
It's in a park (state or national, not sure).
Probably have to 1) make a reservation, 2) pay an insane fee and 3) climb with a guide from a certain list of approved guides.
Crazy expensive, I bet.
Dan Tyler Actually it was completely free. I am an arborist so I own all my gear. The tree is on forest land so no permission or fees either. One of the coolest things I have ever done. I climbed it alone and my wife flew the drone.
I love this song and amazing video!!!!
Great video, that's an amazing climb
Great music great skills short and to the point how did you climb with that heavy set of balls you had to drag up the tree
Wow! How awesome is that?!! Very cool video!
Definitely indescribable the feeling.. best of wishes man...I've climbe about 120.. and its amazing
How was the first rope attached up in the canopy?
I launched a throwline up into the canopy with a “big shot” basically a giant slingshot. I then used that to pull my climbing line up and over a branch.
If I had a house in a suitable climate, I would definitely plant this in my yard. 😃
I’m never complaining about my 16 ft flip line again. Great video dude! Any wildlife encounters along the way?
Thank you, it was an amazing climb. No wildlife, my wife got eaten alive by the mosquitoes on the ground though. She toughed it out to get that drone footage.
On the top of tree 🌲 what is your experience. Any fear or not?
Jaw dropping. Nicely done
Thank you so much!
What would I give to climb this tree but my only problem is I'm a free soloist tree climber but aged 68, began just over two years ago. Having said that I would love you to tell me where I can go to find someone to climb this Sequia
Hey, send me an email. I would be happy to share some ideas. Oparjeff@gmail.com
Now that’s climbing a tree! Amazing
👏👏👏👏👏
Best to watch with sound muted, so long as there is no narration. Music ruins the video.
Why?
It does not ruin it, but it is of course annoying. Muting is best!
Nice. Are you climbing in SRT or MRS?
That was an SRT set up with the rope wrench.
Just a few questions regarding a tree that size. At that height how can you tell you've secured a decent tie-in with the big shot? Did you commit your line to choking that first branch before ascending. Did you find a lot of branches getting in the way advancing your line. I've worked on a few Wellingtonia's and struggled with the drooping branch structure (or is this a coast redwood?). Thanks.
I just chose the largest safest looking limb and choked my climbing off to it. It looked very good from the ground. I did commit my climbing line once I sent the tail up. It was pretty easy to advance my line up the tree as I went. The canopy was open enough that little branches were not a problem. This a Giant Sequoia, the limbs came pretty much straight out from the trunk.
I wanna climb one so bad and smoke a joint at the top and sit there for hours just enjoying every min of my time up
Good luck getting down without tearing yourself open while high lol
There is no place in the world like a giant redwood forest !!
What type of accenders are you using?
On this climb I used a rope wrench and HAAS.
one of the greatest views on earth
Thanks Chuck, it was truly incredible being up there.
Chuck Harris wedd
I do not have word . amazing 👍👍
Thank you! It was incredible.
What an incredible experience that must have been! You really are on top of the natural world there, spectacular!
How you climbed the tree
My question is how did u get the rope up there? A helicopter?
I used something called a big shot, which is a large slingshot on the end of an 8 foot pole. It’s used in tree work to set a throw line that you then use to pull up your climbing line. I can accurately set a rope up to about 100 and 25 feet or so. There is a picture of me kneeling down pulling down the slingshot in one of the first frames of the video.
Did it survive the recent disastrous wildfires ?
It should be fine. These trees have evolved with fire as part of their life cycle.
@@Jeffopar I heard a forest ecologist mentioning how many large sequoias had actually been gutted by the recent fires.Perhaps they where in a different park.Cheers.
@@Jeffopar I worked in the Giants for 23 years. I serviced their summer Trash Service. They say “If you’re gonna pick up Trash, do it in a nice place” We live just outside Sequoia’s entrance. Over the last two years we’ve lost an estimated 10% Of giants. I assume you were in National Forest for this Climb. The National Parks are mighty strict. Last year 132 Square Miles of Sequoia/Kings Canyon burned. We were under a Mandatory Evacuation Order for over a month in September/October, but we chose not to leave. The Fire came within a half mile of our home. It’s good to have Wildland Firefighter friends. They kept us grounded and informed. The previous year there was another big fire to the South of us that affected a lot of Giants in the National Forest. Amazing Video. Kudos to your wife touching it out and getting that fantastic Footage. Cheers.
Curious how you made this happen? This is a dream of mine to climb up into the canopy of a redwood - did you need to have a permit? I have 4 years climbing experience and I have been looking into this for the last few months. Once in a life time experience to climb the largest organism on earth!
I visited the area to do some scouting while on vacation. My wife and I flew back a month later with my climbing gear and made it happen. This was on national forest land so it didn’t need a permit. It was truly incredible!
I'm an arborist/timber faller in the Sierra Nevada, I used to live near a few of the over 250 foot Giant Sequoia, climbed them a few times. You cannot climb the Giant Sequoia in Sequoia National Park or Yosemite National Park. And beware that in some of the larger groves on Forest Service lands the trees are off limits for various reasons, the fires were so extensive that entire areas are not safe for climbing. Thousands of Giant Sequoia are dead, it's very sad. The sight of dead standing Giant Sequoia is depressing.
Entire areas are closed, or it's not advised you visit right now.
I've done a lot arborist work in massive Sugar Pines over 180-200 ft, and a few really big Giant Sequoia next to cabins,over 200 ft. I love my job, sole proprietor.
Taking the time to visit the General Sherman Sequoia is well worth it, it's stunning. And then after a visit there it's amazing to think that the Lindsey Creek tree was close to twice the over all volume, blew over in a storm on 1905.
Many of the Coastal Redwoods were over 425 +ft.
@@Jeffopar Is it safe for the tree? Worried that if tons of arborists climb the tree it could be damaged. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks!
👏👏very nice!😃
Absolutely beautiful. I’m always trying to reach new heights myself. Is this in the sequoia national park or no? I’ve been trying to find some trees like this open to climb or just on public land
Thanks! This tree is in the Sierra forest, south of Yosemite. The forest land is, as far as I know, ok to climb in responsibly. If you are a professional climber I can’t recommend it enough. It was a truly incredible experience!
Its not clear to me how people get the ropes up there to start the climb
How did you get the throwline up there??
I launched it up with a “big shot”. You can see it in one of the first few pictures in the beginning.
great job and awesome.
How long it took you to reach the top?:)
It took about an hour and a half to two hours. I wasn’t in any hurry.
Nice:)👍
So jealous!!!! Here in ohio, we talk about climbing redwoods a lot. Hopefully one day I get the opportunity. Highest I've climbed is 100ft. Seems like small potatoes to something like this.
It was an absolutely amazing experience. Get out there and at least visit the redwoods. My wife and I were out at Sequoia National Park and Yosemite on vacation and I decided that I had to climb a redwood. We flew back out (from NC) the following month with my gear. I found this tree on forest land, its not protected like national park land.
very beautiful video and climb!
U the only one who's ever climbed her? Amazing! Like scaling Everest!
Wow I hope a lot more of those have been planted recently!
All those climbing these ancient trees are contributing to their demise. One or two scientists help us to understand what is taking place up there in the canopy. However - do you remember a teacher pointing out to you as a young student - if one person picks a flower, ok, but if everybody picks a flower, they will all be gone! And your teacher was right. If you truly revere these trees, admire them with your mind, and let them be here for your great, great grandchildren!
Is this Lindsey sterling ?
I guess why ask a question when I know the answer. Lol
Yes it is, a lot of people hate the song. 🤣
@@Jeffopar its a great song in my opinion!
Good work 👏🏻👍🏻
Very cool Dude
It is amazing we still have any of these giants left. The Early Pioneers **decimated** the old growth forests and cut down thousands up thousands of Sequioa and Redwood with wanton destruction and greed.
You are so brave !
Not many can say they've done that.👍
Outstanding!
Majestic!!
Good job.
. HIGH
AWESOME K.G.LUV GREENTEAM 5 👏
good job
greatbjob and perfekt tree..
Cool. I couldn't do it as don't like heights. Although it is majestic climbing a tree that old. Where those lines already in the tree before you started?
Thanks for representing from arfcom! I set the initial climbing line from the ground with a "big shot" basically a giant sling shot. Then I had to advance my lines up in the canopy with a small throw line.
Cool. I always represent the videos from arfcom. Funny you are the first that has said that. There is another guy that posts mainly motorcycle videos and some guns his channel on RUclips is nws and he is another poster on arfcom. Its all #'s for his username there 10 something never can remember the rest. Look up Bike won't start. Hard to look cool. on arfcom and you will find him.
Nuts but cool as hell
what's the music?
It’s Lindsey Sterling.
Amazing
sweeeeet!
Breathtaking.......
#win
God bless you
Isn't this illegal?....
No, its perfectly legal, the tree is on forest land not national park land.
I was waiting for the base jump :(
I wish. 👍
wow, amazing..
Awesome
That is a tall tree that’s all I have to say.
Cool
Dank vidya bruthur
Does anyone know how the fuck he got a rope up there
wow!
💚🌲🌳🙃
So dooope
And then he cut it down.
No he didn't. He loves tree's.👈
Kpleset auto jadi peyek😑
Wack music tho
How dare you
worst music ever.
general sherman is the tallest giant sequoia at 275ft stop lying to people.
The General Sherman is not the tallest Giant Sequoia, it is the largest. The tallest is 95.8m or 314 ft.
@@Jeffopar really? because no matter how i word my google search for the tallest giant sequoia in the world is general sherman. i know the get up to about 311-320 feet but cant seem to find a single example.
www.monumentaltrees.com/en/usa/california/fresnocounty/5053_giantsequoianationalmonument/20612/
@@Jeffopar thank you!!! :)
so what