Ah, so THIS is the actual use-case of monkey fists! I got here through a climber friend who posted this in our discord; I'm normally over in the martial arts side of youtube and saw people talking about their merits as self-defense tools, and I remember wondering what the heck the purpose of it was, or if it was just some weird self-defense tool fad someone thought up.
It's basically a free solo at the start and finish.That monkeyfist may have hold your weight on a fall, but the swing from the rope being all around the tree plus the 6-10m? of falling would've slingshotted you into the canopy haha! Very impressive climb on the mental side. Leadclimbing trees seems like fun :)
Hey Noah, love the videos they’re (imo) the best climbing videos on yt. I was wondering if you could share some info on making anchors? Even just a link to a site or video is much appreciated. Thank you so much, love the content, keep it up!
Wait a sec, how do you even put the anchor up there in the first place? Great video though, really inspiring to see a person with such love for climbing random stuff
He explained in another video that what he's climbing in the videos is the hardest side of the tree and there's usually something much easier to climb on the other side.
have you considered do a basket hitch instead of a girth hitch around the limbs? I know that a basket would slide more but are there any concerns about how girth hitches reduce the strength of the slings.
Sandstone climbers usually prefer figure 8 knots and would probably take a bigger diameter rope. You can even use three or four strands of the rope to make the slings bigger, probably safer than the monkey fist. The monkey fists can compress more than other knots under high forces.
@@sportenapfeltorten2095 I mean yeah, that's true. But also hard things inside are a safety hazard. Stones or stuff for example could break and crumble under pressure and make the knot pointless. It probably holds, but a figure 8 could be better. Funny enough that the example of the sandstone climber he shows uses a figure 8 knot sling and not a monkey fist.
@@RuinerWonkel You are surely right! In the vid by HowNotTo the sandstone climber they interwiew also says they barely use monkey fists, even though they are the ones most people know about. :o)
Nice climb / what i can recomend is to add something not flexible in to monkey fist i do have one with dog ball atlnd that would / could nit go throw that .... :)
Why not put a locker on the monkey fist sling? While unclipping is highly unlikely on soft webbing/rope, it feels out-of-textbook climbing to put your life on a single non locking carabiner.
Theres really no reason not to sling the "dead branch" as well as have the monkey fist. Look at british bold climbing, they are not afraid to place many shit pieces to catch a large fall and neither should you be.
An incredibly difficult knot to create...in my opinion. I totally suck at knots! And sadly my family on my paternal grandfathers side were all swedish fisherman. Somehow, knots totally skipped my generation. 🤦♀️
Your pov climbing footage is so great.. I honestly get sweaty palms watching this. It's awesome how you get this feeling across the screen.
Glad you got the visceral feeling!
Ah, so THIS is the actual use-case of monkey fists! I got here through a climber friend who posted this in our discord; I'm normally over in the martial arts side of youtube and saw people talking about their merits as self-defense tools, and I remember wondering what the heck the purpose of it was, or if it was just some weird self-defense tool fad someone thought up.
It's basically a free solo at the start and finish.That monkeyfist may have hold your weight on a fall, but the swing from the rope being all around the tree plus the 6-10m? of falling would've slingshotted you into the canopy haha! Very impressive climb on the mental side. Leadclimbing trees seems like fun :)
he has also free solo'd a tree, i would highly recommend watching it :D
Definitely a sketchy tree
I heard Metal Gear, you’ll definitely see some snakes
every time i see these videos i think about snakes in the trees man
We need a breakdown like you did the multi pitch on gear and setup for climbing trees. Super cool stuff!
One day!
@@NoahKaneplease do
5.6 in my forest 😂
definitely
All it will take is one spider to take me out.
haha
Hey Noah, love the videos they’re (imo) the best climbing videos on yt. I was wondering if you could share some info on making anchors? Even just a link to a site or video is much appreciated. Thank you so much, love the content, keep it up!
Wow, didn't expect the monkey fist to be your final protection of the route (except of the top anchor, of course)
How do you rappel down at the end? Do you leave a permanent anchor up there or do you just rappel off a strong branch/fork and pull the rope through?
i imagine he leaves an anchor, or sometimes ive seen him downclimb. rappeling straight off the tree would definitely violate his ethics.
this is amazing keep on making these good videos and you get to the millon
Will do!
Wait a sec, how do you even put the anchor up there in the first place?
Great video though, really inspiring to see a person with such love for climbing random stuff
I'm wondering the same thing
He explained in another video that what he's climbing in the videos is the hardest side of the tree and there's usually something much easier to climb on the other side.
prolly ascend a static rope up to the canopy and then place the anchor.
if you were afraid of lead climbing, how did you put the rope on the first time ?
His friend put up the rope
Easier route around the other side of the tree
have you considered do a basket hitch instead of a girth hitch around the limbs? I know that a basket would slide more but are there any concerns about how girth hitches reduce the strength of the slings.
thought i just saw you on the salt lake trax. wasn’t sure though and didn’t want to approach a random person 😂
lol I was just there
Sandstone climbers usually prefer figure 8 knots and would probably take a bigger diameter rope.
You can even use three or four strands of the rope to make the slings bigger, probably safer than the monkey fist.
The monkey fists can compress more than other knots under high forces.
Maybe he put something incompressible inside.
On the sandstone its illegal but on the trees the only restriction is not hurting the tree.
Right?
@@sportenapfeltorten2095 I mean yeah, that's true. But also hard things inside are a safety hazard. Stones or stuff for example could break and crumble under pressure and make the knot pointless. It probably holds, but a figure 8 could be better. Funny enough that the example of the sandstone climber he shows uses a figure 8 knot sling and not a monkey fist.
@@RuinerWonkel
You are surely right!
In the vid by HowNotTo the sandstone climber they interwiew also says they barely use monkey fists, even though they are the ones most people know about.
:o)
Nice climb / what i can recomend is to add something not flexible in to monkey fist i do have one with dog ball atlnd that would / could nit go throw that .... :)
How about ufo's as protection? (Also trad protection from czech/saxony) Maybe those could fit in the more parallel "cracks"
Those would be fun to experiment with!
Preventing someone from saying second.
Great Climb buddy!
Thanks!
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Haha yes!
Very cool
Why not put a locker on the monkey fist sling? While unclipping is highly unlikely on soft webbing/rope, it feels out-of-textbook climbing to put your life on a single non locking carabiner.
Huge tree!
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tree climbing!
that kinda protection is very common on czech sandstone, so not that bizarre
Theres really no reason not to sling the "dead branch" as well as have the monkey fist. Look at british bold climbing, they are not afraid to place many shit pieces to catch a large fall and neither should you be.
An incredibly difficult knot to create...in my opinion. I totally suck at knots!
And sadly my family on my paternal grandfathers side were all swedish fisherman.
Somehow, knots totally skipped my generation. 🤦♀️
this isn't crazy at all is it 😂
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