| Tree climbing is not an easy task. It takes a lot of | | | | types of riggings are very popular. Single rope |
| strength and stamina to climb a tree. This is | | | | rigging is the most simplest of riggings with a |
| usually the reason why everyone cannot enjoy a | | | | strong nylon rope wrapped and tied around a |
| good view from the tree top. People are usually | | | | very thick and strong branch of the tree. The |
| afraid of the tree's height and do not know how | | | | climber can then use mountain climbing harnesses |
| to proceed with climbing the tree. Without any | | | | that have the feature of using a metal belay |
| gear or equipment, it is almost impossible for | | | | which the climber uses to tighten the rope with. |
| anyone to climb a tree. | | | | As the rope gets tighter, the climber moves up |
| For more athletic individuals, it may be very easy | | | | higher on the tree. The belay prevents the rope |
| to climb up a tall tree with their bare limbs. This is | | | | from losing grip and unspooling. The climber can |
| not the case with everyone. So, what should one | | | | use a lever to unspool the rope and lower himself |
| do if he is not athletic and does not have the | | | | down from the tree. |
| courage to conquer the tree all by his own? A | | | | Another kind of rigging is the drift line rigging. This |
| decade ago, it would have been difficult to answer | | | | is quite a complex type of rigging but once done |
| this question. However, in the modern day still | | | | it even provides the climbers with the facility of |
| very few people know about tree rigging. It is a | | | | walking over a rope tied between two trees just |
| new term introduced into the tree world. | | | | like a bridge. It is usually done by tying two very |
| Tree rigging is the process of mounting up | | | | strong and durable ropes between two trees that |
| equipment and gear on the tree to make it easy | | | | are a few meters apart. The ropes are tied to |
| for anyone to climb up a tree. Not only this, it | | | | the trunks and branches of the two trees very |
| means to perform some maintenance tasks such | | | | securely. The climber wears a safety harness belt |
| as lowering already cut heavy tree branches | | | | hooked to the upper rope and tries to walk on |
| loaded on some ones shoulder. The gear is almost | | | | the lower rope. |
| similar to the equipment used by mountain or | | | | The pulley system rigging is most useful in raising |
| rock climbers and the term rigging came from the | | | | or lowering materials and tools. It simply employs |
| mast system of a sailing ship. The pulleys and | | | | a pulley fixed on a top branch of the tree. Then a |
| ropes used are similar to the ones in the mast | | | | nylon rope is passed through pulley with both |
| system of a ship. | | | | ends reaching the ground. The rope is pulled from |
| It is important to know that there are a number | | | | one end to raise the materials or a climber |
| of methods for rigging a tree but mainly three | | | | attached to the other end of the rope. |