Your title is very misleading. The tallest tree ever climbed in Oregon was the 328' tall Dorner Fir west of Roseburg. It was climbed by Brian French and a crew of arborists who went there to measure the tree. Arborists, biologists and canopy researchers have climbed many other Doug firs much larger than the ones you show in this video, and they often climb them all the way to the top, not just part way up to install a pull line or high-lead rigging. I am not trying to be disrespectful to the old-school climbers, but you need to get your facts straight.
@@williepelzer384 The tallest Doug-fir I have climbed was about 7' in diameter and 311 feet tall, west of Roseburg. We climbed it to 305 feet and measured the last 6 feet with a tape measure. But that was done with ropes, which is the primary method I use to get up big trees. It is a lot harder to climb big trees with spurs unless you limb them on the way up. The only time I climb with spurs is if I am going to take the tree down or if I am in a training session with new climbers.
@@AlgorythemQ-n5z Nope, it was just me and Chad Marks-Fife and we had to pack our gear in about a half mile. It was a grunt getting the gear back up the hill after we were done!
@FinnishClimber Everyone who cuts timber and has gotten their working tools and gear from the original Bailey's in Laytonville back in the day knows of Jerry Beranek. Now look up Hap Johnson, world champion tree topper. I got a photo of him climbing a Spruce so big, that he had to circle all the way to the top because the rope was too short to throw.
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Your title is very misleading. The tallest tree ever climbed in Oregon was the 328' tall Dorner Fir west of Roseburg. It was climbed by Brian French and a crew of arborists who went there to measure the tree. Arborists, biologists and canopy researchers have climbed many other Doug firs much larger than the ones you show in this video, and they often climb them all the way to the top, not just part way up to install a pull line or high-lead rigging. I am not trying to be disrespectful to the old-school climbers, but you need to get your facts straight.
Good fact's, but how high have you climbed?
@@williepelzer384 The tallest Doug-fir I have climbed was about 7' in diameter and 311 feet tall, west of Roseburg. We climbed it to 305 feet and measured the last 6 feet with a tape measure. But that was done with ropes, which is the primary method I use to get up big trees. It is a lot harder to climb big trees with spurs unless you limb them on the way up. The only time I climb with spurs is if I am going to take the tree down or if I am in a training session with new climbers.
But is there a video of it? I would love to link it to this one. A title is just what it is, a title. Thanks for your comment.
@@AlgorythemQ-n5z Nope, it was just me and Chad Marks-Fife and we had to pack our gear in about a half mile. It was a grunt getting the gear back up the hill after we were done!
Looks like a regular sized one
definitely not the biggest trees ever climbed
Link please
@@algorythemQ look up Gerald Beranek
@FinnishClimber Everyone who cuts timber and has gotten their working tools and gear from the original Bailey's in Laytonville back in the day knows of Jerry Beranek. Now look up Hap Johnson, world champion tree topper. I got a photo of him climbing a Spruce so big, that he had to circle all the way to the top because the rope was too short to throw.
@@rharoldkane4447the rockport tree Jerry topped was cut at 150’ lettin another 150’ top go..with a 6’ 090 and cast on 1 leg. That’s who I learned from
@@rharoldkane4447 Hap was a great and so was his son Gary. FYI Gary just passed and will forever be greatly missed by all of his family and friends.