in Western Australia, they have trees that are pinned for climbing. This is filmed from the point of view climbing a 65m (215ft) tall one.

No safety harness, permit, training or ticket is required, you just come, climb, and try not to fall.

Nobody has ever died from falling from this tree yet.

I filmed my climb in 4k, with no commentary, and no jump-cuts, to try to preserve the experience in video, for the day when climbing is inevitably halted.

espentan,

Thanks for letting us ride along. Beautiful view from up there!

Being from Norway I’m always a bit fascinated by huge swats of flat land. Up here there’s rarely more than a couple of kilometers of flat terrain before you encounter a large hill or a mountain.

odium,

Meanwhile, as someone who has always lived in flat areas, I’m fascinated by mountains.

Agent641,

This particular terrain is considered rather hilly where Im from…

We do have flatter land. Where my dad lives it feels like you could pour out a cup of water and it will spread out for a kilometer in every direction.

Infynis,
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Were the inclined sections, like at the beginning, easier, or harder to climb than the more ladder-like sections?

Agent641,

Harder, the pins are just rebar, many are wobbly, they slope downwards and they are more spaced out than the ladder rungs, about a meter apart

ayaya,
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I would be worried about finding drop bears up there.

Agent641,

Its OK I had some vegemite smeared behind the ears to ward them off.

Thisfox,

On the forehead.

Never really understood the insistence of putting it behind the ears…

espentan,

I work with a guy from Melbourne, and he told me that there’s evidence some dropbears are growing attracted to vegemite.

Now, I don’t know if there’s any truth to that, be careful, ok? Really careful…

Blizzard,

https://lemmy.zip/pictrs/image/c8572c43-5c3e-4281-917d-03adcc3b0bae.webp

frostwhitewolf,

Well that looks terrifying

Agent641,

Even though it looks terrifying, I can assure you that it also feels terrifying.

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