When I was 12 years old, my friends and I loved to climb tall trees without any proper equipment. When we reach the desired height of the tree, we sat on the branches, goofed around and had heart to heart talks. We also picked fruits if there were any. But unfortunately, I mistakenly made a bad step that led to me falling down on the tree. As a result, I broke my right arm.

I learned a lesson the hard way because of that incident, and since my tree climbing habit is still alive in me, I now have the proper equipment to avoid such accidents. The minimum requirements for a safe tree climbing are: a harness, helmet and rope. On top of that, I enrolled in a lesson for correct and safe tree climbing and the instructor told me to buy tree climbing gears. I also recommended these gears to my tree climbing-mates. Here’s the stuff that I bought for just below $650: a top-of-the-line helmet, full body harness, gloves, 120 feet 16-strand rope with rope bag, carabiner with ball-lock feature, foot ascender and descender tools, climbing pants and rope access tool. Although it cost me this much, it is worthy to buy tree climbing gear than to be hospitalized and pay for a larger amount due to broken bones.

Now, as adults, we still enjoy the recreational tree climbing activity – now equipped with the proper protective gears.