Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Before anyone leaves the ground, the tree gets inspected. Cracks in the trunk. Dead branches overhead. Fungus or hollow cavities near the base. Power lines nearby.

Only after the tree passes does the rope go in. Then comes the part in this video: the climber puts full body weight on the system while both feet are still on the ground. If something is going to fail, it fails here, four inches off the grass, not forty feet up.

Cedric walks through what he's checking for and why.