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2 Years, 6 Months ago  
Your winter is a great time to come on down.

I am not sure you would bother with a SRT with the Guanacaste - the first limb is only about 15 to 20 feet up.

Isn't SRT for long ascents? Shows you how much I know.
 
 
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Yep, SRT is for longer ascents. Just shows how little I know about your Guanacaste. Sounds like DdRT would be perfect.
 
 
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Here is a picture of the tree in question. Looks climbable?
 
 
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We call those Guanacaste trees earpods here in Hawaii. Fantastic climbing trees. They get FAT! That looks like a really nice specimen you have there crtreedude.
 
 
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It is pretty large - the trunk is around 5 feet in diameter - I know of a few bigger - like 7 feet or more.

The tree is very healthy too - should out last me.
 
 
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How tall is the Guanacaste? 2 Years, 6 Months ago  
From the picture it appears to be about 50 to 70 feet tall to the top of the branches but the top branches are too small to the climbable so you are looking at about 50 feet. That is about how tall the three Live Oaks in my front yard are (2 of them died this past year ). That is the average tree here in Austin. I can use SRT in the top branches even in the low ones but I switch to DRT soon after I reach the canopy to move around it.
 
 
 
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