Hi Folk's! [cool]

I am new to this forum and would need some tip from experienced people, and sorry for my bad english

To explain the situation, I am going to Gabon in January 14, to study theraphosidae in their natural habitat. There's many fossorial, terrestial and ARBOREAL species, which give me no choice then climbing into the trees to find 'em.

For some species there's no much worries, they are found in coconut trees which are not so far from the ground. This said, some other species are found in some of the highest tropical trees, which mean they would be found from 20 to 40 meter's high.

I am soon going to buy my last equipment needed for my trip, and it is a climbing equipment. I was wondering if the typical mountain climbing kit would be usefull for climbing into trees, and if so, what technique I'll have to use.

Thx a lot in advance for helping me in my project

CedrikG

Picture of one of the species found high into trees