palm heads. the rope has to be very strong, and climbers look after their ropes carefully.
when they climb a tree, they are alone. there is no one to help them. so their ropes must be as safe as possible.
some men climb with two ropes instead of one. they do not put a rope round their waist, but tie one round the tree and high up on their right leg, and a shorter one round the tree and and low down on their left leg.
both these ropes go round the trunk of the tree, and then he bends down and brings up the rope round his right leg as high as 