You put that in a tree?

Staple ladders are a common way to get into trees and poles on zip lines and challenge courses. We have always wondered how strong these staple placements are. To the surprise of absolutely no one, it depends. But almost every individual result surprised us. In the USA it is no longer acceptable to use staples as life support. Personally, we have pulled staples out by hand in old pole courses. Our results: Southern Yellow Pine pole (Class 2 SPSK): Tension: 18.38 kN, 23.17 kN, 22.16 kN. Shear: 19.44 (bent but still in pole) California incense cedar: Tension no pre-drill: 8.90 kN, Tension pre-drill: 10.68 kN. Shear pre-drill: 11.12 kN Ponderosa Pine: Tension no pre-drill: 11.12 kN, Tension pre-drill: 12.02 kN. Shear pre-drill: 13.79 kN. 20-year-old placements. Tension: 12.48 kN, 28.02 kN. ACCT results. https://www.acctinfo.org/news/staple-tests Adventure Guild Socials. Insta: https://www.instagram.com/the.adventureguild/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@challengecoursepros Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChallengeCourseProTips 👉 Learn and SHOP at https://www.hownot2.com/ 👉 Best EMAILS on Earth: https://www.hownot2.com/signup 👉 10% off ROCKY TALKIE by clicking https://www.hownot2.com/rocky