Beginner Gardening: Help rescue giant old climbing roses, 1 by crafti_trish

crafti_trish wrote:
I want to save 2 very large old climbing roses that were here when I bought this house 13 years ago. They are growing in brushy overgrowth along property line. They look like a waterfall of white roses when they bloom cascading down the trees & brush. The problem is, I need to clear out the brushy overgrowth, but don't want to kill the roses. I cleared out a lot of the overgrowth and found exactly where they are growing from and am attaching photos under seperate comments. How safe is it to cut these & how much?