Go Climb a Tree!

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May/June 1979
By John Haller 
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Amateur arborealists usually start out with no more than bare hands and courage. As these novices become more serious about their sport, however, they'll usually acquire spurs—in order to ascend the huge, often branchless trunks of giant pines or firs—and learn to use a rope to swing (like Tarzan on his vines) from limb to limb.

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So if you're physically run-down, unhappy with the sterility of day-to-day life, and tired of contemplating the world from the same old position ... scale upward to the wind-swept tip of a 100-foot poplar, then look down (if you dare!) to find out what heights really are. After you grow accustomed to the altitude, lean back on a convenient bough, relax, stare dreamily up at the clouds, and enjoy the peace that comes only in such leafy, lofty places.

When you wish to descend, sling your rope through the uppermost crotch ... fasten it around your waist by means of the taut-line hitch (be sure you learn this knot WELL!) ... throw yourself out into empty space for an 80-foot drop ... and bring yourself up shot two feet or so above the ground.

If that doesn't satisfy your need for excitement, you can—of course—leap from the swaying tip of one tree to another ... sit on a limb and saw it off behind you ... or even tackle the redwoods, Douglas firs, and eucalypti without a rope or spurs!

But don't take my word for it: Just find yourself a friendly tree ... and go "monkey around"!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Advanced tree climbing can be dangerous and requires the same caution and access to expert advice that mountaineering — or any hazardous sport — demands of its participants.

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