Posts from “April, 2008” are listed below.
// Apr 20, 2008
DAY 1604.20.07TREE 19
Today’s tree was on the IUS campus. I was there to meet Will. He is in a painting class there so I got to see his work. Plus, there was a BFA show there. Nothing spectacular. Not like the trees in this region. I love them. These huge grey beasts are all over. [...]
Keep Reading → // Apr 19, 2008
DAY 1504.19.07TREE 16, 17 & 18
WHOO! I am wound up from that climb. It had just the right amount of fear, technical difficulty, and lack of injury or death. I did a 3-tree transfer onto one of the biggest and strongest branches I’ve ever been on. The first tree was little [...]
// Apr 18, 2008
DAY 1404.18.07TREE 15
Today’s tree I would rate as easy. The tree wasn’t too big, I didn’t get that high, but the branches I had to choose from were pretty little. The location of the tree is right off Route 150 near the entrance of Mount St. Francis. Right next to the tree [...]
// Apr 17, 2008
DAY 1304.17.07TREE 14
I climbed a big, rough tree right behind the Loftus House today. I wanted to get higher but I didn’t feel comfortable using the vine so high up. I hung out for a few minutes then climbed down. I was a little scared but not too bad.
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Keep Reading → // Apr 16, 2008
DAY 1204.16.07TREE UNLUCKY 13
OUCH! Tree burn hurts. I thought I’d try to climb a very young tree today. So I chose this little triangle of 3 young trees. I chose the biggest to hold onto and walked the mid-sized. That went all well and good up to the first branch. [...]
// Apr 15, 2008
DAY 1104.15.07TREE 12
All day I kept putting off climbing a tree. I got back from my parents’, unloaded the truck, and it was already past 10PM. So I walked down the field towards the lake. I found a dying fire in the pit. I walked around hoping for a tree near [...]
// Apr 14, 2008
DAY 1004.14.07TREE 11
My friend, Will, came to MACA to check out the place. I showed him around the buildings, but more importantly, I showed him around the woods. Butthe weather was similar to typical Northwest grey, drizzly glum. But it didn’t stop us from going all over the place. The tree [...]
// Apr 13, 2008
DAY 9
04.13.07
TREE 10
As I get to know more people at the Mary Anderson Center I find myself just stopping by to say hi. So today I went down to the clay studio to say hello to Norman. I told him I was headed to climb a tree for the day. So I chose the first [...]
// Apr 12, 2008
DAY 804.12.07TREE 9
This has been my scariest climb. And I was only up about 10 feet or so. But it was climbing the hanging vines that made it so scary. You never know how well they are attached. I always worry that they will snap and I’ll fall. Once up [...]
// Apr 11, 2008
DAY 7
04.11.07
TREE 8
I had a great day at Cherokee Park today. I parked by Dog Hill and waited for a pause in the thunderstorm. When it did, I picked a huge, leafless tree in a large grassy field. I had to be particularly careful since the branches were wet and slippery. I didn’t get too [...]