DAY 10807.21.07TREE 19
Back in Louisville after my little vacation I debated whether to stay in Louisville for the night and be social or go back to the Mount. Tree #19 was waiting for me on the IUS campus and was the ultimate decider. It was getting late and I wanted to climb [...]
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Posts from “July, 2008” are listed below.
DAY 108
// Jul 21, 2008
DAY 107
// Jul 21, 2008
DAY 10707.20.07TREE 101
Another beautiful and entertaining day at Lake Michigan. The wind really picked up making the waves good for body surfing. The water also cooled down quite a bit which kept the swimming to a minimum, but Drew’s dad rented wave runners and I got to take one out for a little [...]
DAY 106
// Jul 21, 2008
DAY 10607.19.07TREE 100
I’m in a nice cottage on Lake Michigan with Drew and his family. We just got back from eating lunch in Holland, MI and I wanted to climb a tree. I am climbing a new one today to take the place of the reclimb I can’t do on the trees in [...]
DAY 105
// Jul 18, 2008
DAY 10507.18.07TREE 16 & 18 (-17)
I woke up at 6 AM to get going on my way to Lake Michigan to have a few days vacation with the McChesney family. Around 6:30 I headed out back from the house towards the edge of the woods. There, waiting in the damp darkness of the [...]
DAY 104
// Jul 17, 2008
DAY 10407.17.07TREE 15 (+1 mistake, +1 transfer)
I walked out of the Mount St. Francis property towards route 150 damn sure of where my tree was. A grey tree whose trunk splits low. When I got to its base I looked up to find the orange ribbon. Nothing. I walked all around [...]
DAY 103
// Jul 16, 2008
DAY 10307.16.07TREE 14
On this beautiful Sunday evening I headed out of the house, through the newly cut field towards the edge of the wood where my tree awaited. Much has grown, so much so I couldn’t really see my orange marker from the ground. But I know which tree it was and I [...]
DAY 102
// Jul 15, 2008
DAY 10207.15.07TREE 13
Finding the little trio of small, young trees was at first difficult with no orange marker to aide in my search. I had to go on memory alone. But this landscape by the edge of the Mount St. Francis lake has changed so much since April. I trudged through the [...]
DAY 101
// Jul 14, 2008
DAY 10107.14.07TREE 12
Instead of waiting till dark to climb like I had done the first time, I decided it would be best to climb during the day for contrast. I walked down towards the lake noticing many cars parked on the lawn by the shelter. They had parked right under these two trees [...]
DAY 100
// Jul 13, 2008
DAY 10007.13.07TREE 11 + 1
Just like the first time I climbed this tree, the day was rainy. But it only started out that way. By the time I was ready to climb the sun had come out and the tree was mostly dry. At the base of the tree I had a [...]
DAY 99
// Jul 12, 2008
DAY 9907.12.07TREE 10
Today’s reclimb was the large tree by the pottery studio and great barn. I really like this tree and ever since my first climb I have returned to it to climb that first overhanging limb to bob up and down a few times. Looking back at the picture I took of [...]