The Tree Climbing Thread

Menelvagor · 08-03-2002, 12:52 AM

Well, the subject has come up in other various threads, so I thought I'd make an offical home for it.

What's your favorite type of tree to climb? My location is comparitively tropical to all you mainlanders and Europeans (Florida Keys, USA) Anyone else ever climbed a ficus tree (it's related to the banyan, does that ring any bells?)? I try to sit in mine for at least five minutes every day, very relaxing and elvish.

LuthienTinuviel · 08-03-2002, 12:55 AM

white pine, they smell nice, and oak. and ones that fell down, (i can get all the way to the top)

Menelvagor · 08-03-2002, 12:59 AM

I climbed on a big fallen tree once (not sure which kind, one of the odd indiginous central florida trees

) It was nice, the sides were all covered with big (plate-sized) white mushrooms.

Starr Polish · 08-03-2002, 12:25 PM

Willow trees! They are the best trees to climb, because they always have branches low enough for my small frame to reach, and they're really twisty, so there's always a place to sit. I have one in my back yard, and I can even lay down in certain places while I read or listen to music, or just look up through the branches and imagine.

Stoopid 90 second rule....

eowyn144 · 08-03-2002, 12:28 PM

i'm not sure about types of trees, i'm not so good at identifying them but i do have a favourite tree! it's quite small but the branches start of really low so its really easy to climb (which is good seeing as i'm not that good at tree climbing!)
i go there now and again. tis very peaceful. perfect for thinking in. and reading, and sleeping, its a very "multi-functional" tree shall we say

***azalea*** · 08-03-2002, 01:56 PM

Good idea, this thread!
While my favorite tree to sit under is a weeping willow or weeping cherry (I especially love those because they're PINK ), I've said in another thread how my favorite climbing trees are magnolias. They have great branches, plenty of low ones for those of us w/ hobbit-like stature, the leaves are big and dark, making the tree shady, and a great hiding place. Their flowers are big and white and smell wonderful. And the leaves are easier to rake because they are so big. When I finally own a home, I'm planting a least one.
I've also climbed a lot of apple trees in my time, but they aren't as pleasant because they can be prickly.
Right now the only viable climbing trees in my yard are dogwoods, which are nice, but they aren't extremely sturdy, so you have to climb gently, so to speak. No hopping around or anything.

Bradford pears are good to climb if they have low branches, but their flowers smell kind of bad.

Claenoic · 08-03-2002, 02:17 PM

Weeping willows. But I can only climb one once a year because only my cousin has them. And I can't climb it right now because #1 I'm not at her house, and #2 ITS RAINING!!!!! ARRRRRGGGHHH!!!! *Regains composure* But there's a tree in my front yard in Texas that isn't bad. If only I was as tall as an elf... Once, we found a wooden baseball bat stuck up in the limbs of that tree. We got it down, but it was really hard because the bat had grown onto the tree. It was so weird!

***azalea*** · 08-03-2002, 02:21 PM

Ooh, that is weird! There's a tree near my house that has one of it's branches that grew THROUGH another of it's branches. It's hard to explain, but it's really weird looking.
I guess in Texas you don't have very many trees to climb, huh? I visited the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area once and were we stayed it was completely flat and there were no trees. It was very different from what I'm used to.

Bregalad · 08-03-2002, 06:22 PM

I used to climb a sugar maple at my parents house. It was the best! It had a lowish branch so you could get up pretty easy, and dense foliage so no one would know you were there! I was very sad when it died and had to be cut down. I have a ficus, Menelvagor, but you can't climb it. It's a bonsai!

***azalea*** · 08-03-2002, 09:01 PM

LOL, my favorite tree when I was a kid died and had to be cut down, too! It was very traumatic, and no one seemed to think it was a big deal. I think it was a Japanese maple or something. I had my dad keep a slice of the wood from it so I could someday whittle a cat from it (that never happened).

My parents always had ficuses, but they were only houseplant sized. I think one did get big enough to plant outside, but I have no idea where they planted it.

Sween · 08-04-2002, 06:59 AM

My favorite tree was the one at the black hole in cockermouth. used to have a rope swing on it and you swang out and jumped in the river (spent many a day there.) you could also climb it and do the bull horn jump. But that got cut down by the council (thank you very much) so its not the youth hostel tree.

***azalea*** · 08-04-2002, 01:30 PM

OH, we used to have a rope swing that swung out over the stream in our neighborhood -- that was the most fun! If I ever have a large property I'm going to have something like that. I love swings anyway. I want to hang a wooden swing from a big oak in our front yard, but I'm afraid the neighbor kids will get on it and misuse it and get hurt or something.

Menelvagor · 08-08-2002, 09:47 PM

My parents moved into our house when I was three weeks old and the property had nothing on it, no trees, no grass, a few mangroves by the water but no real bushes to speak of, and they planted everything that's growing there now (you should see my yard, it's amazing) so my ficus tree is the same age I am. It's really cool, I've been climbing it since I was little and it's grown up with me so each year I can climb a little farther. I will be very upset if anyone ever suts it down.

Archbob the Elder · 08-09-2002, 05:16 PM

Birch trees are nice, so are oaks if you can reach the limbs.

TinuvielChild · 08-14-2002, 12:49 PM

My favorites are white pines, willows, and one other. I'm not sure what type it is, but I'll ask Menelvagor, who knows what I'm talking about: The "Whomping Willow" at Vassar, behind Davison. Any clue what type of tree that is? In any case, it's so much fun to sit in, easy to climb, nobody can tell you're there.

Cirdan · 08-14-2002, 11:02 PM

Banyan trees! I spent a good part of my youth in those. Mulberry trees too when the berries were in season.

Menelvagor · 08-15-2002, 01:51 AM

Behind being in the quad, or that big tree on the edge of Joss Beach? Either way, I have no idea what it is.

Yay! cirdan has spent time in banyan trees! Aren't they the best?

Willow Oran · 08-15-2002, 02:56 AM

My favorite trees to climb are apple and cherry trees. My grandparents on my dad's side have an apple orchard in their front yard and at one end of it is a large cherry tree that's really easy to climb. It has this one branch that's perfect for sitting on, and it's a good tree to hide in. We have a black and white photograph of me sitting in it and unless you look really closely you can't even tell that it's anything but tree branch.

BeardofPants · 08-15-2002, 04:01 AM

Macrocarpa trees. I spent some years of my youth in one macrocarpa or another, and I just love the smell of the sap, as it leaks out all over you. We used to have a small section, when I was a kid, and me and my little brother both had a tree, that was ours. He's perch in his, and I'd perch in mine, and we'd escape the vicious rooster that used to have it in for us.

Plus, down the back, we had a huge canopy made of about 4 macrocarpas, and underneath, it felt like a sheltered cave system, within which we had a rope swing that we'd swing around on. And our next door neighbours had a flet type thing built on top of their macrocarpas, underneath, was a small tunnel system, made out of the undergrowth, and on top, the leaves were so thick, that we could just clamper about beyond the flet area, and slide down the trees to the ground. It was great! I miss those days.

Cirdan · 08-15-2002, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Menelvagor
Yay! cirdan has spent time in banyan trees! Aren't they the best?

Yes! They are unlike any other. If I hadn't seen one in real life I would think they were made up. There was an old hotel/nightclub in Daytona Beach that had one growing up through the lobby. The place had been shut down for years when I was a kid. We would sneak in and play in the lobby and the rooms. It was very creepy, with an empty indoor pool as well. Someone finally burned it down. We were sure it was haunted.

08-03-2002, 12:25 PM	#4
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Willow trees! They are the best trees to climb, because they always have branches low enough for my small frame to reach, and they're really twisty, so there's always a place to sit. I have one in my back yard, and I can even lay down in certain places while I read or listen to music, or just look up through the branches and imagine. Stoopid 90 second rule.... __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

08-03-2002, 12:28 PM	#5
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	i'm not sure about types of trees, i'm not so good at identifying them but i do have a favourite tree! it's quite small but the branches start of really low so its really easy to climb (which is good seeing as i'm not that good at tree climbing!) i go there now and again. tis very peaceful. perfect for thinking in. and reading, and sleeping, its a very "multi-functional" tree shall we say __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

08-03-2002, 02:17 PM	#7
Claenoic Queen of Prolonged, Unexplained Absences Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Texas. 'Nuff said. Posts: 556	Weeping willows. But I can only climb one once a year because only my cousin has them. And I can't climb it right now because #1 I'm not at her house, and #2 ITS RAINING!!!!! ARRRRRGGGHHH!!!! Regains composure But there's a tree in my front yard in Texas that isn't bad. If only I was as tall as an elf... Once, we found a wooden baseball bat stuck up in the limbs of that tree. We got it down, but it was really hard because the bat had grown onto the tree. It was so weird! __________________ Very Biased Alternate Script (but it's funny!):Click here! FREAK RAIN!!!!!!!! O.o Queen of prolonged unexplained absences and long, loooong car rides. Well, hullo everyone. As you can see, I don't hang out here muchly anymore. There's a good reason for this. Y'see, I've been hanging out at a different chatboard called Cardboardia. So far, I've been havin' a blast. Not that I don't love the TLA, but the magic of Entmoot is lost on me. So, as soon as TLA ends, so will my existance here, probably. Who knows though? I might stay. Highly unlikely however. This is a good bye in advance, then. Unless you want to join me and my group of friends at Cardboardia. Cheers!

08-03-2002, 06:22 PM	#9
Bregalad Elven Warrior Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: KY Posts: 217	I used to climb a sugar maple at my parents house. It was the best! It had a lowish branch so you could get up pretty easy, and dense foliage so no one would know you were there! I was very sad when it died and had to be cut down. I have a ficus, Menelvagor, but you can't climb it. It's a bonsai! __________________ "They have called me that ever since I said yes to an elder Ent before he had finished his question" -Quickbeam This post property of Entmoot.

08-04-2002, 06:59 AM	#11
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	My favorite tree was the one at the black hole in cockermouth. used to have a rope swing on it and you swang out and jumped in the river (spent many a day there.) you could also climb it and do the bull horn jump. But that got cut down by the council (thank you very much) so its not the youth hostel tree. __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

08-03-2002, 12:52 AM	#1
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	The Tree Climbing Thread Well, the subject has come up in other various threads, so I thought I'd make an offical home for it. What's your favorite type of tree to climb? My location is comparitively tropical to all you mainlanders and Europeans (Florida Keys, USA) Anyone else ever climbed a ficus tree (it's related to the banyan, does that ring any bells?)? I try to sit in mine for at least five minutes every day, very relaxing and elvish.

08-03-2002, 12:55 AM	#2
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	white pine, they smell nice, and oak. and ones that fell down, (i can get all the way to the top) __________________

08-03-2002, 12:59 AM	#3
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	I climbed on a big fallen tree once (not sure which kind, one of the odd indiginous central florida trees ) It was nice, the sides were all covered with big (plate-sized) white mushrooms.

08-03-2002, 01:56 PM	#6
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Good idea, this thread! While my favorite tree to sit under is a weeping willow or weeping cherry (I especially love those because they're PINK ), I've said in another thread how my favorite climbing trees are magnolias. They have great branches, plenty of low ones for those of us w/ hobbit-like stature, the leaves are big and dark, making the tree shady, and a great hiding place. Their flowers are big and white and smell wonderful. And the leaves are easier to rake because they are so big. When I finally own a home, I'm planting a least one. I've also climbed a lot of apple trees in my time, but they aren't as pleasant because they can be prickly. Right now the only viable climbing trees in my yard are dogwoods, which are nice, but they aren't extremely sturdy, so you have to climb gently, so to speak. No hopping around or anything. Bradford pears are good to climb if they have low branches, but their flowers smell kind of bad.

08-03-2002, 02:21 PM	#8
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Ooh, that is weird! There's a tree near my house that has one of it's branches that grew THROUGH another of it's branches. It's hard to explain, but it's really weird looking. I guess in Texas you don't have very many trees to climb, huh? I visited the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area once and were we stayed it was completely flat and there were no trees. It was very different from what I'm used to.

08-03-2002, 09:01 PM	#10
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	LOL, my favorite tree when I was a kid died and had to be cut down, too! It was very traumatic, and no one seemed to think it was a big deal. I think it was a Japanese maple or something. I had my dad keep a slice of the wood from it so I could someday whittle a cat from it (that never happened). My parents always had ficuses, but they were only houseplant sized. I think one did get big enough to plant outside, but I have no idea where they planted it.

08-04-2002, 01:30 PM	#12
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	OH, we used to have a rope swing that swung out over the stream in our neighborhood -- that was the most fun! If I ever have a large property I'm going to have something like that. I love swings anyway. I want to hang a wooden swing from a big oak in our front yard, but I'm afraid the neighbor kids will get on it and misuse it and get hurt or something.

08-08-2002, 09:47 PM	#13
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	My parents moved into our house when I was three weeks old and the property had nothing on it, no trees, no grass, a few mangroves by the water but no real bushes to speak of, and they planted everything that's growing there now (you should see my yard, it's amazing) so my ficus tree is the same age I am. It's really cool, I've been climbing it since I was little and it's grown up with me so each year I can climb a little farther. I will be very upset if anyone ever suts it down.

08-09-2002, 05:16 PM	#14
Archbob the Elder Enting Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 77	Birch trees are nice, so are oaks if you can reach the limbs. __________________ Get Free Stuff

08-14-2002, 12:49 PM	#15
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	My favorites are white pines, willows, and one other. I'm not sure what type it is, but I'll ask Menelvagor, who knows what I'm talking about: The "Whomping Willow" at Vassar, behind Davison. Any clue what type of tree that is? In any case, it's so much fun to sit in, easy to climb, nobody can tell you're there. __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

08-14-2002, 11:02 PM	#16
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	Banyan trees! I spent a good part of my youth in those. Mulberry trees too when the berries were in season. __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

08-15-2002, 01:51 AM	#17
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	Behind being in the quad, or that big tree on the edge of Joss Beach? Either way, I have no idea what it is. Yay! cirdan has spent time in banyan trees! Aren't they the best?

08-15-2002, 02:56 AM	#18
Willow Oran Deus Ex Machina Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,951	My favorite trees to climb are apple and cherry trees. My grandparents on my dad's side have an apple orchard in their front yard and at one end of it is a large cherry tree that's really easy to climb. It has this one branch that's perfect for sitting on, and it's a good tree to hide in. We have a black and white photograph of me sitting in it and unless you look really closely you can't even tell that it's anything but tree branch. __________________ "5. Plain Rings with RUNES on the inside. Avoid these like the PLAGUE. -Diana Wynne Jones Tough Guide To FantasyLand ...it's not much of a show if somebody doesn't suffer, and preferably at length. Suffering is beautiful in any case, and so is anguish; but as for loathing, and bitterness... I don't think they belong on the stage at all. - Isabella, I Gelosi

08-15-2002, 04:01 AM	#19
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Macrocarpa trees. I spent some years of my youth in one macrocarpa or another, and I just love the smell of the sap, as it leaks out all over you. We used to have a small section, when I was a kid, and me and my little brother both had a tree, that was ours. He's perch in his, and I'd perch in mine, and we'd escape the vicious rooster that used to have it in for us. Plus, down the back, we had a huge canopy made of about 4 macrocarpas, and underneath, it felt like a sheltered cave system, within which we had a rope swing that we'd swing around on. And our next door neighbours had a flet type thing built on top of their macrocarpas, underneath, was a small tunnel system, made out of the undergrowth, and on top, the leaves were so thick, that we could just clamper about beyond the flet area, and slide down the trees to the ground. It was great! I miss those days. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 08-15-2002 at 04:02 AM.

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