Saturday, December 10, 2011

How many people love to climb trees as much as I do?

I am 14 and I have two nearly identical Pin Oaks in my front yard. I have measured the height of how high I climb in each of them-the north pin oak: exactly 40 feet and the south pin oak: close to 45 feet. The trees both stand about 52 feet tall and are 24 years old. They are about 30 feet apart from each other (the lower limbs of both trees touch). I just LOOOOVE to climb them every day. I've climbed both of them so many times that I can climb them with my eyes closed and in the north pin oak (the easier one to climb), I can reach 40 feet in 23 seconds. The other one when raced to the top took 46 seconds. They are so easy to climb, they are like ladders. The view is amazing. I can see into 4 towns, as the terrain in my location is hilly. I can see the hospital which is 1.82 miles away (it is easy to see at night because it has a rotating multi-colored light). Both trees provide a great view of migrating birds (especially geese). More about my tree climbing in the next section.........

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