Someone from @trees said y’all would love this love climbing trees in “urban nature”
TreepreciationI know someone who fell about 100 feet he said he had enough time to think “oh fuck this is going to hurt”
And was alive to tell the story later lol
Broke his spine and paralyzed from the waist down but yes alive to tell the story
Oh shit, hope he is doing well and where he lives ableism isnt that strong as some places in this hell of an earth!
It was a Canadian forces (army) training accident his line broke repelling from a helicopter and he said he fell on a pile of money, he has an awesome sense of humour. He is doing great all things considered, he got a specialty van equipped so he can still drive using hands only, bought a house and married a pretty girl.
Funny to be talking about this in the tree sub because he used to love climbing trees, he would go hide up in a tree in the park and I’d take my German Shepard out to go find him. My dog kept looking for him up in trees long after the accident lol
Such a cute story about your doggo! And that's nice that he's back up on his fe....... I made an oopsie.
Lmao
Mine was Fuck. Exact same circumstance. Man dirt ain't soft.
Falling from trees could get really nasty. My dad lost his left ear hearing and broke his left shoulder when he fell from tree when he was 10. He told me that he remember he was picking fruits for his sister, then he also remember falling but couldn't remember anything afterwards until few days later when he woke up in hospital bed. Because of that he only let me climb short trees, something like 6 ft branch 😀
Man I was like 10, climbed a tree way way smaller than this. Branch I was standing on broke, and then a few others as I fell. I bear hugged the trunk, and still have a 5 inch scar across my chest. What’s funny is the scar has moved from just beneath my nipple, to way over almost underneath my armpit
Wow, that's brutal, glad you made it. Mine happened to be a more lucky fall - the branch snapped off in an instant with nothing else under it so I had no time to grab anything or finish the thought even before I slammed against the ground in a nearly perfectly horizontal position. No scars or anything, only painful bruises and being disoriented / trying to process what just happened.
I discovered dogwood trees weren’t for climbing when i was about 7. Why was my first reaction to the limb in my hand snapping to let go of the trunk of the tree???
Used to mock in this suckers all the time :)
That tree is too small for climbing.
Dont worry they are high, so they dont care.
Well I'm high too.
im high, and I dont care either
I'm high and I was worried they were shirtless and that was their torso skin instead of a hoodie/shirt.
Damnit jimmy, if you dont stop crackin that gd corn, I swear to god!
It’s not I literally just did it 🤣
Concerned for the tree, not your capabilities.
Don’t care go cry
Bold move not caring about trees around here.
True this sub seems to really not get a joke
Love it, I can’t get enough free climbing in trees, off-the-clock of course.
Also be careful. My decade of professional climbing experience keeps me safe. Those branches you’re on are pretty small.
To really be one with the tree, we need to cherish the trees experience. At that size it’s like someone stomping on your toes. I like the experience to be a little closer to a gentle back scratch than a game of rugby.
Also, concussions suck donkey Kong, and physics just isn’t something to fuck with.
This^ tree climbing is an absolute blast but you gotta know how to do it safely
As long as you put your weight on the crotch of the branch you're fine in my experience. Still, this tree would be at the bottom of my climbing list lol. The older the better.
In that first pic I didn't immediately realize that was your shirt and I thought, "what the hell is wrong with their belly!".
Same here
Yeah up in a dainty tree is not where i want to be when I'm high
That is a sapling, a twig. Climbing that is mean to trees.
And what makes this “urban”? This whole post is confusing
Not gonna lie, that looks like an awful place to smoke a joint.
Well at least you have something legit to be paranoid/anxious about.
Bro how is that little stick supporting you? 😭 That thing would fold under me.
Prob has one foot on the base of the branch with all the weight on it and the other foot there for balance
Who exactly said this? Because they were wrong.
Lol, I do not love this. It makes me anxious.
I miss not giving af about falling, even this pic has me trippin
That poor tree 😢
I climbed trees when I was a kid but they were huge walnut trees. The whole summer our hands and clothes were iodine stained.🤣
Try here r/facepalm
What a fkng idiot.
You're right by a whole ass forest and you chose to climb a sapling lol come on down Arnie
Poor sapling, get off of it
No
Dumbass child. Those branches are too small for climbing
I just did it worked out perfectly 😂
Next time pick an actual tree that can support your weight
This time.
You’re gonna break that poor sapling’s (and possibly your own) limbs!
Obey the Wrist/Ankle Rule: Never grab a limb smaller around than your wrist, never step on a limb smaller around than your ankle.
people will be a little bit nicer to you here than r/treeclimbing
The more concerning thing regarding the stability of that tree is that it looks like an ash suffering badly from dieback
I thought you had a very weird stomach until I realized it was a hoodie lol
I got high in my tree house once, I was suddenly afraid of heights . Did you having issues getting down?
You must be made of Balsa. Because you should'nt be able to get to the twig level climbing a tree made of water like most of us.
Bro out here climbing saplings lmao, full send!
If I was a tree I’d want my branches climbed. I’d want to have stories to tell and to be part of others stories.
Love it. As long as you stay close to the trunk you'll be fine, seems like a great place to relax. Enjoy!
That’s the smallest tree on the block maybe get some climbing gear for safety but you can go bigger.
Took me a minute to realize that was a pink sweatshirt and not a raging sunburned gut.
Omgosh that is your sweater 😂😂
I was very concerned about the shape of your ribcage for a moment. I still need to wake up some I guess
get off the tree junkie!
You know Bill Hicks was a drug user right? he regularly did anything mind altering and recommended it to his audiences.
correct
Smoking trees in trees. We have transcended.
✨treeception✨
Nice marijuanas
Fuck it, it’s just a tree
Ahhh that brings me to one of my childhood memories when one of these branches snapped under me in an instant and there was just enough time to think "oh sh--" before my face met the dirt.