Which trees have you climbed?

[mix]

From my childhood, I climbed avocado, oak, eucalyptus, and an occasional citrus tree (lemon and orange).

I most recently had to climb a few pine trees for pruning reasons.

My favorite is the California Oak:


Yours?

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. Everything I could get my hands on...

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Saguaro cacti.
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[mix]

2. I always heard the view was worth any trip up.

I guess there are exceptions.

[Ptah]

5. In the spring it might be worth the effort

[Brickbat]

3. Crab apple, willow, maple, red cedar.

[quakerboy]

4. Random ones that I could find

When my parents got a place, they made a point of planting Russian olives, to keep climbing children out. Those spikes make for a real challenge for a fat kid, lemmie tell ya.

[mix]

8. There are a lot of Russian olives in northern NM, not native.

They are nasty nasty trees, kinda nice to look at, but deadly spikes!

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. climbing trees was a big part of my childhood

weeping willow, apple( ate green apples too) maple, and many more. {f there was a limb low enough to get a foot hold , we would climb it , and see who could go the highest.

[mix]

11. Mine too.

I grew up in southern California on ranches. Most of my climbing was work, scurrying up a tree for avocados, lemons or oranges.

I loved climbing oaks the most since it was never for work. So strong and solid, mesmerizing and great for daydreams and naps above it all.

[bikebloke]

7. Every tree in the neighbourhood.

No matter what kind it was. The big challenge for us kids was to see how high we could get. No one ever fell.

For saplings, we would climb up, then kick our legs out and ride it down as it bent. A bunch of Tarzans.

[alphafemale]

9. oh my...lots. i taught my friends the sling shot

which was getting to the very top of a very tall tree and get it to swinging and launching yourself to another tree.

Yeah.

I know.

:wow:

As an adult I don't think I'd allow myself to play with myself.

[In_The_Wind]

10. The Mimosa in my front yard was my favorite tree to climb.

I've been up in tall oaks and pines but my childhood favorite was short and had pink fuzzy blooms.

[applegrove]

12. I don't know why but for some reason I was compelled to climb a blue

spruce as a kid. The closer you get to the top the more gummy branches you run into. I started to panic and my mom had to coax me down.

[velvet]

13. mulberry

In our backyard when I was a kid there was a big, old, fat, squat mulberry tree that had gigantic leaves and branches that reached to the ground. Inside, sitting on a branch, was like being inside a green dome. Magic. And toadstools the size of dinner plates grew round its drip-line.

MMMMmmmmm mama's mulberry pies.

[mix]

14. lovely

:hi:

[velvet]

15. great question, thanks for asking

I love to remember that tree.

:hi: