Can you climb a tree?

@shibham (16977)
India
June 26, 2010 2:28am CST
Hi everyone, a question to you. Can climb a tree? how did you learn it and when? when i was a teenager, we played cricket in play ground situated in my village and there were a family near our play ground. they had more than 10 mango trees having very sweet in taste. we were too naughty then and always stole ripe mangoes by climbing tree. actually i had no idea how to climb a tree but as time passed by i had learnt it. its true that my greediness towards those mangoes also worked here. anyway, the old man of that family chased us with a cudgel if he found us on the tree. we got feared and ran to and fro where we hurt many times. later i become experienced in climbing tree except coconuts. so what about you? please share and thanks in advance.
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@sunnycool (12714)
• India
27 Jun 10
Climbing a tree is something i have never done and i do not any plans to give it a try in the near future until and unless my lover asks me to climb the tree and pick one for her LOL.we did steal mangoes in my school days but never had to climb trees.....we used the stones in there and aimed for the riped ones as we were really smart then which is less strenuous compared to climbing the trees---morever those tress where on the other side of a big wall so theres no way we climb that big for a fruit.great day.
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@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
27 Jun 10
hi sunny! i can't blame you since you grew up in the city? maybe if you grew up in a province like me, you can also experience climbing in a tree. its fun sunny, really fun! well, what you and your friends are something that we also do! hehe but i am not that good in aiming and so i leave it to my cousins. my role is just to pick those that they have aimed! wow sunny, your such a good lover to be willing to do something for your love, even if its something that you have never done before...look what love can do!
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
27 Jun 10
@Annavi ----- You gotta show me one tree now...i can prove that climbing a tree has nothing to do with experience all you need is a strong grip and ohh yeah I would be a MAN for all my fans irrespective if ME climbing the tree --- @Ckyera ------ it would have been fun if i were brought up in a village...but i like those greenery and i enjoy being there in the summers when i visit my home town I did guess that you would have resorticted yourself to pick them all than to climb the tree again as you had a bad fall ....its not that i'm blowing my own tantrums but i really mean it and i wouldn't disappoint my love at any cost...i can bring in all the stars of the sky for her :)
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
27 Jun 10
sunny,i think you just got more excuses there! i guess you're not man enough if you haven't climb trees,i say! what will you pick by the way? a tree? wow,that was so promising...
• Pamplona, Spain
13 Mar 12
Hiya shibs, Have climbed many Trees but only on the second or third branches that is when I was small all the rest of the time was spent sitting at the bottom of the Tree taking the shade from it and giving it thanks for its shade and relief from Summer Heat. When I was small I had to climb Trees to get my stupid Brothers out of there who always insisted in trying to steal Apples from an Orchard down the Road. I used to scrape my knees almost raw as they would not get down without a fight from me. I used to have to climb up the tree and drag them down they were really silly Brothers and nothing but one big bother lol. Needless to say I got hit because of them and what they did and I had to be like Guardian Angel and try to keep them out of trouble which they were always in. Biggest relief was when I went to Senior School and I could stay School Dinners then I did not have to seem them all Day long woohoo was I so relieved to see the back of them and their malice. Only peace I ever knew was when I was at that School and I could be with my Friends and be a Girl of my age well more or less.xxx Yours is a funny Story really but not when he chased you with a Cudgel that is not very funny at all he must have scared the life out of you.xxx
@shibham (16977)
• India
18 Mar 12
Hi angel... when i climbed on tree not to protect myself from summer but to prove how much naughty i was when a child. We rested under trees in summer. But Heera was not able to do that with me. When i was eating guavas and she was crying under tree asking some guavas. I just showed her how tasty those guavas were without giving her a single one still my naughty mind got satisfied. same issue with palm trees too. A naughty boy dared to face anything.
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@shibham (16977)
• India
19 Mar 12
Hi angel... I dont know or you have not mentioned why they did not love you? And why you needed to climb to get them where as you knew that they dont love you anymore, It was not important to have scratches and blood on your body from my perspective. yes, Heera is my lovely sister and i love her very much. well, i offered her Guavas when mom scolded me hearing her cries. So, i apologized and offered more guavas than i ate. lol have a nice time.
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• Pamplona, Spain
18 Mar 12
Hiya shibs, Naughty Boy for not letting your Sister have one of those Guavas lol at least one in any case. Well you are right as mine would not have given me any either but I climbed trees better than they did. All I got to show for it were two very grazed and sratched knees. Scratches were deep sometimes and bled too as I had to hang on to those two and pull them back down again and they did not want to get down. If they had of been caught they could have ended up in the Police Station and I already knew that so when I got older I was so happy to be away from them. Heera is so lucky to have a Brother like you with a Brother like you I would not have wanted to keep away from them so much. Okay you might have been naughty but you love your Sister but those two never loved me and I can vouch for that. There was a time when I felt something about them but not now. But I am not as hard hearted as they are you see in spite of what they might think or invent. You are a very good Brother shibs and Heera knows that how lucky you both are to have each other. What do those guavas taste like anyway exactly? Bet your Mom got mad at you for doing those kind of things lol.xxx
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
26 Jun 10
Hi Shibham, I climbed trees a lot when I was a kid. I don't think anyone actually taught me. Maybe I saw other kids do it....don't know. Anyway, I climbed a lot of trees and I made a lot of tree forts out of old boards. I even a couple of times slept in my tree fort.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
27 Jun 10
Yep, I really did. All night too! I do love trees but I really loved pretending I was all grown and on my own. I had forts on the ground also and at one point I had a very cool one underground.
@shibham (16977)
• India
27 Jun 10
hi sid,... yeah, u are same to me as i have also not taught by anybody how to climb a tree? ohhh... u are too funny. u slept in your tree fort? i think u are great lover of trees. take care.
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@sunnycool (12714)
• India
28 Jun 10
Thats really amazing----tree forts we used make towers outta of a deck of cards...it was fun but never thought of Forts on trees though....moreover we never had a tree in my neighbourhood
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
27 Jun 10
hi shibham! yeah, when i as a kid i also climb in a tree and i also experienced falling down from a tree! ouch! haha its because when i step in one branch, it breaks! and i fall straight in a straight in a canal/stream near it. hehe and i got some wounds and dirty clothes! and my mom really feels bad about it, instead of pitying me, she scolded me instead! when i was a kid my play mates are mostly my male cousins and so i feel like i can do what they can do! but after that falling incident, i do limit myself from climbing trees. now i know i can still do it but i just don't have a chance. and like you, i can't climb a coconut tree unless its miniature? lol! as i read your experience, you reminded me of our neighbors here, i am really annoyed when they climb in the mango tree near our house because the create some noises and sometimes they also step in our roof that its so disturbing and besides our roof is already in bad condition and those kids just worsen it...huh!
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
27 Jun 10
hi sunny! yeah, i have been hurt badly playing with my male cousins. and aside from that i am also usually the one who were left behind, like when they go and get some spiders to play, sometimes they just leave me in the place where they get spider....hehe and they usually made me cry. and i also get a lot of wounds back then from playing with them. actually if you have a mark in your chin from that incident...i do have a scar on my right knee, which is really visible till now coz it has 3 stitches...its because while playing with them in the rice field where there's a canal nearby, they push each other and i am the one who have been pushed badly and i fall in the canal! haha and there's a broken glass in there. so i get my wound there! bitter sweet memory of childhood! yeah, mom scolds me because she said im stubborn, how many times did she tell me not to join much with my cousins when they climb in a tree but i didn't listen. lol!
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
27 Jun 10
Ckyera competing your cousins in climbing trees haha ---- you must have hurted badly.I spent most of my child hood in Cities so i never had any experiences in climbing trees----Coconut tree let it lie there i cant even imagine me climbing that tall one There were times when i fell from heights though-----there was one merry-go-round in my school ground and i slipped off from the top and my chin was hurt badly---i still have those marks on my chin lol....sweet memories huuuh Ohh yeahhh....Moms scold us when they see us bleeding huuh as they cant see us in pain
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@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
27 Jun 10
@cK, i am surprised you get to climb a tree,my friend! you are like one of the boys when you are a child.but i guess that's what make you tough now,cause you have been around boys since you're a child.you must really hurt so badly that time i can just imagine how you look like,plus the smell of the canal,eww,yucky.but if i'm with you back then,i guess i would also climb the tree since you can do it,why can't i,right? and kids really are tougher at times compared to adults. your mom scolded you? well,despite what happened to you i felt bad if i'm also in your position.sometimes mothers really are strict though you really know,you want to be independent for some reason and wants to try learning things.of course,it needs hardships and wounds before we get to learn from something.it's like learning how to ride a bicycle or falling in love,you'll get wounded but learned many things when you get used to it.that's life! we must do hardwork before we attain something! you can climb your roof if given a chance,my friend. oh,i love to watch the stars while lying on the roofs,hehehe actually i have lay on the streets to watch the stars and we get caught by the guards we ran as fast as we could. of course,you can't climb a tree from a miniature,that's stupid! well,you can put a sign on those mango tree beside your house for the children to know your roof is fragile. @sunny,oh,you're a city boy hehehe. well,i guess you will never forget that chin memory my friend! every wound has it's reasons... moms scold us cause they don't want us to be in danger. seeing their child climbing a tree and falling from it feels bad for them. mothers don't want their children to be hurt. but they just don't let us see what they really feel,so they scold us in return.
@eurekafemme (5877)
• Philippines
26 Jun 10
I had climb trees when I was a kid. those were guava trees not more than 5 feet its height.I love to eat guavas but only those that are freshly picked and I love it more when I'm the one picking them.Other than guavas, I had not tried climbing other trees. Though, I was contemplating of climbing a coconut tree then! But it's a guy thing to climb towering trees. Not for me.:-)
@shibham (16977)
• India
26 Jun 10
hi dear friend. just come to my home.hahaha. i have more than 10 trees of sweet guavas. u can pick them easily just standing on earth, no need to climb at all. yeah, i actually fear to climb a tree which has no branch at all like coconut or battle nut.
• Philippines
27 Jun 10
If only I could, I would love to, Shibham. Since, it is difficult to find fresh guavas here in the city.And I'm too old now for climbing even those guava trees in my Grandma's backyard. I already got wobbly knees. LOL
@shibham (16977)
• India
27 Jun 10
i think u are not too old enough although if u have said.
@sagar21 (1579)
• India
26 Jun 10
of course...I can climb..esp...mango trees... its in ma blood..don't misunderstand... thanks for the topic... have a great day/night....
@shibham (16977)
• India
27 Jun 10
yes friend. i also can climb all those trees which have lots of branches. so u too. have a nice day.
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
27 Jun 10
I wonder if your blood is RED It might be GREEN
@sagar21 (1579)
• India
27 Jun 10
hee..at last my pal found me..."green blood found another green blood"
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
14 Sep 11
i wish i could.. i hope to be able to climb one too when i have the chance! =)
@shibham (16977)
• India
15 Sep 11
Thats great.... its really a great experience to have.
• Australia
26 Jun 10
I think I started clibing trees at the age of about 7 or 8...in the neighbourhood where I grew up, all the kids my age were boys so I grew up as a tomboy rather than doing girly things.
• Australia
27 Jun 10
Yeah, pretty much still a tom boy...I get along better with guys than I do with the girls.
@shibham (16977)
• India
27 Jun 10
hahaha... tomboy? are you still the same? anyway, this type of experiences always create in case of neighborhood. as me, there are lots of guys in my friend circle who learnt all those in case of stealing magoes or something else. have a nice day.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
27 Jun 10
We used to have Chestnut trees behind my house when I was a child and the forst thing I wanted to do that I can remember was climb them. I started out with a branch or two when I was very little and soon graduated to the very top. My granfather had to climb up and get me because when I reached the swaying top...I was scared and couldn't get back down...lol...
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
28 Jun 10
I cried out for my grandfather until he came and got me..lol
@shibham (16977)
• India
28 Jun 10
hi jen, what u did when u found yourself on the top and could not get back down? i have never scared to climb a tree but now a days perhaps i cant climb too high due to panting. actually i consider it as a hard labor. have a nice day.
@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
27 Jun 10
When I was younger all there was around were boys to play with. I was a tomboy and did everything the guys did. I used to love to climb trees. Now I can hardly walk so I doubt if I could still climb a tree.
@shibham (16977)
• India
28 Jun 10
why? what happened to you as u have said that u can hardly walk?
@shibham (16977)
• India
1 Jul 10
sorry to hear all these from you friend. hope you will get cure very soon from all those problem. take an extra care.
• United States
28 Jun 10
I have some neurolical disorder. My initial diagnosis was cerebellur degeneration. I have had other opinions that don't agree. It is digenerative whatever it is. There is something wrong with my cerebellum (part of the brain) and that controls balance among a ton of other things.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
27 Jun 10
i can't climb a tree,i think.but i guess i have tried it once,since i was young,we lived in a house full of trees within.and one tree which is guava tree i happen to climb but i'm afraid i might fall though i was just reaching somewhere up there. i have this sister younger than me who really used to climb trees,she even get the chance to get to the roof beside that tree.how i wish i could try it,i even had crazy thoughts that i would stow away but i don't know where to go,maybe i'll just live at the roofs for a while.what a crazy idea,right? i just liked attention that's why i thought of it.hehehe we also have a coconut tree right in front of our house. i can't imagine myself climbing that tree,i just admired people who makes it easier to climb u there.my father used to get mad everyday finding those coconuts gone or lessens each day.even he had bundled it with sack,it will always be taken by such stupid people.as if they own the tree. oh,i remember, i used to climb the wall from our school back then when i belong to a group who cuts class.or gets late fro sometime the gate would be closed,have no choice but to climb the wall to get in.lol! there's also a divider between the two bedrooms of our house we used to live in. for sometime the door would be locked then the key is nowhere to be found,so better climb the divider,it was kinda high for me that time but i managed to get u cause i'm the thinnest in the family,i was the only one who will get pass the divider space between it,
@shibham (16977)
• India
28 Jun 10
hi annavi. only once type experience may be enough for whole life. i think as guava is a small tree, so everyone wish to climb it but as that sudden thought of falling comes to mind, most of them hesitate to climb again. really crazy idea,, thanks that there was no fulfillment of that idea. we have more than 20 coconut trees in my home but i don't dare to climb it as it has no branches. my father always searches for an expert to pick up those coconuts. that type people are also where who walk at the dawn to pick up those coconuts from ground. ohhh... several times i have climbed walls as i was too naughty then and stole flowers from other families. oh... you are thinest. me too amongst my family. so that is one type of exercise of circus. a circle of fire and a thin girl jumps through it. hahaha.. have a nice day.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
29 Jun 10
yes,because of the thinking that they might fall,they just hesitate to climb.i've climbed but,not to the tallest branch where i could go directly to our roof.as ive said i was just reaching something from up there. yeah,i think you are naughty for that.but have you stole fruits from other trees? i was thinnest but now i have gained lot of weight,same as my sisters that's why i am still thinnest,hehe what made you think of a circus,my friend? i haven't been to a circus.but yeah,i can climb walls.i love to try rock climbing or wall climbing (the real one)not just the walls from our house,
• Malaysia
26 Jun 10
i'm proud to say that i can but i still have no idea how to climb a coconut tree..
@shibham (16977)
• India
27 Jun 10
hi mario. only coconut? which plant u can easily climb? dont hide anything? meluan,funny again
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
28 Jun 10
Mario-----your slim(fat) tummy should be a problem when you try to climb a coconut tree its really tough though...they use some sort of thick rope to glide over to the top
• Malaysia
26 Jun 10
i've seen more plants other than that dear
@MDG2211 (711)
• Argentina
6 Jul 10
The truth that I was an expert in climbing to the trees in my niƱes and also in my adolescence, in fact earn on name of monkey.
@shibham (16977)
• India
7 Jul 10
well friend. hahaha... thats well to be a monkey rather than a human in current situation. take care.
@llbo1981 (1237)
• China
14 Sep 11
Yes,the answer to me is right,i can climb a tree.It is a common sport in my childhood.When i was a child,i often climb tree,and the child around me also climb tree,we are all enjoy ourselves
@shibham (16977)
• India
15 Sep 11
Great.... but coconut is very hard to me as it has no branches... lol
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
29 Jun 10
Hi, shibham. I have never climbed a tree at all. I don't think that I can manage being so high up on a tree. Especially when I am afraid of heights. My son mentioned to me the other day about climbing on a tree. I know that kids loved doing this a lot. But not me.
@shibham (16977)
• India
1 Jul 10
hi cream. hahaha,,, yeah. its not a easy exercise for a woman as they have more fear then man. hahaha... its also true that their body is not perfect to do that act but there are differences as well. have a nice day.
@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
28 Jun 10
shibbam, I used to climb a guava tree when I was a little girl. But I never did try a mango tree. I was very girl-like to stretch out my legs on the huge branches. I left the mango harvesting for the boys.
@shibham (16977)
• India
28 Jun 10
hahaha.... whats a sacrifice that u have left mangoes only for boys. they are lucky then in your area. so sincere to your skin. nice. i appreciate it. have a nice day.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
30 Jun 10
Climbing trees to steal mangoes is a great way to learn! Of course I can climb a tree. Surely most people can can't they? Unless they are overweight I guess? I cannot remember the first time that I climbed a tree. I have been doing it for as long as I can remember. I still love to climb trees with my children, my daughter is a bit of a monkey just like me. I do remember at a friend of mines house on a farm when I was a child, that there were trees surrounding their house. We used to climb up one and then do a complete lap of the house jumping from tree to tree until we got back to where we started from. That was always challenging, but we never worried about the dangers back then.
@shibham (16977)
• India
1 Jul 10
well bawbill... its agreat adventure as well when u steal mangoes and run faster. hahaha.... but now, its out of my imagination as we are over 30 now. hehehe... ohohoho.... monkey. me too. my parents always said me that they found a monkey on me when i climbed a tree faster. what? i have not done that. i think u are more expert than me. yes, its a total challenging factor. my father said that he did the same act as you when he was a teenager. but for me, i cant. have a great day always.
@babyEj (1522)
• Philippines
30 Jun 10
Oh how sad I don't know how to climb a tree, even if it is a little bit bigger than a shrub. There's an instance that I have to follow my friends crossing the small lake by a log, and I couldn't do it. SO what they did is blind by folding a piece of cloth onto my eyes. Their hand hold mine, so I wouldn't feel nervous. Successfully I did cross it but not climbing a tree.
@shibham (16977)
• India
1 Jul 10
hi baby. same thing happened to me. i dont afraid to climb a tree but cant climb a log or slipper where there is a stream under it. we have a railway bridge near my village and we sometimes go to walk through the railway tracks. my friends can climb that bridge easily but i cant if there is not a friend to help me. hahaha... have a nice day.
• Philippines
28 Jun 10
When I was young yes I could climb a tree. But I'm quite old now I think I will fall if ever I'll decide to climb a tree. Surely my legs will wobble.
@shibham (16977)
• India
1 Jul 10
hi mercedlegurpa.... i think, if u have that habit that u will never fall from a tree but its true that your age may be the obstacle to do that act. have a nice day.
@Neo333X (171)
• Romania
27 Jun 10
Yes I can.If I have to think of it I would say that I always could.I haven't ever thought that some people have to learn it.Ok maybe in time I perfected myself to climb faster(that I really like, when I can climb faster, but you can't do that on every tree) but I could climbed in trees from Day 1.I think most people can do it and the only thing that stops them from doing it is only their fear.There are some exception though.
@shibham (16977)
• India
28 Jun 10
hi neo.. you are right. most often, due to extreme fear people avoid climbing trees. and sometime if the hurt, then also dont tend for a second chance. i dont know my speed on climbing, i mean am i faster or not? but as u have said that it is hard to climb all trees with equal speed. thanks for response. take care.