DAY 34

DAY 34
05.08.07
TREE 40

Today’s climb was sort of a test. I chose a really young, skinny-trunked tree and climbed it like a rope. Kind of like the one I did before but this one was alone and not in a cluster. I wanted to see how high I could get before I felt like it was going to bend over and break. I climbed two trees but only marked one ‘cause I had to use my teeth and squeeze real tight with my legs to accomplish the feat. And I didn’t get too high. The tree really started to bend and I got nervous really fast. I always wondered if I got so high if it would just bend until I hit the ground. Would it be fast or slow? Or would it break before I hit the ground? What I’d really like to do is find one close to a bigger tree where once I got high enough on the little tree it would just lower me onto a branch of the big tree. I guess I’ll keep a look out for something like that.

5-8-08:  Man, I can’t wait for you guys to read the entry and see the pictures from when I reclimb this tree….

Yesterday I took a trip up to Dublin, OH to check out some trees in a park.  I’ve been asked to make some of my body shells for a sculpture park show.  I am really excited about making some more casts and trying out some new materials to make it a more permanent and strong object that can stand up to the elements over time.  I’ll be making 3, possibly 4 and I am very excited about the trees I’ve picked out.  I climbed one of them.  Here is a pic down the beautiful trunk:

And in the creek near by were ducks and little ducklings which were incredible swimmers: