Do kids climb trees anymore?

@Adstar Going up is relatively straightforward . . it's the getting back down that can be a source of alarm!

@SunshineGirl Yeah it's looking down and realizing how high you are that induces that fear / trpidation.. But kids work their way through that and the next time they do not experience the same level of fear.. Facing fears overcomes fears..

@SunshineGirl We had a very old horse hair rope swing.. I think it was used by our grand parents when they where kids..

@Kstrong I've heard of adults who join tree climbing clubs for pleasure. I say more power to them.

@LordShadowfire gravity always lets you down, its the law... one of my college friends was a quadrapalegic after he fell from climbing a tree. This past March tried to provide life saving skills to a friend that fell from a tree, slamming down into the cement... EMTs stated it was instant death on impact and the longest 10 minutes of my life as i tried to keep oxygen to his brain if he survived that fall.....😢

@2cool4school apparently not, its ok, all is good 👍

@Kstrong ok 👌
I loved climbing trees too fortunately I didn’t have any falls that resulted in broken bones just bruises and scrapes. I also remember that the play equipment at schools and parks in my childhood was made of steel so it would last longer and we had tan bark as our “cushion” if needed. I broke my nose on the parallel bars at the elementary school playground that was 2 blocks away from my parents house when I was with my grandfather and he was not known for being very good with messy situations but he did wonderfully that day. It was my own fault for sitting on only one bar and having nothing more to stabilize myself I couldn’t stop my momentum when I realized that I was slipping all I could do was hold onto the bar as my face made solid contact with the other bar and my grandfather (just a step or two away) taking a picture with his favorite camera, a Polaroid, had to watch it all happen. Fortunately he stopped the bleeding quickly enough that I didn’t get the usual vomiting from too much blood going down the back of my throat and unsettling my stomach. I must’ve been 4-5 yo and I still remember it vividly.
I think having not much of a “safety net” taught my generation or the kids in my neighborhood (at least) that we need to be careful and confident about what we were doing because the mechanisms for injury were numerous.

@2cool4school i learned at an early age, that gravity always lets you down, its the law, yes, we learn from past experiences. Dont run on a stone veranda near a stone wall.... be careful as you run, watch where you're going....

@deadgerbil I used to ever pull myself up on to a low branch or climb the trunk. I was skinny and light so I didn’t have to be strong. It got harder as I got older. Wherever the branches formed a V shape I would sit there, rather than crushing my nuts straddling it.

The first time I ever did it I was running away from a dog so there was no lack motivation.

@WintaTheAngle yeah climbing favors people with smaller builds

@deadgerbil you just kinda hug it and push up with your feet against the sides, hug it with your arms, then scooch your legs up,. Push your torso with your legs again. Just keep repeating.