asthma global iniative

DAY 198
10.19.07
TREE 121

With the leaves finally ( and quickly) turning to the beautiful warm fall colors I wanted to climb a tree at the Mount.� I am lucky that I am still here and can do so easily.� I walked passed the labyrinth through the woods.� I wanted a tall tree so I could get some good pictures of the colorful expanses of the sanctuary.� But in the dense woods the trees are tall, but low branches are few.� I tried climbing up a young tree and bending it to a large one, but that didnapos;t work.� Just beyond that was the tree I climbed.� Its leaves still mostly green with little bits of deep red on a few.�

This climb was a good challenge with lots of hard reaches and tricky passages.� It is always difficult to have only one branch to hold onto, lift myself up with, get on top of, and then go up further.� It takes a lot of particular holds and good balance.� Sometimes lots of trunk hugging.�

I pushed up to the top on thin limbs.� The wind gusted occasionally tossing me a bit.� It made me nervous but Iapos;ve come to expect the movement and to trust that the small limbs can handle my weight.�

Unfortunately this tree did not provide a good view of the expanses.� Just what was nearby.� And not too many colorful leaves.�

But at least I climbed in daylight.� That really felt good.� I then realized I had forgotten ribbon again and carved shallow notches on a branch.� Then I climbed down letting gravity make those difficult reaches and tricky passages easier.�

Itapos;s really starting to look like fall, though itapos;s still warm.

10-19-08:� This fall, the 2008 fall, has been very similar to last years.� The warm weather has lasted and the leaves are turning later.� But now they are really starting to change, and fall, quickly.� I was looking forward to this, but as I bike down the road and the cool air gets under my shirt collar I think... Damn, I could go back to warm weather (Iapos;m not ready).� I guess Iapos;ll just have to start layering.� As any biker knows, no matter how cold it gets, after biking a while, you just get hot.� But I just equipted my bike with fenders and lights, and Iapos;ve pulled out the rain coat, gloves, and face mask so I am ready for the worst.�

I went to my parents yesterday to switch vehicles with my dad for my coming trip to Ohio for my opening.� I also did some laundry and got some more of my things to make my new house feel more like home.� In the late afternoon I went outside to see what my dad was up to.� I helped him fix the fence which was damaged by the fallen trees in the Ike storm.� Then I went and climbed two trees just in the corner of the property by the back the house.

I climbed up the little one and leaned my back against the larger one when I rested momentarily as I readjusted my holds.�

I reached the first limb of the smaller tree and reached my foot back to stand on the first limb of the larger tree.� As I stood there and looked for a path higher up my dad told me of a guy he saw on TV.� He had a bottle of brandy up in a tree and drank the whole bottle.� He was rip-roaring drunk and the cops came to tell him to get down.� He threw the empty bottle at them and they said he was under arrest and to climb down.� The drunk man refused and told them cops to come get him.� Then, for unknown reasons, he began to climb down (possibly because he had to pee) and slipped and fell a long way down.� This story made him think of me.� Nice.

After the story I went back to the smaller tree and climbed up a little higher then transferred back to the larger tree on a long branch.�

If you look close at the branch in the picture above you see some seed like things.� That is an old pile of animal poo.� Not sure what kind but probably raccoon.

I climbed past the poo and situated myself on a nice branch to take some pictures.�

I shifted my focus upward to take some more shots of the changing poplar leaves.�

Then I heard a little scratching noise.� I looked up and spotted a squirrel with a nut in his mouth.

He tried to sit still and act like invisible.� But I just stared at him and wasnapos;t trying to be still or silent myself.� I guess I loosened him up because he just started to turn and face me.� We watched each other for a while.

Look at that nut in his mouth.� It wasnapos;t long after that last picture that he just took off down the trunk and jumped to another tree.� It was a nice interaction while it lasted.

I climbed back to the smaller tree when I was all done shooting and enjoying the sunshine.� I slid down the trunk of the rough hackberry to the ground satisfied with this climb.� Iapos;ve had some duds lately so it was nice to have a good experience.�

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