Have You Ever Experienced Tree Bending?

[franznietzsche]

So can russian roulette, football, working on poorly insulated electrical wiring and running in the middle of the freeway, are they all extreme sports too?

Only the running on the freeway

 

[the number 42]

Call me impressionable, but all this talk has tweaked my curiosity & I now have a strange urge to go out and do some tree bending.
THANKS GUYS! HOPE YOU CAN MAKE THE HOSPITAL VISITING HOURS!


(Its about now that Ivan comes in with a PF disclaimer...)

 

[Chi Meson]

I tried it once after we read that Frost poem my junior year in high school. We didn't have any decent birches so I tried Hemlock (the only other option was one of the huge hickory trees--think baseball bat). I got as far as getting a good back and forth swing going. That was fun, then the top of the tree snapped off. I have no idea why I did not get hurt as I crashed through the lower branches. Lots of fun but I never tried it again. I was suspicious after that if Frost made the whole thing up.

 

[mickeyt]

Thanks for all your stories etc. They will help me this week as I introduce a lot of kids to the thrills and spills of treebending. Hopefully I can get some photos up... That would take a lot out of explaining what it is exactly!

 

[Miles]

I found a video of it for you guys. Go to http://www.stupidvideos.com/ and click on the search bar in the grey area to the left. Type in Tree in the search area and click on the Tree Elevator video. Sorry the site won't let me direct link to that video. You can also increase the size and resolution of the video in the options below the video screen. Enjoy