A Silly Question: “Can you climb a tree?”
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (139933)
Philippines
May 24, 2017 12:00am CST
Nowadays, children are not that curious enough to do some outdoor activities. When I was still in my younger years, I had tried to climb a guava tree. My siblings, cousins and I had our memories in climbing and harvesting some guavas on a tree. It is so simple to throw the fruit from a tree while the others catching by bare hands or lifting the bottom of our shirts to catch it.
I was having a class online and was surprised with student’s question.
“Have you tried to climb a tree?”
I thought he was playing innocent of not doing such outdoor activity. But he looks so serious and I answered “yes.”
“How about you, guys?”
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50 responses
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
24 May 17
I still climb trees, remember we have a tree house in our mango tree, Im thinking of climbing later if it does not rain
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
24 May 17
we had several trees. we climbed the sampalok (tamarind) tree and mango tree. however, i do know of children who slipped or fell from tree branches that broke, which is the risk when climbing trees.
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@hereandthere Accidents can really happen. I can still remember my mother shouting on top of her lungs and asking us to go down. She's holding her slipper at that time.lol
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
24 May 17
I agree. Some girls are the catcher of the fruits before. There is a sudden flashback about this. A young lady whom I had interested with gave me the biggest green mango fruit from their backyard. She had climbed on the tree. I appreciated the gesture.
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@gilggg (2538)
• Israel
24 May 17
When I was a childe We had a little camp up on the tree and my friends and I used to have meetings there and play....we built it with my friend's father...we had alot of fun...
Today our neighbers have a wood house on a tree in their garden and my children play there alot with the neighber's children...
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
24 May 17
When I was in elementary..gosh we usually climb an indian mango tree 
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@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
24 May 17
@Shavkat ..actually yes..it was fun and eating a fresh indian mango is really something..Oh memoriessss
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@m_audrey6788 I like eating Indian mangoes.I like dipping them into fish sauce.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 May 17
i and my kid brother would climb a mango tree and eat the unripe fruits up there.
of course, i can climb a tree.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 May 17
@Shavkat with a string, my friend, i can climb that tree.
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@diosabella (4789)
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24 May 17
I can climb a tree. I haven't done it in years but I enjoyed climbing trees from guava to a mango tree. The only thing I'm having difficulty was climbing down. 
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@diosabella (4789)
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24 May 17
@Shavkat I usually scraped my knees but get down by myself. That time, we have this silent agreement that if you climb a tree you must go down by yourself too.
I usually scraped my knees but get down by myself. That time, we have this silent agreement that if you climb a tree you must go down by yourself too.
@Slayqueen (918)
• India
25 May 17
I tried to climb a tree when I was a kid. It's not really easy..
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
27 May 17
@Slayqueen I do agree on that. It is not that difficult for the locals who live in the province.
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@Slayqueen (918)
• India
26 May 17
@Shavkat Really dangerous. It seems easy when locals climb it.. but it's harder than it looks..
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@Elisa1234 (7607)
• Philippines
24 May 17
I love to climb trees,
It's fun .
I'm still young and
I can still climb a tree
.
I'm still young and
I can still climb a tree 1 person likes this
@Elisa1234 (7607)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@Shavkat Hahahaha I'm still 19 yrs old - too young! How about you?
- too young! How about you?1 person likes this
@amanahmed8 (19)
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24 May 17
oh i miss climbing those mango trees at my backyard.Those were the days. :-(
Now they are just memories
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@amanahmed8 What's the reason of not able to climb trees anymore? Are you living from another city?
@amanahmed8 (19)
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24 May 17
@Shavkat hahaha.man you made me nostalgic.i mean climbing those trees and plucking all those mangoes.Ahha,I so madly miss those days and now i am miss them more.
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
26 May 17
@CaseyRoss9966 I agree. Even in my family, the younger generations are not active as we are before.
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@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)
• United States
26 May 17
@Shavkat Yes, I did. I believe I am one of the last generations to actually be kids when we were kids and be made to do things outside.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
24 May 17
earlier I used to climb lots of tree, but not now.......but I am targetting after 4-5 months when I will be weighing 20 kgs less.
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@Shavkat (139933)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@spaceseed I am sure you will, my friend. If I have the chance, I will do it, too.
@spaceseed (2843)
• India
24 May 17
@Shavkat I will climb by end of this year definitely
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@Essjayd (1567)
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24 May 17
We used to climb the
trees in our local park usually
to hang ropes from them so we
could have a swing over the stream!
We also used to climbed people's
trees to steal apples!
I know a few of my friends kids who
still do stuff like this but most kids
would rather stay home and
play video games!
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