Ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Joy

3.0 1 rating

Effort

4 4

A hard start, or a tree that keeps asking things of you all the way to the top.

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Height
6–10 m
First branch
1.5–2 m
Trunk girth
20–40 cm

It was a tougher climb than I would have expected, maybe because it had rained earlier this day. But very satisfying! You climb up on the beach on the left. That was a little bit of a struggle. That was really the only part, maybe. From there, I guess you can also climb that for a while longer and transfer after that, but in principle, you can directly transfer onto the ash tree. From there on, you can just go up and up and up, up and up, until you're basically above the treetops and overlooking the landscape. It does feel a little bit awkward up there because you kind of look into people's backyard, so proceed with caution, I guess! Oh, and in the last couple of steps, there were also a couple of tricky branch transfers, but overall, very doable. I wasn't able to get to the very top, but one or two meters below it was quite doable.

Body and technique

  • Clench & climb (1)
  • Tree-to-tree transfer (1)

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  • View from the top (1)

Where it stands

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