Tree Climbing

Tree climbing is an activity where specialists come to camp and teach us how to climb ropes that are attached to trees. We learned things such as there are two types of ropes used in tree climbing and that there are a lot of really hard levels to tree climbing, but we did the easiest level. Tree climbing was in four groups, Nitzanim girls, Abirim boys, Nitzanim boys, and Abirim girls. Tree climbing was really fun, but when you just hang in the tree it gets really uncomfortable and your legs start to hurt. It felt like we were flying. Everyone looked so tiny from above!
Avi liked it when he got to go up the tree on a part that had a branch in the way and it was fun climbing through the leaves. Noa thought tree climbing was really awesome because it felt unreal and amazing, "I just want to stay up there forever." Ella didn't like how uncomfortable it was and someone had to "rescue" her! "I got really tired." Yael thought it was really fun because her rope was pulled all the way back and then the specialist just let go! She also got to go and touch a branch that was really high up, although my legs were starting to cramp. Grace thought it was really fun and she went on the highest course. It was hard to go over the branch because the "magic knot" would not go over the branch. Ethan was one of the last to go up into the tree so he didn't have much time. "I only made it halfway up but the half that I did get to do was fun."