Did you know …
That the famous naturalist John Muir was an avid tree climber? It’s true!
It’s probably no surprise that a man so at home in nature would be interested in getting up into the canopy like that, but the way he did it may surprise you: Muir would bring a backpack full of sharpened screwdrivers whenever he went tree climbing. He created each hand and foothold by jamming a screwdriver into the tree’s trunk, and simply left them there when he was finished. Many trees across northern California still bear the rusted shafts of Muir’s climbing tools, although just as many of his arboreal conquests have disappeared; Muir would also regularly light campfires on wide branches.
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