Things are looking up, and so am I.

Today Rebecca and I are going to climb a big emergent canopy tree. We climbed the same tree yesterday but didn't collect everything we need. So we're hauling ourselves up to 100 feet above the forest floor again today in hopes of snagging some plant matter and measuring branches.

Climbing trees is frightening! The worst part of stepping off a branch into the thin air is the shaky, nervous feeling you get even though you know you'll be fine. The rope holds you, of course, and instead of falling you just dangle, but the shock of basically falling off the edge of the tree can really fry your nerves. Yesterday Rebecca had to climb down before we were done because of the fear. Today we're climbing with Cat.