Climbing A Coconut Palm Tree

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When you are taking a vacation in a tropical climate, you might see a palm tree with coconuts at the top and decide that you want to be just like the people you have seen in movies or television shows who climb to the top and retrieve a few coconuts for a nice snack or meal, but while this might seem like a straightforward enough exercise (after all, you might think, how difficult can it be to climb a tree?), it will be important that you make sure you know the proper technique for climbing a palm tree in order to reach the top without any problems.

You will actually be using your legs a lot more than you will be using your hands when you climb a palm tree; start out by wrapping your arms around the tree and gaining a good grip with your hands, realizing that it will almost feel like you are "hugging" the tree - wrapping your arms as far around it as you can.

Once your arms are wrapped as far around the tree as they will go, position your legs on either side of the tree and squat down so that your thighs are nearly at a 90 degree angle to the ground, with your legs pressed into the tree, as this will give you a good grip on the tree with both your arms and legs.

At this point, you will be time to start climbing; while squeezing your feet and lower legs against the tree as hard as you can, push up so that your body slides upward until your hands find a new place to hold onto; after you get a grip on this new area with your hands, you will be able to slide your legs and feet up until they are gripping the tree again.

After you have reached the top and tossed down all the coconuts you are wanting to collect, be cautious about descending the tree - doing so in just as cautious a manner as you ascended so that you do not slide down the trunk and take on some serious abrasions on your arms and legs!