are at my disposal now that I've figured a way to climb the trees. Not being particularly lightweight, the conventional methods that the natives use didn't work for me. I had to think of something else, a smarter way to create enough friction on the tree to negate 200 lbs of downward body weight. The answer was 2 pieces of cloth and a clever wrapping, allowing me to leapfrog up the trunk.
A few weeks ago, a friendly local guy saw me throwing rocks at a coconut tree and furiously trying to scale the trunk with my bare hands. He came over, took off his shoes, and at no obligation, climbed up the trunk with ease and tossed down a few coconuts. He briskly shredded the husk with a knife and handed me the final product. Just unbelievable. He said he did it because he'd just had a beer and he was bored.
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