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Ask CityLab: Can I Climb Urban Trees?
How to fulfill your leafy fantasies safely and legally.
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There’s a delightfully subversive allure to scaling a tree in the middle of a city. Instantly, you’re transported away from the gray and busy streets below and into a leafy echelon; the ascent involves just the right amount risk, and more than adequate reward. In a recent essay for The Guardian, Jack Cooke described how: