A column dedicated to exploring, appreciating, and chronicling the best Climbing Trees on Harvard’s Campus.
Written by Aidan Fitzsimons ’20
When was the last time you climbed a tree? If the answer is more than a few months ago, then you need to read this. It’s a matter of utmost importance. Your courage and whimsy depend on it. Climbing trees is medicine for your mental health. If you ever feel sad, overwhelmed, burnt out, depressed, […]
I discovered the Dawn Redwoods the old-fashioned way: by walking a new path. I’d been climbing my favorite tree in Harvard Yard, the Emerson Tree, looking out over the crisscrossing pathways in the yard between Sever and the gate facing the Art Museums. I wanted to walk towards the Littauer Tree near the Science Center, […]
“Treetises” is a column where I discuss the best trees to climb around Harvard’s campus. I wrote three Treetises—“The Best Tree in Harvard Yard,” “The Tree Trials,” and “Perchin”—during my junior fall, six years ago, in 2018. I left school after that year because I wanted to hitchhike and write. I didn’t plan on taking […]
Third Treetise By AIDAN FITZSIMONS For my third tree article, I’m gonna go a bit sappier. Now that the leaves are falling, and the trees are revealing their bare truth as fortresses of cold, reaching tendrils of bark, it is a good time to think about trees in a new light. When we […]
Second Treetise By AIDAN FITZSIMONS Oak-ay everyone, I’m back with my bi-weekly tree talk. Two weeks ago, I started this column off with my favorite tree in Harvard Yard, the Emerson Evergreen Tree in Sever Quad. This week, we’re going to kick the skill level up several notches. The Emerson Tree is a […]
First Treetise By AIDAN FITZSIMONS Buckle up, beeches— I’m about to treet myself. It’s my favorite activity and about 30% of my identity. Whenever I’m feeling a bit grim about the mouth, I look around for a nice tree to climb into, and it never fails to leaf me happy. Some trees […]