Who thinks tree-climbing should be an Olympic sport?

Question

If they can have walking and trampolining, why not tree-climbing? It'd be awesome, wouldn't it?

Answer 1

nah, but axing down trees should be

Answer 2

You can propose it as a demonstration sport.  They are always adding new events.

Answer 3

probably people in african countries.

Answer 4

What are you, some kinda tree-hugger?  I agree with jo smo, tree axing would be great.  They've already got international logging competitions (USA has some top competitors along with the Canadians).  So the rules are already set.  In fact one of the events requires them to axe foot holds into the tree as they climb up and saw it down.  So, you would have your tree climbing.  

It would be awesome to have tree-axing and tree-sawing events in the Olympics.  I'd like to see all those tree-huggers faces when we add those events in there.  Haha.

Answer 5

YES! You go first.

Answer 6

i think its an awesome idea... i was thinking they should have categories like 85m tree category, 115m tree category. angsana tree categories, coconut tree categories.. it will be different trees in diferent games and they will start with different difficulty level.

Perhaps they can perform a landing once they reach the top of the tree and that could oso be graded..

Sounds cool.....

Answer 7

I think that's not a bad idea !  Maybe not trees, but what about mountain climbing ?