Out of the eight days on
the track,
this was probably the neatest
tree. Tramping along the Spey River, I saw it leaning far
out
over the river, covered in unbelievably thick moss on all sides, up and
down the entire trunk. The tree screamed at me, "Climb up
me",
but
I couldn't do it. First off, my hands were so cold that I
didn't
know whether I could get my pack off or use my hands during a
climb.
The main reason that I didn't climb it was that I would have damaged
the
moss on the tree trunk. I know that the entire forest is
covered
in moss, but this tree was interesting enough that to climb out on it
would
have made me feel like a vandal.