Tree School Will Cure Your ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’

Surfing California redwoods as opposed to social media

MEL Films
MEL Magazine
1 min readApr 27, 2018

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Once a year, adventurous arborist and tree-climbing instructor Tim Kovar takes a select few atop one of the tallest tress in the world — a summit he says less people have attempted than Mount Everest. For an unforgettable way to battle “nature deficit disorder” and re-connect with the Earth, we recently joined Kovar as he traversed an 850-year-old, 180-foot tall California redwood called “Grandfather” to see how squirrels dream.

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