This was the week that treeplanters live for. The week we finally got the chance to pound all week and get big numbers. I put in 12 000 trees this week. Really blew me out and exhausted me. This is a very welcome weekend.
Some one randomly texted me asking me what it takes to be a great treeplanter. Since I didn't know the number and it cost me money to text I decided to answer their question here. (if it was you please comment)(yes you can comment even if you don't have a blog.)
To be a great treeplanter takes 4 ingredients.
1 - The Right Kind of Crazy. clearly anyone willing to live in a tent for this long and do this job is not quite normal, so a little different is required.
2 - Motivation. A lot of people are motivated by money, I'm not. My motivation is typically competition and the fear of failure.
3 - Determination. Only slightly different than motivation but still important. The inability to quit is a must for the would be treeplanter.
4 - Ridiculously High Pain Tolerance. Not just being able to take the cuts and scrapes, but being willing to charge through bushes and keep going when your knees hurt and your body is thristy and tried. And to be able to emotionally endure the stresses of camp and crew life.
Other things that have been super helpful are things my dad impressed upon me since when I was tiny.
"Rule number one. NO WHINING"
"Krahn's never give up!"
~CHAD
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I'm commenting cause I can, and not because I sent you a text, because I didn't. I, however, did loose my phone after my mother washed it in the laundry while we were in Florida, but that's another story....
It's good to hear that you are doing well. I'm still out in Toronto working at a church's daycamp and finishing off the last english course that I need for a degree.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I've been thinking about you and praying for you.
Love and prayers,
Rebecca Foth
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