RE: 1st Solo, and some trees!
I hit trees so many times I nicknamed my airplane the scotch tape racer after I repaired my covering with packing tape so many times..the worst was when it was stuck about 50 feet up and I climbed up that damn tree about 6 times to try to shake it out before I got smart and decided to climb the tree again with a small hatchet in my mouth like I was an army commando...after hacking for about 25 minutes it finally broke....only to fall about 4 feet lower on the next branch down..I hope that tree gets struck by lightening