TAKING ROOT IN JAPAN:Tree climbers get a new perspective on the world belowBy BOOYEON LEE: Special to The Asahi Shimbun / Dec 8, 2003 I keep my eyes on the glorious streaks of red and gold fading into dusk and try really hard not to look down. As a kid, I'd never climbed a fence, let alone a tree. Now seven meters up, dangling from the arm of a great murray tree, the brilliance of the foliage has utterly hushed my fear of heights-for now. .... went through Tree Climbing Japan's three-day training session and waslicensed to climb and train others.