I don't get it, how is this that you can't step out of the safe way? Can't you really imagine another climb than the rea**uring trunk? Risk the thin branches and if they ever break, then start again on a different one. Risk the branch, avoid the trunk. It may seem hard. But I don't want to see the top from the ground
We're all a bunch of natural risk avoiders. But it's worth trading our safety for better years. It should be a complex network of branches, one leading to another. Falling should mean discovering a new to get to the top. You'll be able to set the on higher floor than you would, through the coward's way.