"You just made it look easy," he said pointedly after watching the feat. Mike frowned at the tree before moving closer to it. Where did he even put his feet? A sigh and he took the obvious approach, wrapping arms around the tree as if hugging it. "Yep," he grunted, "not so easy."
But he didn't give up. Not yet. Instead, Mike applied his limited cliff climbing knowledge and got himself up a few inches before reaching for thr branch Tenebrous was on. "It sturdy enough for us both?"
Again - not that it would really stop him from pulling himself up.