I really like beech trees..their form, appearance, stateliness. I have never cut one down...hasn't come up..I have climbed a few but not many.
I have never cut down or climbed a sycamore either..I like them, too. Pines, oaks, gums, hickory, wild cherry, poplar, cedars...cut and climbed plenty of them.
But I really admire a good beech tree. That is one reason I like to read some of Stig's posts...he posts some excellent pictures of BIG beeches on occasion. They seem to have a lot in his neck of the woods.