So, the trick says the following:
Wall Climber (Su): A ninja with this ability gains a climb speed of 20 feet, but only on vertical surfaces. This ability cannot be used to scale perfectly smooth surfaces or to climb on the underside of horizontal surfaces
Vertical surfaces such as? I mean, I could use a list or something so that I can speak with my DM as what I'd be entitled to do.
Also... since I have a Climb Speed, do I get the +8 Racial Bonus on everything/always?
A wall would be a vertical surface, and yes you get the racial bonus as long as you have the climb speed.
I think they are just trying to make it clear you can't hang from a ceiling.
I think they are just trying to make it clear you can't hang from a ceiling.
But what about a Tree, or Mastil of a ship, would I be able to climb those? Or a rocky wall of a cave?
I read that to mean that you can climb up anything that's not perfectly smooth or primarily horizontal. A tree, a ship's rigging or a cave wall are all fair game.
Basically you can climb, run or five-foot step along everything in this image, but you couldn't climb a perfectly smooth force field, nor could you climb along a ceiling. Well, not without making a climb check anyhow.
Your best bet would be to ask the GM if he'd allow it. I don't see any reason to disallow your examples so far.
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In theory, a single contiguous piece of polished metal or stone might be too difficult to climb as well. I doubt that the wall created by a wall of stone spell would be that smooth, but some GMs might disagree.
The section of the CRB that described the Climb skill would be helpful here too. Figure out what your bonus to Climb is, including the +8 racial bonus, and then see what you get when you take 10 (which you can now do under any circumstance.) Anything with a DC lower than that, you can climb.