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Started by Den Socling, December 03, 2012, 03:40:26 PM

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Den Socling

Is this for real?



 

mad murdock

Looks like it could be coastal redwoods, looks real to me.
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and the one guy is saying to the other

"Who brings Chinese handcuffs up a tree anyway!"
Imagine, Me a Tree Farmer.
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Cedarman

There is a pull out spread of a very large tall redwood in the last national Geographic.  The people in the tree are incredibaly small.
Impressive.
I am in the pink when sawing cedar.

Den Socling

They can't expect the fire department to get them down!  :D

terry f

    Somebody has to be up another tree, getting the picture.

Den Socling

You're right, Terry. They are even higher. One time I read a book about people who climbed coastal redwoods. They would do things like climb to the top of a tree that has been topped in a storm and have lunch. They would live in those trees. I wish I could remember the name of that book.

beenthere

Several years ago, Stihl Inc had a great photo op of climbers hanging off rigging with large chain saws. I used to have that large poster but don't know where it is at the moment.  ::) ::)

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WmFritz

I think I read the same book, Den. It was about a group that would seek the tallest redwoods, climb them and camp in the canopies in hammocks overnight, sometimes.
I think they kept the  "Giants" a secret amongst themselves. If I remember right, they were something like 350' or so tall.
I need to dig around and find the title.
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FeltzE

Yep that could be real, we took a motorcycle drive out to the west coast last spring and visited the giant redwoods and sequoia's very impressive. some running over 20 feet in diameter and topping over 300 feet tall.

The tallest was under 400 feet, I suspect it's because the tree can't push water that high up.


Busy Beaver Lumber

Yep, that's the job for me. :o My knees start to shake when I am on a six foot tall step ladder. You could not pay me enough to climb a tree like that.
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Save a tree...eat a beaver!

Bill Gaiche

I believe it. There was this article in todays Tulsa World paper about some big trees. bg

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=13&articleid=20121203_13_A14_CUTLIN21174

learner

I HOPE they are just climbing for the climb.  Because the idea of cutting one of those ancients just makes me sick.  That would be like destroying the Great Salt Plains, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Taj Mahal, or the Great Wall of china.  Trees that size are a part of the History of our World.
They have seen things we can only Dream about.  Has anyone ever found the Oldest living tree?  That has to be a sight to see!  I've seen thousand year old rocks but to witness the splender of a 300 year old living thing is a wonder!
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treefarmer87

I THOUGHT THE BIG GRADE OAKS I CUT WERE BIG :o :) i agree with learner, they shouldnt be cut.
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beenthere

QuoteI've seen thousand year old rocks but to witness the splender of a 300 year old living thing is a wonder

300 year old is not 'old' for a tree. Cut some Alaska yellow cedar that counted out more than 900 rings. They'd been dead for a hundered years and were still solid wood.
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1270d

I believe that the oldest tree, methuselah is 4844 or 45 yrs old.  Its location is not diclosed

learner

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beenthere

south central Wisconsin
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SPIKER

If you have never seen some of these things UP CLOSE you have no idea how big the really are.   Spent some time in Sequoia Nat Forest & redwood nat forest in Northern CA back in 92.   REALLY impressive to stand next to a tree and not be able to see around it without taking a hike!   or see the TOP of a Redwood without walking back a hundred yards.  8)

I'm looking for help all the shrinks have given up on me :o

thecfarm

That picture is beautiful.
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Den Socling

I have to go there and see these trees! We are doing a job in Washington. I will make the trip down. I am amazed by big trees in PA. Those Redwoods make them look like weeds.

Slab Slicer

Check some of the climbing links here. These folks really love there recreational climbing.

http://www.sherrilltree.com/Rec-Galleries/Photos_2
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thenorthman

Quote from: Den Socling on December 03, 2012, 08:45:34 PM
I have to go there and see these trees! We are doing a job in Washington. I will make the trip down. I am amazed by big trees in PA. Those Redwoods make them look like weeds.

If'n yer allready in Warshington then its a hop and a skip to the Hoh Rain Forest, just a few miles south of forks, trees are not as big  but still very impressive, also some very large ceder just out side Darrington on the beaver lake trail. 

I keep asking the wifey if we can take a self loader and the 090 and go camping in the hoh rain forest, she always says no but it would be funny to see the tree huggers panic just a little bit...

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redprospector

Quote from: learner on December 03, 2012, 07:26:09 PM
I HOPE they are just climbing for the climb.  Because the idea of cutting one of those ancients just makes me sick.  That would be like destroying the Great Salt Plains, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Taj Mahal, or the Great Wall of china.  Trees that size are a part of the History of our World.
They have seen things we can only Dream about.  Has anyone ever found the Oldest living tree?  That has to be a sight to see!  I've seen thousand year old rocks but to witness the splender of a 300 year old living thing is a wonder!

I don't think you have to worry about seeing one of those trees cut. The environmentalist have such a strangle hold on this country that we can't cut anything over 24" DBH in the Lincoln National Forest.

It's not that I don't agree with you that those giants shouldn't be cut. I just get a little huffy when people get all touchy/feely about a tree. Once we let it get started, it only had one way to go.

Andy
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