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I went for a night walk in the Redwood forest (pics)
07-28-2022, 04:17 PM
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07-28-2022, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted By FarmersSon⏩
It is a 700m walk (.4 of a mile)That's so cool. How far is the hike?
If the trees are still pretty young I imagine they are still growing. I wonder if they have to adjust things every few years. Loving the vacation pics.
If the trees are still pretty young I imagine they are still growing. I wonder if they have to adjust things every few years. Loving the vacation pics.
28 swing bridges
20m high (65 feet) - I think I said 12m above, its higher than I thought.
Originally Posted By JayJ350⏩
A christmas nightclub in the treesWhat kind of well-lit forest is this?
Damn
07-28-2022, 04:24 PM
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07-28-2022, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted By Jandels⏩
Jandels, if you are interested, you might enjoy the book "The Wild Trees" by Richard Preston.The redwood forest is 120 years old. Rope bridges start at 6 metres high and the highest platform is 12 metres off the ground. Tallest tree on the walk was 75 metres high.
Those are my boys fooling around on the stairs.
Those are my boys fooling around on the stairs.
It is all about the Redwood forests of the Northern California coast, including the 380 foot (115 meter) Hyperion Tree, as well as others, many over 2,000 years old.
The most interesting part is about a researcher named Steve Sillett, who developed climbing techniques that enabled him to spend weeks living in the crowns of these giant trees, and to even travel between others nearby without descending (crown to crown climbing). In some of the really huge and old ones, they found trees actually growing in the crown of trees, some of which would be substantial-sized trees of their own on the ground. The crowns are so old, dense, and filled with "duff" that entire ecosystems are present, including these "trees within a tree".
It is amazing to see and touch them, imaging all of the world history, and all the generations of man, that have transpired in our world while these same trees have stood throughout it all, as silent sentinels.
If you have never been, come to see them sometime. As you know, also in California are the largest living things, the Giant Sequoias (located in inland California by Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks) as well as the oldest living things, the Bristlecone Pines (Eastern Sierra area and Nevada), some of which are estimated to be close to 5,000 years old.
Living in the Bay Area of California, plants, trees, shrubs from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa are all widely used as we share similar environments.
Loved the pics.
07-28-2022, 06:13 PM
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Good ****. Reminds me of Endor in Star Wars just need the ewoks
07-28-2022, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted By Esploder⏩
Awesome post brah, that book sounds really interesting. Thanks for all the info. I have been to Sequoia national park and seen them. On the same trip I went to Glacier and Yellowstone, but I've never been to Yosemite. I have spent a fair amount of time in Washington state, as I have family living there. I would love to go to Yosemite next time.Jandels, if you are interested, you might enjoy the book "The Wild Trees" by Richard Preston.
It is all about the Redwood forests of the Northern California coast, including the 380 foot (115 meter) Hyperion Tree, as well as others, many over 2,000 years old.
The most interesting part is about a researcher named Steve Sillett, who developed climbing techniques that enabled him to spend weeks living in the crowns of these giant trees, and to even travel between others nearby without descending (crown to crown climbing). In some of the really huge and old ones, they found trees actually growing in the crown of trees, some of which would be substantial-sized trees of their own on the ground. The crowns are so old, dense, and filled with "duff" that entire ecosystems are present, including these "trees within a tree".
It is amazing to see and touch them, imaging all of the world history, and all the generations of man, that have transpired in our world while these same trees have stood throughout it all, as silent sentinels.
If you have never been, come to see them sometime. As you know, also in California are the largest living things, the Giant Sequoias (located in inland California by Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks) as well as the oldest living things, the Bristlecone Pines (Eastern Sierra area and Nevada), some of which are estimated to be close to 5,000 years old.
Living in the Bay Area of California, plants, trees, shrubs from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa are all widely used as we share similar environments.
Loved the pics.
It is all about the Redwood forests of the Northern California coast, including the 380 foot (115 meter) Hyperion Tree, as well as others, many over 2,000 years old.
The most interesting part is about a researcher named Steve Sillett, who developed climbing techniques that enabled him to spend weeks living in the crowns of these giant trees, and to even travel between others nearby without descending (crown to crown climbing). In some of the really huge and old ones, they found trees actually growing in the crown of trees, some of which would be substantial-sized trees of their own on the ground. The crowns are so old, dense, and filled with "duff" that entire ecosystems are present, including these "trees within a tree".
It is amazing to see and touch them, imaging all of the world history, and all the generations of man, that have transpired in our world while these same trees have stood throughout it all, as silent sentinels.
If you have never been, come to see them sometime. As you know, also in California are the largest living things, the Giant Sequoias (located in inland California by Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks) as well as the oldest living things, the Bristlecone Pines (Eastern Sierra area and Nevada), some of which are estimated to be close to 5,000 years old.
Living in the Bay Area of California, plants, trees, shrubs from New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa are all widely used as we share similar environments.
Loved the pics.
Damn
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