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Dingus Milktoast
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I ran into Treebeard's cousin up near the Elephants Graveyard
He seemed hurried so we didn't get a chance to talk. Pity, that.
DMT
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 11:18am PT
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Thanks guys,
That's exactly what I was hoping for!
Edit: Steve, no I've never been there. Wish I had!
Angus Bilthost, That really is Treebeards cousin!
Pity you didn't have time to talk....
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 11:24am PT
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Oregon Cascades.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 11:27am PT
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Needles Firetower and Bonsai.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 11:29am PT
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Needles. Not the best tree picture, but cool anyway.
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wtfd
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i was amazed at this little guys staunch determination to simply be, i probably looked like a 2 year old repeating him verbatim.
this tree lives right above the notch at the needles...
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SteveW
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The state of confusion
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Survival
If I get a chance this weekend, I'll try and scan
a few of the bristlecone pix I took in Great Basin NP years
ago. They're special trees.
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Tami
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Vancouver, Canada
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I'm a huge fan of bonsai tho' I have to admit, that like Frank Sinatra and Sid Vicious, I do it MY WAY..........which is only to say I'm too retarded, lazy and dull to engage any comprehensive understanding of bonsai and it's culture.
I live in the land of big trees ( despite logging companies making them scarce ) and have loved trees since I was little & climbed them. My parents refused to cut the big cedars on their lot when they built The Family Home and so we grew up climbin' those things.
I also spent five seasons treeplanting in northern BC - from the Queen Charlotte Is ( Haida Gwaii ) to the Rottie Mtns. Heinous work but amazingly rewarding in unimaginable ways. Even days where we could see above in the sky where the snow turned to rain and we were freezing our butts, it was still a powerful place to exist.........and , of course, the money was good.
About fifteen or so years ago I harvested some little trees along the sides of logging roads. A couple of these are now getting rather big - the Douglas Fir ( a big dug fir ? d'oh! ) I had to prune it's leader two years ago c's it was beating a mad path to the sky. The tree is about 5m in height and I'll keep it about there. I also have lodgepole pines, a yellow cedar, hemlock, spruce and balsam in my ( actually quite small ) front yard.
My prize tree out front is a pink variation of the Yellowwood tree, a Carolinian hardwood. I grew this tree - now 7m tall - from seed in 1991. It should flower in the next few years!
I also have some bonsai in little pots: spruce, red cedar, lodgepole pine, eastern white pine, apple trees....most were grown from seed but a few are from those harvests from 15 yrs ago. They are unruly as bonsai and, like me, a little unkempt and outta control.
I guess we get the trees we deserve.
Cheers, Tami
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 11:52am PT
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wtfd, I get it dude..I totally get it! Awesome tree.
Tami, thanks for the story. I was a tree planter too!! On the Oregon coast range. Brutal work, yes. Special moments, yes.
I personally planted over a million. I've been back to units I planted to find 30-40 ft trees! Late 70's, money wasn't that bitchin'...
Indianclimber, those are beautiful man. MORE PLEASE!!
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Blinny
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Bristlecone Pine
By Hugh Prestwood
Way up in the mountains on the high timber line
There's a twisted old tree called the Bristlecone Pine
The wind there is bitter, it cuts like a knife
And it keeps that tree holding on for dear life
But hold on it does, standing its ground
Standing as empires rise and fall down
When Jesus was gathering lambs to his fold
The tree was already a thousand years old
Now the way I have lived there ain't no way to tell
When I die if I'm going to heaven or hell
So when I'm laid to rest it would suit me just fine
To sleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine
For as I would slowly return to the earth
What little this body of mine might be worth
Would soon start to nourish the roots of that tree
And it would partake of the essence of me
And who knows but that as the centuries turn
A small spark of me might continue to burn
As long as the sun did continue to shine
Down on the limbs of the Bristlecone Pine
Now the way I have lived there ain't no way to tell
When I die if I'm going to heaven or hell
So I'd just as soon serve out eternity's time
Asleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine
Asleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 11:56am PT
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BlinnyTheNutJob,
Thanks girl, beautiful.
I was hoping you'd see the thread about my daughter....
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Blinny
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JustKathNotMark
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Just did. . . It won the prestigious, and much sought after "BlinnyTheNutJob'sBitchenTheadOfTheWeekAward"!
YAY.
BTNJ
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SteveW
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The state of confusion
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Tami, unkempt? No!
Outta control?
No way!
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Mike.
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Cool, cool.
Ever drive through Ancient Bristlecone Pine near While Mountain and guess which one's the oldest living thing on earth?
http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/Schulman.html
To my knowledge the location is kept from the public for the tree's safety.
vvv Manure Pile?
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Indianclimber
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Talk about trees in a hurry
Guess where in the valley this one is
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 12:56pm PT
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Paul, yeah definitely, definitely bonsai..yeah..definitely..
Great trees. I knew an Alaskan would come through.
Indianclimber,
I have no idea where the tree in a hurry is.
He's tryin' to get to the Mountain Room Bar before closing time?
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 12:59pm PT
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Whoa, those are great. Especially that first one!!
Holy buckets, I can feel the age, hardship and wisdom just dripping off of it!
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Indianclimber
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Running tree is on Royal Arches
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 01:08pm PT
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Nefarius, beautiful.
Nice contribution!
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midarockjock
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http://engraved-on-his-hands.home.att.net/Stromata/Lganimal/Plants/Eucalyptusregnans-2e.htm
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The tallest tree in the world I also believe is/was a Eucalyptus
in Australia. The tallest I have removed in CA was 157' being
a Camaldulensis. The largest Trunk I removed of this genus was
78" at legal dbh located in Lakewood CA. and only about 90' tall,
it was Globulus. The largest CA. wind row trees I have seen were
near Salinas and the Largest street trees of this genus were in
Riverside CA.
The largest species in the world that I removed made another
the largest in the world. The 1'st I climbed the 2'nd then
the largest blew over and was picked up with a 16 ton stinger
and Cat 910. Both Pinus Torreyana.
1. Was in Pasadena CA.
2. Was in Beverly Hills CA.
I don't mind if videos are posted without my name.
Trail of the 100 giants has some fun ones to climb. None
of the Giganteum there are 400' and I know of no Sempervirens
being 400'.
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Jaybro
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wuz real!
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I thought this would be bhodi tree thread.
Those eucalyptus get bigger than I ever knew.
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Tami
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Vancouver, Canada
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.............have to say thisiz my fave thread in a LONG time. Gorjuss pix.
No politricks. No flamin'. No prohibition to complain about. No Lois.
thanks again survival fer startin' it.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 02:33pm PT
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Awesome you guys, just AWESOME!!
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Nefarius
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Yeah, tons of great stuff in here. Still really want to know about the trees in MisterE's image #3. Those are rad!
"No Lois."
hahaha Amen, Tami!
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Reilly
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Monrovia, CA
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Wallace Creek on way to Whitney from Kern River...
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 03:58pm PT
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Ah yes...peace.
Thanks you guys, this is really turning into what I hoped for.
Thanks Jerry, Is that one old leaner on top of Watkins??
Edit: On second thought, it looks too close for Watkins.
Excellent all the way around.
Edit:The one by the stream is truly bonsai!!
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Jerry Dodrill
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Bonsai! Ironically, my aunt is a bonsai hunter up in Oregon. She "harvests" and resells the trees. tsk, tsk. Shameful.
Yes that is on Watkins.
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wtfd
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i think it was mr e a page back or so that had a nice jin on one of his specimens...good work
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Captain...or Skully
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Wood is a real cool medium to groove on LIFE!
Trees have to live where they are! That takes a certain kind of resolute strength, unimaginable to moving creatures........
Trees have Might.
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MisterE
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That last picture makes me sad, Rick.
But I guess a necessary part of my reconciliation with the natural world as a carpenter. sigh
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nita
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chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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One of my favorite trees, Sycamores. Across the street from our house at Sycamore Pool, a paved portion of Big Chico Creek. A few salmon still manage to pass through...... picture from Andy (Timid T to some)....
Edit; andy flipped photo upside down 'cuz we like it that way.
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MisterE
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Oooo! I am going to start a flipped photos thread! I got one - be sure and re-post Nita my friend! :^)
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Captain...or Skully
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Below the base of Angel Wings is a Mighty Juniper, gotta be 8-900 years old. Has this boulder cleaving it in two.Can't be more than 10 feet tall.
It don't care. It's got time to grow around The Wound.
Already well on it's way.
It'll be fine.Trees are mighty.
Made a fine base camp, too.
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Jerry Dodrill
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I love the trees near Olmstead.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 10:43pm PT
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Hot Diggidy, I don't know where to start except to say I sure am glad all you Tacoites have better (Better Photographers) pictures than I do!
It's like going on the ultimate tree tour.
I love hanging out with you people.
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MisterE
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You all are out of your tree, so to speak
;^}
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Ed Hartouni
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you inspire Jerry... thanks!
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 6, 2009 - 11:33pm PT
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No doubt, you guys rock!!
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Jerry Dodrill
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Uh-oh. The gig's up. Walleye raises the ante. ;-)
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2009 - 12:52am PT
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Sweet, sweet, sweet.
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MisterE
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Just one more
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2009 - 07:14am PT
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Peter,
That is so COOOL!! I love weirdness!
There is a tree at Arlington Nat. Cemetery that grows almost completey around a headstone. I have a picture of it somewhere!
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MisterE
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Time for a story.
My friend Jason was working for the Superfund cleaning up this farm in rural New Jersey. A family had been taking barrels of toxic waste from various manufacturers and burying it on their property - even some nuclear waste. The farm was toxic as hell, and invariably the whole family died from poisoning.
The barrels of waste were rusted and leaking, and there was a particularly large concentration of a particular toxin that was this glowing lime green around an ancient oak near the barn. The tree was sickly looking, had few leaves, but was obviously still alive.
As they excavated the punctured, rusted and leaking barrels, it became apparent to the clean-up crew that this tree had somehow adapted to living off of this waste. Everyone was saddened as they realized the tree was as much a part of the poisonous landscape as the waste surrounding it, and it had to be cut down.
Jason said one person cried out as they cut into the tree, and it started oozing this lime green sap. It was literally feeding off the poison.
He also said that, at that moment, he had a new-found respect for the adaptability of the natural world, and especially that old oak.
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Indianclimber
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Tree doing a handstand Zion
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Walleye
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This tree was immortalized in Ansel Adam's 1950 photograph "Early Morning, Merced River".. It finally succumbed to erosion and tumbled into the river in December of 2008. Another Yosemite tree monarch fallen.
Photo: Walter J. Flint
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2009 - 02:22pm PT
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Walleye, what a beautiful picture.
George Harrison and many others said it. "All things must pass."
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Jaybro
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wuz real!
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T-wall.
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Walleye
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Jaybro, that tree looks like a cop directing traffic.
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MisterE
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Here's another one - on the dome above the point:
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dmalloy
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and now for city trees....these were in the front yard of the previous house where we lived in Bishop - two elms. Jan 2, 2006 - some very un-Bishop-like weather -
and an oak after an ice storm in Durham, NC - I was 4 weeks after ACL reconstruction, the storm hit, the power went out. Temperature dropped down to about 8 degrees and there was no heat in my apartment, so my two cats and I huddled together on the couch with my sleeping bag all night. Somewhat of a terrifying experience, as the entire night was filled with the sounds of branches and trees cracking, breaking and falling to the ground. Many old trees died that night, clearing room for many young trees to find sunlight and grow.
Now I just realized that I have no good photo of the 80-100 year-old juniper in our front yard....I am going to have to fix that soon.
edit - nice score, MisterE.
funny that I have power lines in the top left corner of both of those photos, guess I am too lazy to crop.
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MisterE
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Thanks! Here's another - I think it lives across from Tenaya Lake
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2009 - 05:31pm PT
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You guys are blowing me away!
I think it was a Bob D. black and white of an old gnarly that got me going on this awhile back.
So many beautiful trees.
*Mister E
*Jaybro
*JohnHansen
*Dee ee
*DMalloy (Tent hiding under the old men...holy cow)
*Walleye
*Indianclimber
*JerryDodrill
Too many to remember!!!
Thanks!
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SteveW
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The state of confusion
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John Hansen, those were beautiful!
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neebee
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calif/texas
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hey there survival and all... say, our family, me and my brothers, we all loved climging trees... and so did my kids...
now, my mom, she taught us to love trees, but i dont reckoned she climbed them ... she planted them, and pointed them out to us and she grew up, on some wooded acres, where she enjoyed them...
*----someone, on the "welcome mark chapman" post/thread, has a really neat picture of my brother climbing up a tree---if i remember right...
*wonder if someone can post it here.... i think i copied it, for keeping, but i don't know where it is... that would really be neat---thanks, whoever, has it...
:)
ahhhhhhhh, love THEM trees....
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MisterE
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That's a beautiful tree, Maidy. Like a limb of the Living Earth, sinewy armed.
The thing that struck me tonight about this thread is that it brings a certain quiet living majesty to a usually twittersome board.
It's like a breath of fresh air.
Thank you all.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2009 - 09:28pm PT
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TMJesse, that picture of Benson Lake is one of my faves!
Too many to list them all.
It seems we are all tree fans!
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neebee
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hey there say... does anyone here, know of the CORK tree, in santa cruz... somewhere inward, aways from the beach, in near some shops, somewhere... ?
just wondering...
*also, great clumps of eucalyptus trees, in the ??saratoga, los gatos area, in calif---not sure if i remember the area, right---but then, this was 40 years ago, are they still there...
*also, a great tree, solo, on one of the walking trails, in the almaden hills.... (near the ??quick silver mine park)....?
just neat little things to see, locally, in the surrounding areas of san jose....
*most folks have seen the 'ghost tree' of the monterey area, unless it is gone by now---it was on OLD postcards, back when we saw it 40 years ago....
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neebee
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hey there survival... say, great share!
great share, all, too...
walnut trees were always great local finds, 45 years back, too, in san jose...
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2009 - 07:55pm PT
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Yo Buggum,
I know you have some tree pix, c'mon...
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Reilly
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2009 - 11:02am PT
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Thank you sir Reilly!
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Reilly
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Monrovia, CA
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Survival,
I know this J Tree juniper is bowing to Cap'n Skully!
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2009 - 11:32am PT
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Why can't I find the pic I'm looking for?
Oh well.
Cool moss/lichen tree. Some of you have actually seen it in person.
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Reilly
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Monrovia, CA
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You want mossy? Here's Old Mossy...
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Chiloe
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Lee, NH
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Brave little tree in Bryce Canyon:
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dwell
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Pollock Pines
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Forgot how much they mean to me. Thanks
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2009 - 09:46pm PT
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Sweet.
Larry, that IS a brave little tree!
Timid,
Those two rows of palms remind me of Full Metal Jacket....
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Gobi
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Orange CA
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:39am PT
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2009 - 03:02pm PT
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Chiloe, I have seen some amazing lightning strikes over the years too. It's amazing those buggers survive it.
Talk about TOUGH!!
Gobi, that's a beautiful picture mate!!
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Tami
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Vancouver, Canada
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Feb 15, 2009 - 04:06pm PT
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bump for the trees
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neebee
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calif/texas
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Feb 15, 2009 - 10:50pm PT
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hey there survival and all...say, chappy and all of us just love to tackle a good tree climb...
here is pic, borrowed from jorge/george, by permission:
us chapmans just love trees, firt my brother here, and then, me:
COURSE, as you can see, i am not climbing this "itty bitty"--it is the TOP-CUT off of a tree in the woods, for christmas (the other tree grew back right-fine, too (back in 2001):
EDIT: OOOPS, this was a litte OFF-SHOOT... the cut-off tree, was the NEXT year.....
edit: hmmm, say, that was supposed to be a SMALL pic, as it was originally, somehow it came out TOO BIG and distorted some---will try to fix it later.... sorry...
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neebee
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calif/texas
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Feb 15, 2009 - 11:25pm PT
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hey there... great tree photos, dipper....
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Jaybro
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wuz real!
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Feb 15, 2009 - 11:28pm PT
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Dipper, you stole those from Miles Vandero, right?
just kidding, but I get a similar feeling.
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neebee
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hey there all... say, one of the best views i got of trees, though not their powerful, yet, ever humbleness of simple sillouets and towering along the angled horizon-line) was this:
looking over a crag, at alpine lake, from a high back hill:
saw the whole lead-in to the carson? wilderness...(small bit of meadow, before it, i think, off ot the side)
all trees, but going from taller, down, in perspective, and then the whole sea of them...
you all have seen something similar, while up on your climbs, no doubt.... but there was nothing else, about... no other landmarks... veryyyyyyyyy strong tree-feel...
*had no camera :(
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JOEY.F
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Feb 16, 2009 - 12:29am PT
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God, those trees are wicked beautiful, love the pics!
And there's Neebee! Yeah for good spirit.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2009 - 02:38am PT
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neebee, Dipper and Roy,
Awesome pictures!
So good to see Chappy on a tree. Made me smile.
And those old gnarlies...yeah!
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2009 - 09:34am PT
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Paul,
Very cool pix. Wow, what incredible moss!
That last cottonwood shot looks like one out by Eagle River visitor center that I've had my kids in!
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tolman_paul
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Feb 17, 2009 - 09:47am PT
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Survival,
Yep, you guessed the second hollow tree. The first tree is at Firebird Falls by Eklutna.
The pictures really don't do justice to the moss. We took some pics of the trees on Green Island in PWS this summer, I'll have to dig them up. It's another incredibly mossy area.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2009 - 09:53am PT
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Woohooo! You go Paul!
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tolman_paul
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Anchorage, AK
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Feb 17, 2009 - 10:27am PT
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Survival,
In the supertopo tradition of going o/t, do you know Brian Horner? He taught airmen evasiona and survival for awhile, then started his school Learn to Return. I took a few classes from him ~10 years ago.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2009 - 11:24am PT
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Paul,
Yes. I was an Air Force instructor also.
Taught overseas for a few years, and the was the number two at LTR for 9 years. I left in 1999.
It didn't end well......
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tolman_paul
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Feb 17, 2009 - 11:56am PT
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Sorry to hear that, I could see someone with such a personality as being tough to work with. As I recall I took the underwater escape training course in 99, maybe July?
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2009 - 12:13pm PT
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Ha! I left in Dec. 99, maybe we've met!
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neebee
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Feb 17, 2009 - 06:43pm PT
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hey there survival.. thanks for the note...
say, dipper, thanks for more pics... reminded me of driftwood, but GIANT SIZE...
my mom and i loved to collect little pieces of driftwood...
awwwwwwww, trees.... saw some lovely branches against the sky, the other day... :)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 18, 2009 - 02:11am PT
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hey there all, say ... i had to come back and see these again, before the night was over...
i missed the moss trees, due to my slow download.... glad i came back...
man, you all sure got great cameras!...
i really do still love the lone-statue-type pics...
:)
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Feb 18, 2009 - 06:10am PT
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Last weekend:
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survival
Big Wall climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2009 - 09:45am PT
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Nice work Chiloe, I see you're getting out.....
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Feb 18, 2009 - 08:22pm PT
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Namibia
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2009 - 10:42pm PT
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Reilly, indian and dipper,
menorrah, namimbia, and fingerprint soul wood SWEEEET!
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Feb 18, 2009 - 11:06pm PT
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I love the close-ups
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Feb 18, 2009 - 11:09pm PT
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Gull Lake
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Feb 18, 2009 - 11:28pm PT
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Red Rock after a fire
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Feb 18, 2009 - 11:29pm PT
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What a great thread
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 19, 2009 - 02:42am PT
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hey there all.... well my my... WOW... i DID find the cork oak in santa cruz...
dont know if any of you calif's ever saw it... we saw it many times when we went sailing with our dad...
here is the link---PLUS--this link has many links to some special trees, in other states... historical, etc..
this second link is to the gilroy gardens... some odd neat trees there...
here you all go:
(odd trees first... i will be back in a sec with the cork oak)
http://www.gilroygardens.org/circus.html
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 19, 2009 - 02:44am PT
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hey there... say, i somehow backed up wrong and did not find my post... well, here is the link to the cork oak:
many neat history notes about all these trees... it seems that cork oaks were plansted by a guy named levi starbuck...
very interesting stuff:
http://www.tclf.org/landslide/2007/cork_oak/index.html
here is the history note about the man that brought these trees here:
http://www.tclf.org/landslide/2007/cork_oak/history.html
my mom and i just loved seeing that ol' tree...
can you believe it, they were gonna' take it down for a modern gas station! :O
*hmmmm, i have been out of touch.. hope it is still there... i did not even check the "learn" more section, or the "threat" section... (all links at the bottom of the pics page...
have fun...
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survival
Big Wall climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2009 - 09:28am PT
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Whoa, this page alone is worth viewing the whole thread.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 19, 2009 - 09:59am PT
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It just gets better and better. . .
WOW!!!!
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Feb 19, 2009 - 10:01am PT
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I'm taking a break from a tree meeting with my company. I will be showing off these pics after meeting. Excellent close-ups and unusual locations!
Neebee- Say, we have a beautiful grove of cork oaks in our lovely park in Chico and several beautiful specimens scattered around town. I have several photos of them, but none that are great pics worth sharing.
After this meet I'll see what tree photos I've retained on this work computer. Mostly, they are "hazard" trees that are ready to fall into our power lines.
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klinefelter
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 19, 2009 - 10:10am PT
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A particularly nice Cali Red Fur near the upper San Joaquin River. Ranger-wife in foreground.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Perswig,
I've never seen such a perfusion of fungi!
Dip,
You da Grain Man!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there timid toprope.. say, those cork oaks are really fun to see up close, too....
there were a few planted somewhere, else, too.... i saw them when one of my brothers got married... had fun showing it to the little kids...
thanks for the note where they are growing... :)
wow---neat trees here, you all!
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dipper
climber
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Wow Nita,
I don't believe I ever saw that pattern thread. Very cool images in there.
If I could get a helo to resupply me, I'd stay in the Sierra all summer and take pictures. That place is magical and nearly infinite in scope and beauty.
If I wasn't such a cold wimp, I'd stay up there year-round.
Some day I will.
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survival
Big Wall climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2009 - 07:27am PT
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Awesome! Thanks dipper and nita.
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Pate
Trad climber
The High And Lonely
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Two tall trees, a beech and a birch, are growing in the woods. A small tree begins to grow in between them, and the beech says to the birch, "is that a son of a beech or a son of a birch?" The birch says he cannot tell. Just then a woodpecker flies by and lands on the sapling. The birch says "Woodpecker, you are are a tree expert, can you tell if that tree is a son of a beech or a son of a birch?" The woodpecker takes a small peck at the sapling. He replies, "It is neither. It is, however, the best piece of ash I have ever sank my pecker in"
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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^^^
ROFLMAO!
Now that's the best tree joke I've ever heard!!!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Me too! Though I can't recall any other tree jokes.
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perswig
climber
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I didn't think this tree was singular, but the dogs had other ideas.
Edit for "Great joke!"
Dale
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Came across some deadfall, so I pull out a chunk, down below Underworld Rock over there at the playground.
Never seen such red, don't know if it was the lighting or what.
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Tami
Social climber
Vancouver, Canada
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....I think those dawgs are enjoying bong hits.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Nah - they're deciding what vintage of coyote pee is on the tree.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 9, 2009 - 11:32am PT
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Check this guy out!
Forbidden City, Bejing, China.
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Mar 11, 2009 - 07:49pm PT
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Cindy Kennec swinging on a vine, Montserrat- lesser Antilles.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 11, 2009 - 08:45pm PT
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That is a very cool picture nita!
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DJS
Trad climber
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Mar 19, 2009 - 05:41pm PT
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BUMP!
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DJS
Trad climber
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Mar 19, 2009 - 06:11pm PT
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Bump
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 11, 2009 - 03:25pm PT
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I know that place!
Haven't been there in 35 years, but the dihedral high above is distinctive.
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Apr 11, 2009 - 03:28pm PT
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Oh yeah it does kinda stand out!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 11, 2009 - 04:08pm PT
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Yep, there it was in ... 1971. The climber is Bill Roos.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 21, 2009 - 08:30pm PT
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Very cool! No I don't know what it is.....
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Apr 21, 2009 - 11:13pm PT
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There is a 100 foot redwood in the back yard, all this time i was going to the gym.
you can duplicate all kinds of weird routes in those tree limbs.
much more 3D.
so 30 times up the tree = 1 el cap.
no need to change into shoes.
creeps the neighbors out, they think i am a sneakin and a peakin.
but i did accidently find out where the lady downstairs works.
she took off from lunch to go back to work while i was in the tree.
turns out, as i suspect, because i use to hear noises downstairs when her car was not there, kind of creepy, anyway, from the tree you can follow cars all over the hood, so long>short, she works two blocks away!
so the creepy sounds for the last 5 years like an edgar allen poe apt, the monkeys paw or some weird sh#t, she was creepin back on foot from work, Mystery Solved by the tree.
so trees are good.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Apr 22, 2009 - 06:25pm PT
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so if you put Ron Kauk in a pair of golf shoes, do you think he could crack climb that redwood to the first ring of branches?
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Jim Herrington
Mountain climber
New York, NY
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In NYC, in the late '80s... a city ripe with photographic possibilities, I nevertheless decided to photograph this lowly pine tree that I stumbled upon, tucked away in a nondescript part of Central Park.
A few years later I was cutting through the park to get somewhere and, "Hey, there's that tree!". Snap. Another photo. A few years later, ditto, repeat. Last year, once again, "Sh#t, that tree!" It's in an odd part of the park, and there's not really a regular path that takes you past it, but I keep finding it somehow, or it keeps finding me.
Photo on left, late 1980s - photo on right, 2008.
©2009 Jim Herrington
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scottpedition
climber
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I always love driving by this one around sunset...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Mt Stuart Tree
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2009 - 10:58pm PT
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Wow! Those are some amazing shots.
Jim, I found it very interesting that you didn't "take out" the little object at the base of the tree in the second photo. Very cool.
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Tim Camuti
Trad climber
CA
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From a great snowshoe outing with myself and Bob Dominick. The trees are Sierra Junipers.
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Rcklzrd
Trad climber
San Juan Capistrano
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Dead Cypress trunk on 17 Mile Drive - loved the texture
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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Jon at the 2009 Eldred adopt-a-crag
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 6, 2009 - 01:07am PT
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Whoa, those are too cool!
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Nov 23, 2009 - 09:01pm PT
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Like climber's crave the vertical, this one prefers the horizontal.
Very alive and kicking.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Nov 29, 2009 - 11:22am PT
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Foggy Giant
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Ensonik
climber
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Nov 29, 2009 - 12:36pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Nov 30, 2009 - 09:38pm PT
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Back Pocket
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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matty
Trad climber
los arbor
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A tree in Yose, guess which one...
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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I made this from one exquisite log of tiger maple.
I hope I did justice to the donating tree.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 8, 2009 - 11:57am PT
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I'd say you did.
That is freekin' gorgeous!
Man that makes my meatball carpentry look sooooo laaaaame!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Dood, you did that tree proud!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Tork, that baby is dancin' on tiptoes!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Fine craftsmanship, Edge!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Trees seem to grow in the strangest of places...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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There's no denying tree power...
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Dec 23, 2009 - 04:45pm PT
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Bump
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spectreman
Trad climber
CO
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Dec 23, 2009 - 05:21pm PT
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spectreman
Trad climber
CO
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Dec 23, 2009 - 05:25pm PT
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Dec 23, 2009 - 05:44pm PT
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Loved Ed's pic of the trees on Arrowhead Arete.
The ancient Sierra Junipers (so that's what they are) all along the ridge to the north of Carson Pass are beautiful in any light.
Has anyone got a good shot of El Cap Tree? Looking at it last month from the meadown it doesn't seem to be doing as well as I remember when I climbed to it in the '70s
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jmap
Social climber
NC
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Dec 23, 2009 - 05:47pm PT
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Dec 24, 2009 - 08:47am PT
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bullrider
Trad climber
Bozangeles, montucky
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Dec 24, 2009 - 11:22am PT
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Bonsaiii!
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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Jan 29, 2010 - 06:51pm PT
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Bump
 Missing photo ID#143100 |
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 29, 2010 - 06:57pm PT
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Jan 29, 2010 - 07:49pm PT
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 29, 2010 - 07:56pm PT
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Nice to see your tree has cloned itself and come over here! Such a nice tree, it should be in both the threads! Great photo.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Jan 29, 2010 - 10:31pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Jan 29, 2010 - 11:04pm PT
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Lava Beds St Park (No CA)
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Jan 29, 2010 - 11:08pm PT
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Reilly - nice! I love that area. I just wish I had done some work up there.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Jan 29, 2010 - 11:24pm PT
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Srb,
I take that as high praise; your stuff is really top notch!
For the record I cheated; it is HDR. No rig of mine can grab
that EV latitude.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Jan 29, 2010 - 11:26pm PT
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Reilly - never mind :)
It's still nice!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jan 29, 2010 - 11:27pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2010 - 11:31pm PT
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Jan 30, 2010 - 02:32pm PT
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Thanks for the nice comments! I am just starting to scan these prints so I'll try and post more as I get more trees done.
Reilly - It doesn't matter how you catch it, as long as you do!!!
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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For the tree photograph lovers: A book I like is John Sexton's "Listen to the Trees". John is an excellent photographer and a master printer. His reproductions are better than most people's prints. A lot of his images are from the Valley. If you get a chance, check it out (or his other books). Better yet, if you get a chance to see actual prints, GO! They are truly beautiful.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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tree hugger bump.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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I think that picture explains how there can be Bigfoot's (Bigfeet?) without large sustainable breeding populations.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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touche srb!
these ol' gals was to rough to get any action from.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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i am LOVIN this thread.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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these ol' gals was to rough to get any action from.
Aren't those remembered the most fondly though?
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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true srb, so very true.
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survival
Big Wall climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2010 - 01:02pm PT
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If you've never been to the National Arboretum, you should go.
Everyone should see that place once in their life.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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We took this one down with some big whipsaws so we could count the rings and learn the age for science. It's always sad when this happens and you can't count it off.
Except we did get some fine firewood out of the deal of course.
kidding:-)
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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survival - those bonsais are awesome. Are they yours?
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Couldn't you count the rings with a core sample?
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2010 - 01:09pm PT
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I wish!!
Unfortunately, I gave all mine away when we left DC.
I'm starting over in NM.
Those are actually from the Nat Arboretum.
They have 3 HUGE pavillions of bonsai!
Check this out. This one is 400 years old!!
People have been pruning this tree since the early 1600's.
Unfreekin'believable.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Reilly - I saw the most recent issue of Outdoor Photographer. On the cover was a headline about the "secret weapon" of the pros. Using a HDR to capture images with really wide tonal ranges. I saw that and thought of your image.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2010 - 09:33pm PT
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Srb,
Your tree pix are amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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SRB,
HDR narrows the gap a little until Santa brings me my Hasselblad with
a Phase One 60MB back, lol.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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You better be REALLY good this year!
Thanks for the compliments.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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I've gone through this entire thread and have not found the tree mentioned in TM Herbert's Appreciation thread. I may have missed it, but I'll refresh your memory anyway:
Herbert can be and often is a very stubborn person. He has his way of doing things and it is near impossible to change his mind. He has his rituals and don’t try to modify them. I don’t know how many times he has insisted that I stop at the dwarf Jumiper (or Cedar?) on the descent off of Stately Pleasure Dome. “You’ve got to look at this tree. It’s almost as wide as it is tall.” I have repeatedly told him as we approached the tree that I am aware of its aspect ratio and that he is merely repeating himself. To no avail, “You’ve got to look at this tree. It’s almost as wide as it is tall.”
Sorry, no picture.
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
Why'djya leave the ketchup on the table?
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I personally planted this tree when I was about 10 years old:
Its 50-60 feet tall now!
DMT
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Don - great story about TM. I guess you know how my wife feels :)
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bmacd
Trad climber
Beautiful BC
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Feb 15, 2010 - 08:22pm PT
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add a line here
another here
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BES1'st
climber
City of Orange, CA.
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Feb 15, 2010 - 08:30pm PT
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To any SCE workers from Highgrove oil burning generating station.
Those assumed to be genus Cupressus around the lake were or still
are awesome. Nicer than any I saw in Monterey or elsewhere. I really
don't know the species and I have never seen them anywhere else.
Any photos of them would great.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Feb 15, 2010 - 11:00pm PT
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maybe more about the table but lots o' trees anyway
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survival
Big Wall climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2010 - 01:04am PT
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Wow Reilly...those are BRIGHT!
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Feb 16, 2010 - 02:20pm PT
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An old one (the picture)...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 16, 2010 - 02:26pm PT
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Survival,
I know, hope it didn't trigger a flashback.
They said stuff like that to Renoir too. (lol)
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BES1'st
climber
City of Orange, CA.
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Feb 17, 2010 - 07:29pm PT
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Darn, still no photos of the Cupresses at Highgrove and I did not cut them
down.
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c_vultaggio
Trad climber
new york
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Feb 24, 2010 - 07:23am PT
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Feb 24, 2010 - 08:07am PT
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tree bouldering.
tree big wall.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Feb 24, 2010 - 08:31am PT
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nice shot of Muir Woods. There's so much more to redwood forests than big trees
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Pate
Trad climber
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Feb 24, 2010 - 11:29am PT
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bmacd
Trad climber
Beautiful BC
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Feb 24, 2010 - 12:51pm PT
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Bob D'A
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 24, 2010 - 01:01pm PT
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Panama...
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Feb 24, 2010 - 01:35pm PT
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Not a tree but in the redwood forest
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Feb 28, 2010 - 06:19pm PT
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Tami
Social climber
Canada
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Mar 23, 2010 - 10:46am PT
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Mid March tree bump and a big laff to srbphotos icon of Quaaatchi.....
Fruit trees in my back yard starting to blossom. Deciduous trees budding. Didn't get a chance to dormant spray the fruit trees because of our totally bizarre & weird winter.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Mar 23, 2010 - 10:57am PT
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Missing photo ID#150645
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Mar 23, 2010 - 11:07am PT
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Treebeard from Glacier Bay, AK.
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Mar 23, 2010 - 12:26pm PT
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An ancient scan from 1982?
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Apr 29, 2010 - 07:42am PT
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This majestic maple has resided in front of my house for decades longer than I can imagine. Hollow on the road side, and dropping her dying limbs, she still provides welcome shade in the Summer and a welcoming branch to hoards of passing birds.
We used to tap her for maple syrup, and this one tree could produce 80 gallons of sap from three taps. That was enough for 2 1/2 gallons of syrup!
Her sister maple, located just 100 feet away, is on her last legs, but still sets leaves and her cavities are annual nesting spots for woodpeckers and other birds. One year she housed a family of mockingbirds, and whenever the neighbor's cat would get within 50 feet of the tree, a mockingbird would swoop down and peck the cat on it's head. This happened multiple times a day. Our cat got pecked once, and then knew to swing a wide berth.
The town wants us to take her down because they are worried about branches falling on parked cars. I asked the selectmen if they had similar policies for the elderly in town?
Besides, she has a magnificent spirit. Can you see the timeless visage?
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2010 - 08:45am PT
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The town wants us to take her down because they are worried about branches falling on parked cars. I asked the selectmen if they had similar policies for the elderly in town?
Besides, she has a magnificent spirit. Can you see the timeless visage?
Ho man, that's perfect!
This 100 yr old cottonwood provides shade and a home for Raccoons, Kestrels, woodpeckers, tons of small birds, and even the occasional highballing cat!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 29, 2010 - 08:49am PT
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Edge,
Admit it. You are secretly pining for the city to make you cut it down so you can make something beautiful from it (after you sticker it for 5 years).
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Apr 29, 2010 - 08:53am PT
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This place is fascinating!
:-)
eKat
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 29, 2010 - 08:57am PT
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Wow, Kat, I'd no idea Western Reds grew in Montana and especially to that size! That must be the rain forest of Montana? Where pleas?
edit: duh, read the fine print
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Apr 29, 2010 - 09:17am PT
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Edge,
Admit it. You are secretly pining for the city to make you cut it down so you can make something beautiful from it (after you sticker it for 5 years).
Or you could say I'm mapling for that to happen.
Actually not. I really like having it as a presence between my property and the street. Whenever she drops a large limb, as old maples tend to do, I use it in the fireplace. I hope to have the house sold and move to Colorado long before anything so severe happens to these trees.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2010 - 02:32pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 16, 2010 - 03:22pm PT
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Whoa Survival,
I thought I'd covered every back road in New Mexico.
How'd I miss those places? Nice!
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jun 16, 2010 - 03:38pm PT
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lolli. . . I LOVE your rain trees!
:-)
eKat
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2010 - 03:52pm PT
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Reilly, that's because they're not in New Mexico....HA!
Lolli, Blue Rain, I love it.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Jun 16, 2010 - 04:35pm PT
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 16, 2010 - 06:17pm PT
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Where be the rum mates?
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Austin, Texas
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Jun 16, 2010 - 06:49pm PT
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There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 16, 2010 - 06:59pm PT
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hey there say... i just LOVE it when the tree thread is up...
say, lolli.. i love the wysteria... the blue rain...
i have always wanted a huge on just like that, over my roof, too...
oh my... this is my speical day to see one...
i have a few local trees i am trying to put now... will see how this goes, as to upload time, i had been makeing things small, but not small enough, so i have a lot of re-do's to do... :O
wonderful trees, you all, as to this newest installment...
:)
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gf
climber
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Jun 16, 2010 - 08:48pm PT
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Note the bomber hand jam...
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2010 - 08:51pm PT
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Jim Brennan
Trad climber
Vancouver Canada
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Jun 16, 2010 - 09:03pm PT
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WOW G,
If those are the roots, show us the tree !!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Seriously, Man, I didn't know she was Your sister.
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Jun 16, 2010 - 09:08pm PT
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Cache River, near Brinkley, Arkansas.
The Ivory Bills live there. Still!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 16, 2010 - 09:34pm PT
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hey there say, well... okay, i got a few to add, but mind you, they are just the bits of trees here on the block where ol' patty ann marie and i walk...
they keep us happy until we can get across town and see the real CLUMPS of trees... :)
at least we HAVE some of these big woodsy trees here, though and we are most glad... some are yard-ones, left from the woods...
here we go, some yard versions, trying to satisfy our hearts:
now this one, is on the edge of a yard, that has taken in the woods
as part of its property...
the better woods are on the other side of town, but his area, is still tree-ed up enough to feel good...
(the above, is our favorite overhang... has a mossy woods feeling, as we pass on under it...
now, these are just views to enjoy as i look upward...
(trees do look really neat that way, too)...
this is TWO tree banches, in one view...
looking more into the "thick of things" :)
and lastly, back to the wooded area, for a treat, but
first... here is a tree top from the grandkid's house,
other side of town---many neat big trees here, but, also,
many are missing branches... :(
but they are still majestic, reaching up to the sky...
here is the last neat treat--like mirrored twins... but
in the tree world... mirrored twins, are like identical
twins, but one has more left handedness, and one has more
right handedness...
so here you all go:
twin sassafras, mirrored image type trees...
curved out, opposite each other, neat find, huh? ;)
wow, i finally did it... happy happy... :)
happy supertopo eve to you all...
:)
*patty's favorite tree, are squirrle trees... ;))
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 16, 2010 - 09:39pm PT
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hey there ol' captain... or skully... wow, what lovely water trees....
:)
say, there is a really neat weeping willow here, that reflects perfect in the waterway here, but so far, i can't get a clear shot of it yet...
will keep trying...
thanks for the neat share...
:)
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S.Leeper
Sport climber
Austin, Texas
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Jun 16, 2010 - 09:43pm PT
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...For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their please.
The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.
There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads
So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Seriously, Man, I didn't know she was Your sister.
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Jun 16, 2010 - 09:43pm PT
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Dig it, NeeBee. I planted a little Cottonwood "stick" (the tiny sprout) in my backyard 4 years ago. Ain't no stick no more.
It's a tree, by gosh. It's 25 feet tall.
and growing!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2010 - 07:35am PT
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Awesome you guys!!
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Jun 17, 2010 - 09:41am PT
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Granny knot
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jun 17, 2010 - 09:43am PT
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goat. . . you have to print and frame that last shot. . . it's REALLY GOOD!
:-)
WOOT!
eKat
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jun 17, 2010 - 09:49am PT
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Missing photo ID#160698
Here are many trees blowin' my mind!
:-)
eKat
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland
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Jun 17, 2010 - 10:11am PT
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Thanks eKat, it was a crop from a point&shoot.
moooo...
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2010 - 11:29am PT
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moooo yer own self Goatboy!!
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jun 17, 2010 - 12:01pm PT
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i make my living as a carpenter, and it's always a little sad to be using wood, trees being the wonderful things that they are.
in germany, there was a charming custom among woodcutters. each strove not to be the one to strike the last blow before the tree would come down. this cutter had to accept responsibility for the tree's death and dispatching its soul.
so i try to assuage my guilt a little with an occasional tribute to the trees. here are some woodburnings i put on some of my work, two of them in tribute to that great workhorse, the douglas fir, and the other to our dear redwoods, drawn from a national geographic foldout spread on the tallest tree in the world. (actually, a number of redwoods vie for this distinction, and it's hard to award it because they're difficult to measure and continue to grow fast.)
[photo[photoid=160713]id=160712]
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jun 17, 2010 - 12:03pm PT
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jun 17, 2010 - 12:03pm PT
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jun 17, 2010 - 12:46pm PT
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goat. . . the composition of that shot is SPOT ON. . . that GREEEEEEN tree against the shadowy outcropping. . . WHOA.
MAGIC. . . pure magic!
:-)
eKat
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jun 17, 2010 - 12:53pm PT
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Tony. . . those are beautiful! Are they burned onto wood from the same species that is depicted?
(man. . . that was a bad sentence. . . but I think you get it. . . like is the redwood one done on redwood?)
eKat
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jun 17, 2010 - 01:01pm PT
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AND. . . you tree lovers out there. . . have any of you read "The Golden Spruce"?
It's just fabulous!
eKat
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eKat
Trad climber
BITD2
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Jun 17, 2010 - 01:04pm PT
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Lolli. . . I'm not neebs. . . and I don't play her on TV. . . but. . . yes, I think we call those wysteria. . . although I have never seen a yellow one.
?
ox
eKat
P.S. I like your name for them, better!
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eKat
Trad climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Jun 17, 2010 - 01:17pm PT
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HohMahn. . . what a nutjob. . . look at all my posts in a row.
YIKES!
eKat
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2010 - 01:22pm PT
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Go for it eKat!
Are there elves and creatures crawling all over this trunk or what?
Look reeeeeeeeaal close now.....
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jun 17, 2010 - 03:03pm PT
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thanks, ekat--yes, on the wood referenced.
hieronymus bosch gone to seed!
somebody brought up the granny knot, which i always learned was inferior to the square knot and used by old wives to tie packages. then i got to thinking about it at a guide's course last year where we're going over all kinds of knots and considering how they work and what can go wrong with them. think about it. the granny knot has more friction working for it and it isn't spring-loaded to loosen up the way a square knot is. i ran it by zeke, the instructor, and he could only agree with me. here's to granny!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2010 - 03:11pm PT
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That's funny Tony, I noticed that about the granny knot also.
As a survival instructor we ALWAYS used square knots, specifically because we could get them open after being loaded.
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eKat
Trad climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Jun 17, 2010 - 03:23pm PT
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YAY, Tony!
And. . . FarmerBruce. . . that is OUT THERE!
eKat
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2010 - 03:55pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 17, 2010 - 04:05pm PT
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hey there say, lolli.... wow, nice to hear from you...
yeah, though i spelled it wrong.. for some reason, i always like the "y" in it... oh my...
we'd have to call it wisteria, if we wanted to buy one, to grow... but, me too, i agree with ekat = i sure the BLUE RAIN name, too...
:)
it seems to rain over the garden, too, no matter where it grows...
wow, seems it is pouring down mighty strong in the pictures that you shared, :) ;))
here is link, as to the name stuff, that the plant-shops would go by, etc:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria
oh these are soooooooooooo lovely and strong! and yet, artistically gentle, of all things, as huge, as it can get, oh my:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=slv8-&va=wisteria&sz=all
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 17, 2010 - 11:11pm PT
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hey there say, ... captain... or skully:
as to this, your quote:
Dig it, NeeBee. I planted a little Cottonwood "stick" (the tiny sprout) in my backyard 4 years ago. Ain't no stick no more.
It's a tree, by gosh. It's 25 feet tall
wow, oh my.... three cheers.... :)
say, my mom would be proud of you... :)
*as, ps:
dingus milktoast... say, i think i saw a ways back, a tree that you planted HOW many years ago... and you put up a picture of it...
really neat to see that...
had fun seeing these trees again... and newer ones...
i have about three that i am trying to decide which to put on mildred's
card...
i think i will use the very green spread oak...
not sure whose pic, it was...
*ooops, amost forgot, say, norwegian:
loved that "tree" bouldering
and "tree" big wall
notations... :)
*well, back to work now...
but here are some neat tree links:
http://www.tropicalpermaculture.com/growing-mangoes.html
http://www.jordanflora.com/flame_tree.htm
http://www.treesofmystery.net/sequoia.htm
god bless...
:)
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Jun 19, 2010 - 08:19am PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jun 19, 2010 - 09:26am PT
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I'm sure a bunch of you know where this tree is.
And here are some of my favorite trees from the hammock in the Cook Islands
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Pate
Trad climber
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Jun 20, 2010 - 10:27am PT
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rippin' squall last week.
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
Why'djya leave the ketchup on the table?
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Jun 20, 2010 - 06:53pm PT
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Yes, an old one maybe 20 feet around? Its huge! Probably a thousand or more years old.
DMT
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Jun 20, 2010 - 07:39pm PT
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Jun 20, 2010 - 08:12pm PT
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Here's Delhi Dog checking out a nice Jeffrey from one of our gypsy camps this week. This one in the Mono basin. The relatively low gap in the sierra at mammoth allows enough moisture to pass east and allow the Jeffrey Pine forest a nice stand throughout the Long valley and southern Mono Basins.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 20, 2010 - 08:14pm PT
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hey there say, telemon01, oh my... what an intersting find...
say, this one, we could add all kind of art features too, to make it into a fairly tale,l type creature...
thanks for the share...
*am tempted to do that to some frozen trees, that someone recently shared...
looked like fun little snow creatures, they did....
*if i have time, i just might... ;)
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jun 20, 2010 - 08:31pm PT
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High on San Antonio. A bit hard to judge the scale. The trunk is maybe 2-1/2 feet in diameter on a 15-20 ft high tree.
It's weathered a bit of adversity.
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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Jun 20, 2010 - 09:17pm PT
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bparry
Trad climber
New Haven, CT
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Jun 26, 2010 - 01:44pm PT
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Carmona microphylla
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 26, 2010 - 04:36pm PT
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hey there all... say, sadly this tree is not doing so good... :(
but it STILL is a provider to the birds, seaching-out food and a place to perch...
it does, also, play with ones imagination, too...
a critter of the night, so it seems to look as...
as to creativity, and, as long as it can, it keeps the soil in place, doing it jobs, as best it's able, for as long still, as it has:
loving all trees... :)
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hotlum
climber
Oregon
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Jun 26, 2010 - 05:35pm PT
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I work as a Timber Cruiser in Oregon and Montana. When the going gets tough I take a step back and realize how nice it is to be in the forest, no matter how brushy. I have to say my favorite tree to core is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana or the Port-Orford-cedar. These beauties smell soooo good! Unfortunatly the Port-Orford-cedar is being wiped out by a harmful fungus.
Nice pictures folks!
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hotlum
climber
Oregon
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Jun 26, 2010 - 05:58pm PT
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Was inspired by all of you guys' pics. Sorry about the quality, this is from the two MP camera built into my Nomad data recorder for cruising. I thought it would be ST apprropriate. Taken near Coos Bay, OR. Same geologic formation as the Callahans climbing area near Roseburg. This lovely piece of real estate is called Devils Ridge. Full of cliffs(route worthy!), poison oak, bears and big cats! Exciting cruising for sure!
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DJS
Trad climber
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Jun 26, 2010 - 06:11pm PT
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jun 27, 2010 - 02:23am PT
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Here's an alahe'e tree(Psydrax odoratum); it's related to coffee and is indigenous to Hawaii (It occurs here naturally and elsewhere naturally too which means it was here prior to the arrival of the Polynesians. Its flowers are very fragrant whose scent is referred in ancient Hawaii as the octopus's (he'e) "slippery fragrance."
A kauri tree native to NZ; this one is on the Coromandel Penninsula.
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Jun 27, 2010 - 07:13am PT
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Excellent, uh, tree.
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eKat
Trad climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Jun 27, 2010 - 07:17am PT
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Jun 27, 2010 - 05:40pm PT
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jun 27, 2010 - 06:07pm PT
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nice batch of trees here. always like that view of baldy--you know you're close to the top.
show us a port orford, hotlum, if you've got one.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Jun 27, 2010 - 06:08pm PT
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Yes Mike, and it's white knott "while'...( maybe I missed a few hundred threads back, it's White Mtns..). My wife is having a problem with this thread because what most folks are showing is " Krumholtz formation ,German: krumm, "crooked, bent, twisted" formation trees" affected more by altitude, etc then actual Bonsai's...
She is a Certified arborist, and Nursery certified, and has a combined degree from Santa Cruise , UNR and Miss St. in Biology. She is also the manger of the largest Reno Nursery for the the last 6 years.... She actually isn't all that found of Bonsai's ( I find the effort and patience to be truly amazing, things I do knott possess.). So where is this thread going?......
Up, that's right. Up, it's a climbing forum, always up and when you get to the top, you look across at that or that Mtn. and want to climb it...We are truly sad and sick unhappy( unless we are in the battle) individuals.
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Jun 27, 2010 - 06:23pm PT
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That kauari tree upthread aint no bonzai krumholtz. You should check it out closer.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Jun 27, 2010 - 06:41pm PT
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Sorry TTR, but didn't have the time to look at all 300+ threads.....Maybe SuperTopo needs a Readers Digest version of these longer ( More then 20) threads for us with ADD....Which covers about 83.754% of us climbers....Look a "Squirrel".
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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Jun 27, 2010 - 08:42pm PT
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That went right over your head, nevermind.
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Banquo
Trad climber
Morgan Hill, CA (Mo' Hill)
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Jun 28, 2010 - 01:00pm PT
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Taken 6-26-2010
Taken 6-25-2010
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 11, 2010 - 04:05pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2010 - 04:50pm PT
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How could anyone miss Boodawgs NZ tree?
One of the finest trees I've ever seen!
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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Jul 11, 2010 - 05:50pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 20, 2010 - 07:33pm PT
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The Great Summit Snag, Muralla Grande, Sandia Mts.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Paradise Island
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Jul 20, 2010 - 07:50pm PT
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Thanks, Survival. Yes, there's some bush in the understory, but it only adds to the appreciation of the tree.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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some loose holds...but otherwise holy
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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eKat
Trad climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Aug 23, 2010 - 06:53am PT
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Aug 23, 2010 - 06:56am PT
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mester e we have a redwood like shrub here in the sierra foothills dubbed a western yew.
the needles on the tree in your pic look similar to our yew.
...
i am tree soul.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Aug 23, 2010 - 06:59am PT
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the woodpile at an artisitic medium!
great ekat. just great. that will do.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Aug 23, 2010 - 07:34am PT
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We looked up Western Yew Norwegian... I don't think that is what it is. The shape was bushy and full. There is a second type of long thin leaves (?) sprouting along the branches along with the fluffy short leaves. Our camera didn't quite catch it, but the color of the foliage is a gorgeous blue-grey color. It stood out like a sore thumb amongst the regular native plants.
EKat- that pile of wood is so cool!
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eKat
Trad climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Aug 23, 2010 - 08:38am PT
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Dadz. . .
Years ago a very dear friend in Mammoth had a framed photo of many, many cords of wood and the caption was "REAL WEALTH."
I was yammerin' with him a couple days ago and GOOGLED "stacked firewood" and found that photo. . . and immediately sent him a copy. . .
I have so much frikken firewood, I'm actually thinking of building a pile like that.
I especially like the way the ax is resting in what appears to be the stump of the fallen tree.
VERY NICE!
eKat
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 23, 2010 - 08:51am PT
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eKatTheWoodChuck, YIKES!!
That is too freekin' cool!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Aug 23, 2010 - 09:19am PT
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The western yew loves deep shade and wet feet. We have a few in our north facing canyon down by the creek @ 3,000 ft.
ekat, love the wood pile, like a beautiful life we all eventually burn through it.
I must admit I'm partial to these, skys witness the western juniper.....
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eKat
Trad climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Aug 23, 2010 - 09:21am PT
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:-)
ox
eKat
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eKat
Trad climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Aug 23, 2010 - 07:51pm PT
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YAY, Crag. . . I was hoping you'd post this up!
ox
eKat
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Aug 24, 2010 - 05:52am PT
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Cragman, I know the tree well and will for now on know it as Peter's Tree, thanks for sharing. It does seem to me that when at the end of a day, season, career or life what really counts is the people we shared the time with, all the countless routes and miles of stone remain in place since we passed over them in a flash of time that was shared with a friend.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Aug 24, 2010 - 07:02am PT
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THAT was a cool read Cragman....I'm glad you have something like that tree to remember him by, everytime you go by it you'll think of him. My grandmother once told me...memories are the spirits of those visiting you! His spirit will visit you, enjoy those times for what they are.
Peace
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Timid TopRope
Social climber
Paradise, CA
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I gotta throw in my W Juniper candidate not far from the Hulk. Delhi Dog standing there for size comparison.
Western Junipers are up there with Bristlecones and Foxtail pines for sentinels of the high and wild. I found out long ago not to climb western junipers; all those tiny slivers get super itchy real fast.
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Cragman, now I have a name for that tree I look at by the Tioga Road. It looks kinda like a miniature sequoia.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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DE, we may have met bitd in the Valley but my wife & I met your sister and brother in law hiking in the Swiss Alps. We got to talking they asked about our climbing and your name came up! 6 degrees removed from everyone on the planet indeed, our climbing community even closer, perhaps I'll meet you in person along our paths. Hope to spend more time this winter on your east side.......Berg Heil.
Charlie D.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 11, 2010 - 10:48pm PT
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Located in Bear Canyon near Baldy Village:
I don't know from trees so much so I can't vouch for this but I can
assert that the first limb is about 32" in diameter!
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sempervirens
Trad climber
Trinity County
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Sep 12, 2010 - 12:04am PT
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Hey Mr E, Ever read "the Botany of Desire"? It reports Johnny Appleseed was a child molester who planted apple trees to supply makers of hard cider and that "eatin" apples were rarely grown in America at that time.
random posts, bla bla, ha, ha, ha...
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Aleister Crowley
Trad climber
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Sep 12, 2010 - 12:24am PT
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Rumor has it that a Casuarina species is actually the world's tallest tree.
Move over, S.sempervirens?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Sep 12, 2010 - 10:24am PT
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Dryad?
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Aleister Crowley
Trad climber
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Sep 12, 2010 - 11:14am PT
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Nah...
Dryads are exclusive to Quercus species....
This tree is likely Betula, or possibly Alnus.
(Neither of which lend themselves especially well to manipulation.)
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2010 - 11:37am PT
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The grizzled old man.
High in the Sangre De Cristos.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 27, 2010 - 10:25pm PT
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Not quite so grizzled but rather an odd pruning job for 9500' on Mt Baldy, sorta yur 50' bonsai look...
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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^^^^Nice, the Western Juniper the ranges' oldest witness.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, all....
old neighborhood oak, hanging wayyyyy over the street...
this is that ONE side of it...
this is how it brances out over the yard, on the OTHER
SIDE of the tree (balancing it, hopefully) :O
oh my, could not really see up into the TOP of it... :O
one year, this is due to break, though the folks whose yard
it is in, don't seem to be able to trim it... :(
lovely tree, but a mite dangerous, come storm times...
wow, though, there's nothing like a tree, as to creativi'tree'...
:)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there dingus, say... i like the "faces" that one can find in those old trees that you posted pics of.... :)
full varieties, human, critters, bugs, etc...
neat pics...
:)
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Nov 19, 2010 - 03:00pm PT
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Had a chance for a night time hike along the Hogs Back a few weeks ago, love those junipers!
You never know who you might run into in the mountains, anyone recognize this friendly chap?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 26, 2010 - 04:42pm PT
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I forget. . .if I ever posted this great tree. . .
so my apologies. . .when I have more time I'll go thru the
thread and if I have, I'll delete it. But it's still a great
tree--thanks, Sherri!
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eKat
climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Nov 26, 2010 - 05:46pm PT
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YEAH!
eKat
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Nov 26, 2010 - 07:27pm PT
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SteveW, wow beautiful piece!!!
ekat, snow ghosts, love em...........MT, Big White?
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eKat
climber
http://www.ecokath.com/
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Nov 26, 2010 - 07:37pm PT
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Big Mountain - Whitefish, MT.
(some rich mid-west dad bought the place and changed the name to Whitefish Mountain Resort, though. . . but we all still call it Big Mtn, darnintall!)
:-)
eKat
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 26, 2010 - 07:55pm PT
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Thanks, Charlie D.
Actually, I owe it to Sherri L, who I commissioned to
do it from a few snaps I took in the Patriarch Grove above
Bishop, CA. Only got to spend less than a day there, but
what a treat it was. As Aaaaanold says, I'll be back!!!!
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DM88T
climber
San Juan Bautista, CA
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May 20, 2011 - 10:04pm PT
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Where are you bound?
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Sep 23, 2011 - 11:39pm PT
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Missing photo ID#218169
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Sep 24, 2011 - 05:57am PT
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Bump for great trees
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 07:44am PT
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Dang I love this thread.
My photos will be back any day.....
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Sep 24, 2011 - 08:15am PT
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Walleye
climber
The Hot Kiss on the end of a Wet Fist
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:09am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 24, 2011 - 12:12pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2011 - 02:11pm PT
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onyourleft
climber
Smog Angeles
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Sep 24, 2011 - 10:08pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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"If I'm goin' down I'm takin' somebody with me." - P. Palmtree 2011
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 10, 2012 - 06:39am PT
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My very own super tree.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 10, 2012 - 06:40am PT
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
And every fool knows, a dog needs a home, and...
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Mar 10, 2012 - 06:46am PT
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Survival I LOVE your place! That tree is gorgeous and next to your adobe, STUNNING.
DMT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 10, 2012 - 07:09am PT
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Thanks DMT!
One more for now.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 09:56am PT
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some things never change, Jupiter chases Venus to the western horizon as the timeless trees look on
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mar 10, 2012 - 11:26am PT
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Been a while since I went riding.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 12:25pm PT
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guido's photo has inspired a local debate here. one says it's flat-out photoshopped. the art expert says if it's photoshopped, it's an extremely good job. rather, the expert says, probably real. gullible me says real. guido's an honest soul, no?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 02:06pm PT
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Best1, HaHaHa! Learn sumpin' new almost every day! I hope that poor dood's
insurance company doesn't find out it ain't a tree.
"Dear claimant, we don't cover monocots falling on yer car."
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Farmer Bruce-san, look at yer bad self with the rake job on that gravel!
Makes me wanna meditate - with a nice cold one at the ready.
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Guido, you gotta get out more!
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And I thought I had bad joints!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 10, 2012 - 02:19pm PT
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Trees have to put up with a lot.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mar 10, 2012 - 06:19pm PT
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Tony-Never ever trust a Guido! Trust me on this one.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 06:40pm PT
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"Tony-Never ever trust a Guido! Trust me on this one." guido
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 10:02pm PT
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i'm thinkin' it's on an island, maybe norfolk or tonga, where the strangler figs grow really fast and if you don't pay yer parking, they use them instead of a denver boot.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mar 10, 2012 - 10:43pm PT
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Hey it's ok to be a Guido and Tony, hey is it ok it I call you Tony? You know some of the guys might not like it? And the Tonga thing, give Gene a ring about the tropical thing and you will get the growth gist.
So here is a shot of me and my first squeeze, now realize this is BFC4, aka before Camp 4:
And, if you really want to be a Guido, follow these guidelines to the max.
http://www.jersify.com/the-guido-guide/
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 10, 2012 - 10:45pm PT
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You gave up that for Camp 4? Was it a pre-existing condition or head trauma?
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BooYah
Social climber
Ely, Nv
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Mar 10, 2012 - 10:46pm PT
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Trees, sailorboy. TREES! Drift gets one nowhere.
You know this.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mar 10, 2012 - 11:03pm PT
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BooYah- I always wondered who you be with your trite but awesomely concise responses. But you are so wrong and drift will always be a factor in our lives. No need for the sailorboy dig. You get my drift?
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BooYah
Social climber
Ely, Nv
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Mar 10, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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Wise as always. I DO go on at times.
It's not a dig, actually. Sailors come and go at will, ANYWHERE.
That's Something.
I was just checking to make sure you're making way over there.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Mar 10, 2012 - 11:15pm PT
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Ok mate, my apologies, I will give you a little leeway this time but next encounter you will have to deal with my Guidette. Such is life. Or to be spot on, such is the "tree of life."
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Photo by T.Martin
