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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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You want mossy? Here's Old Mossy...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Brave little tree in Bryce Canyon:
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dwell
climber
Pollock Pines
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Forgot how much they mean to me. Thanks
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 12:46am 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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MisterE
Trad climber
One Place or Another
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Feb 10, 2009 - 01:10pm PT
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Really nice stuff! Just a couple more, from the descent off Snow Creek Wall in Leavenworth:
And the tree start to Oski in Sedona:
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Feb 15, 2009 - 01:09pm PT
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Last summer I posted pics of an 80-foot white pine in our backyard that took a direct
lightning strike. A strip of bark about 40' long had been blasted off the trunk, and
several troughs radiated out from the base, where dirt had been blown out of the ground.
I happened to walk past the the tree a few days ago. Its crown is still green and I think it's
doing fine. Like many trees in this thread, with a bit of good luck it could outlive us all.
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Gobi
Trad climber
Orange CA
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Feb 15, 2009 - 01:39pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2009 - 06:02pm 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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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 16, 2009 - 01:50am 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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dipper
climber
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Feb 16, 2009 - 02:17am PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 16, 2009 - 02:25am PT
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hey there... great tree photos, dipper....
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Feb 16, 2009 - 02:28am 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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dipper
climber
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Feb 16, 2009 - 02:38am PT
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Nee Bee,
Glad you liked em.
Here are 3 more
Never heard of Miles before, I'll have to google him...
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roy
Social climber
New Zealand -> Santa Barbara
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Feb 16, 2009 - 03:05am PT
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Hi,
A few from a winter ski trip in the ancient Bristlecone pine forrest (White Mountains, CA).
Cheers, Roy
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 16, 2009 - 03:24am PT
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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
Social climber
sebastopol
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Feb 16, 2009 - 03:29am 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
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2009 - 05:38am 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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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Feb 17, 2009 - 12:17pm PT
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Kids just love those hollowed out cottonwood trees
Spruce Island, which is just the North of Kodiak recieved about 12" of ash from the 1912 Novarupta eruption, the largest eruption of the 20th century. The nutrient rich ash is a great feed stock for moss.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2009 - 12:34pm 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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