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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Jun 17, 2010 - 12:41pm PT
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Granny knot
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland
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Jun 17, 2010 - 01:11pm 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 - 02:29pm 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 - 03:01pm 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 - 03:03pm PT
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Jun 17, 2010 - 03:03pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2010 - 04:22pm 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 - 06:03pm 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 - 06:11pm 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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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2010 - 06:55pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 17, 2010 - 07:05pm 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 18, 2010 - 02:11am 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 - 11:19am PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jun 19, 2010 - 12:26pm 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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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Jun 20, 2010 - 10:39pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 20, 2010 - 11:14pm 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 - 11:31pm 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 21, 2010 - 12:17am PT
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bparry
Trad climber
New Haven, CT
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Jun 26, 2010 - 04:44pm PT
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Carmona microphylla
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jun 26, 2010 - 07:36pm 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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