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Marlow
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OSLO
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Jun 16, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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Old junipers are telling us their story, a fairytale as real as real can be...
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Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2014 - 11:38am PT
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Tour of the Ancient Ones.
My families Fathers Day gift to me!
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Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2014 - 11:46am PT
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We saw at least 20 awesome Grandfather trees on the hike.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2014 - 09:14pm PT
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Layton can't keep himself from visiting Grandfather on a personal level.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2014 - 09:37pm PT
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This old man is still alive. And so much bigger than it looks!
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John M
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Jun 16, 2014 - 09:42pm PT
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Wow Bruce, Great way to spend a fathers day.
I really like that second picture from the top of this page.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2014 - 09:52pm PT
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Thanks John. Yes, visiting old trees is strangely the perfect gift for me... I got so many cool pix on this trip. Happy man.
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John M
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Jun 16, 2014 - 09:55pm PT
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How old do those Junipers get? That second picture down for some reason makes me think of Africa. And I've never been to Africa.. haha…
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Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2014 - 10:46pm PT
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How old do those Junipers get?
John, the oldest Junipers can get to 3,000 years.
I think most of the Grandfathers on our tour were in the 600-800 range, but I'm only guessing by a tree that a forester told me was 800+.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 18, 2014 - 10:10am PT
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jun 18, 2014 - 10:35am PT
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Old junipers are fascinating. Just like I'm in wonder hearing the voice of a couple of flying cranes, I'm left in wonder seeing old junipers...
Seeing the photos of this thread I started thinking about Tolkien's Ents.
The Ents were ancient shepherds of the forest and allies of the free peoples of Middle-earth.
The word "Ent" was taken from the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) word ent, meaning "giant". Tolkien borrowed the word from the Anglo-Saxon phrases orþanc enta geweorc ("work of cunning giants") and eald enta geweorc ("old work of giants", which describes Roman ruins). In this sense, Ents are probably the most ubiquitous of all creatures in fantasy and folklore, perhaps second only to dragons, for the word can refer to a variety of large, roughly humanoid creatures, such as giants, orcs, trolls, or even the monster Grendel from the poem Beowulf.
Along with Old Norse jǫtunn (Jötunn), "ent" came from Common Germanic *etunaz.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Jun 25, 2014 - 11:21pm PT
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(from my FB)
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Jun 26, 2014 - 02:13am PT
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A great tree story is that of "The Tree That Owns Itself, in Athens, Ga.
The picture below is that of the the son of the original as the "parent" reportedly fell in October,1942. It was over 100 feet tall, originating between 100-400 years old.
Excerpts from Wikipedia: The earliest-known telling of the tree’s story comes from a front-page article entitled "Deeded to Itself" in the Athens Weekly Banner of August 12, 1890. The article explains that the tree had been located on the property of Colonel William Henry Jackson [1] William Jackson was the son of one James Jackson (a soldier in the American Revolution as well as a Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia). (William Jackson was reportedly a professor at the University of Georgia. Jackson deeded to it the ownership of itself and its surrounding land. According to the newspaper article, the deed read:
I, W. H. Jackson, of the county of Clarke, of the one part, and the oak tree… of the county of Clarke, of the other part: Witnesseth, That the said W. H. Jackson for and in consideration of the great affection which he bears said tree, and his great desire to see it protected has conveyed, and by these presents do convey unto the said oak tree entire possession of itself and of all land within eight feet of it on all sides.
sorry about the size, didn't realize it was so large.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2014 - 06:32am PT
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Great stories about the oak and the juniper! Tobia, could you please bring down the size on that photo? 1000 wide is plenty big.
Dingus, check this one out. I simply could not get a pic to do this oddity justice. There is a large notch in this ridge. The trunk of the tree is entirely down inside of this notch. The vegetation completely fills the void and makes it appear as a shrub. It also creates a false ridgeline, as though you could walk through it, but you can't. It was 100% healthy, but very unusual. The trunk was completely dwarfed out, but the vegetation was almost unnaturally vigorous.
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2014 - 06:47am PT
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You're right Dingus!
I hereby give these trees to themselves!
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2014 - 06:54am PT
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Thanks eKatTreeLoverLoraxMama.
This old fella gave up his leaves, but not his great spot, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2014 - 07:13am PT
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post edit - correction, this is taken from Monitor Pass road, somewhere east of the summit.
From the road? The road? The ROAD??!! Bite your tongue you scurvy bastard, it's miles from the road!
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Ooops, forgot to put my little punctuation smiley face guy to indicate no real anger at all, just pretend.... :o)
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MisterE
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A couple of loner from exploring above Swall Meadows:
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 10, 2014 - 12:12pm PT
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