TITAN Redwood: Del Norte Titan

mdvaden

Was back in the Redwoods today.

Del Norte Titan is suppose to be 23.6 feet in diameter. Our measurement today - in the rain - was 22.55. Close enough.

I'll add the photo to my own page a bit later:

Redwood Grove Titans. Lost Monarch. Del Norte Titan. Coast Redwoods

Man... the sword ferns were sure looking good today for winter time.

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newguy18

just makes me want to climb one even more everytime i see one.

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quercus

Jeez, Mario... You've got some serious lost treasures in your part of the woods out there...

Man cannot have enough appreciation for a tree like this. Should be a capital crime to try and take it down.

newguy18

i have a good friend who used to fell them.

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mdvaden

Didn't those kind of guys used to fell one another too

A little bit of dark, and a little bit of whiskey or beer ?

newguy18

i don't know about the drinking part but he dropped some monsters.makes for some cool pics.

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newguy18

heres a 3 part summary my friend did on the redwoods
YouTube - A Summary Of Our Old Growth Redwoods
YouTube - Part two of "A Summary"
YouTube - A Summary... Part 3
definatly worth viewing.

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mdvaden

He did a fairly nice job of assembling them.

For some reason, the 3rd one would not play. I could play or repeat the first two videos, but the 3rd video never played even after reloading the page. It's got to be there though. Saw the time, title, comments, etc.. I'll try back later.

newguy18

try this one.
YouTube - A Summary... Part 3

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quercus

If only we had those kind of forests here.... I'd be in 'em all day every day....

I saw the vids of the old growth forests. Gerald Beranek is an authority on this field but I can't agree with him on his point of view of felling the old growth trees. Like I said before... felling an old growth redwood is cutting a piece out of history. Respect must be shown for these trees.

I believe it's ridiculous to even assume nature needs us to interveine when it comes to "renewing" the forests. We need nature, not the other way around.
Actually, we need to look from a distance how nature overcomes most problems and learn from it, instead of discussing and argueing how we must help it.

treestyle

MD........you ever climb them?

mdvaden

Heck no.... - LOL

I've still got to learn to climb period.

Discovered that there is a climbing school in Grants Pass, about 25 minutes from here.

So I've thought about learning to climb for recreation.

arborjockey

If you take a trip up north treetools.com: Services these guys have a general and expert class.

mdvaden

If our house sells and we move north, that might be an option. I've read their schedules posted when shopping there previously.

This one here is the local outfit:

Tree Climbing Northwest: Grants Pass, Oregon

Seems that both would be good options.

Looks like one of the New Tribe people is responsible for the Weed Wrench that I've read about.

New Tribe Company: Grants Pass, Oregon

newguy18

yuor taking climbing classes?i taught my self how to climb.a linemans belt 50' of rope and the tree climbers compaion.for gaffs i found a dead rotten tree on my uncle's farm and i was up that tree at least 3 times a week till i got the hang of it.

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