Where is the tree id thread?
Mick is most likely the winner here! Mick have you ever climbed one of these? My lanyard got no traction. At one point I put a full wrap on the 2nd end of my dbl end lanyard. The layers of flakey bark were like what we call Madrona here. The Madrona tree however...
It's the tree on the right. The branches were thick and strong at the top. The bark was flakey like phyllo dough. I couldn't get anymore traction on this thing than a harelip on a Hawaiian word. I had to stomp my gaffs in and yes they are sharp. The wood ran watery sap 1/3 of the growth rings in.
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