National Geo Redwoods

[Frans]

... with National Geographic it is, "We're destroying the earth and we need these scientests to save it and us." Please subscribe and do your part to save the planet.

Sounds just like Julia 'Butterfly' Hill saying "Save a tree, buy my (made of paper) book".

 

[klimbinfool]

Oh! the hypocrites, but we wont go there.

Gerry, the truth or facts always seem to be tainted with. Fortunate for us, we have someone to give us the real deal....

Greg

 

[Gord]

I picked up Wild Trees in a book store and skimmed through it. The account of Sillett and his buddy climbing up the trees free and Preston referring to arborists as 'grunts' turned me off really quickly.

It's unfortunate because it could have been a much richer book had it included the appreciation that so many of us have for these huge trees that work in trees on a daily basis.

And to leave out your story Jerry pushes the book into fiction territory, certainly not proper journalism. All the talk of the secretive techniques that Sillett uses is a laugh. I don't know what it is with these guys with the secrecy, they think they're the only deserving and responsible ones in the race?

James Balog has a book published of tree panoramas, including a number of redwoods and sequoias that has been out for years. They may be more 'composite' photos than true panos but they were printed years ago, the rigging also aided by Sillett and friends, and he was also 'sworn to secrecy.'

I've thought before that NG could print a widely interesting article about tree care around the world. It could definitely teach a wide audience a little about professional arboriculture and sway a few from the logger=tree worker mindset.

Shoot, now I've likely ruined this thread with my young and immature mind...

 

[Knotahippie]

I've thought before that NG could print a widely interesting article about tree care around the world.

That's a great idea, might actually get me to buy my first issue!

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Sounded good to me... maybe we should all write the editor..
Again I may be giving too much credit to the self righteous, mislead, tree hugging green crowd....:roll

 

[mdvaden]

Hey Jerry! Quit yer bitchin'.

It's supposed to be all run together ....

"Kwitcherbitchen"

If it does not sound like a foreign toungue, it ain't being said right.

Bet my book review of The Wild Trees is the only one like it, with Gerry decked-out in hard hat with camera tripod to the side. Bet it gets some people scratching their head if they have read the book before - LOL

The Wild Trees book review with Beranek photo

So has anyone actually perused this edition of National Geographic yet?

Yeah ... ordered a copy and it arrived yesterday. One of the best shots of a spotted owl I've ever seen too. The focal point of the article is Michael Fay and assistant's transect walk of the redwoods - like 1,800 miles. I found the .kml or .kmz file for it on a page, to see it in Google Earth. One thing I realized, is that although they walked a lot of miles, it was still merely a sampling or taste of the redwoods, not a comprehensive look. For example, In Jedediah Smith redwoods, they went down what looks like Howland Hill Road, over to the campground, back, then crossed the center of the park to the north. That's still a couple of thin lines through the park. My experience leads me to believe that a dozen or more paths or sections of the park must be visited or studied to really get the feel for what's happening.

If you go to this link, save the file from the 1st post - the .kmz file. That will show the line of their transect in Google Earth when you launch the file.

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1155422

It was a pretty long trek though - over 300 days.

 

[sotc]

Actually just remmebered that I worked for an old fellow a few years back that claimed he was in national geographic (cover maybe?) for climbing what was then the tallest known redwood. Back in the 60s I think

 

[mdvaden]

Actually just remmebered that I worked for an old fellow a few years back that claimed he was in national geographic (cover maybe?) for climbing what was then the tallest known redwood. Back in the 60s I think

There was a 1964 article:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1964/07/redwood-archive/grosvenor-text


And a 1898 article too.

 

[sotc]

Must have been 1964 but I don't recognize his name

 

[sotc]

Found him in my records. Clarence "casey" Casebier, didn't show up in NGM though

 

[pantheraba]

There was a 1964 article:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1964/07/redwood-archive/grosvenor-text


And a 1898 article too.

Great link, MD....thanks for the info...great article.

 

[mdvaden]

Great link, MD....thanks for the info...great article.

You probably noticed it, that they 1898 Nat Geo article link was on the 1964 page too - just in case, here's the 1898 one:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/1899/05/redwood-archive/gannett-text

I was surprised to learn that Nat Geo has been around that long.

For those of us who have a full 6 pack at hand, try out the redwood that Nat Geo made a jigsaw puzzle of:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/puzzles/redwood-giant-puzzle.html

The sliding box on the image to the right moves while you drag pieces. Click and drag to uncover more. The border edge pieces and sky are easy ones to start with.

 

[gf beranek]

Somewhere I still have the 64 issue of the NG redwood article. The cover is a bit tattered, but the pages are all intact. That issue gave me all the leads I needed, back in 78, to find the #2 tree in Redwood Creek. And I found out that it was actually the lead contender since the top of #1, a few miles up the crk, had died.

Mario, has anybody, Chris, remeasured that tree since?

 

[SkwerI]

Thanks Mario, 2 hours and 13 minutes to finish the jigsaw puzzle.

 

[mdvaden]

Somewhere I still have the 64 issue of the NG redwood article. The cover is a bit tattered, but the pages are all intact. That issue gave me all the leads I needed, back in 78, to find the #2 tree in Redwood Creek. And I found out that it was actually the lead contender since the top of #1, a few miles up the crk, had died.

Mario, has anybody, Chris, remeasured that tree since?

Seems that the top 20 or so redwoods get measured yearly or bi-yearly to keep track of data for growth records.

Redwood National Park has a remarkable wealth of tall and large redwoods scattered throughout.

 

[sotc]

Man, took me 3 hours 24! I did BBQ and change diapers also but i'd say you still whipped me!