| California
Sequoiadendron Climb |
Robert
Van Pelt |
| Jun
13, 2002 09:40 PDT |
Bob,
Will, et. al.,
I just returned from California where several Sequoiadendrons
were climbed and mapped. I have yet to finish the data
analysis, but already one of the trees has surpassed 40K. It
was an unnamed tree discovered by Wendell Flint. Wendell is
the man who first started accurately measuring volumes more
than 40 years ago. Sadly, he passed away last month. We are
naming the tree in his honor. 6 of us spent the night in the
Great Bonsai, a ridgetop tree with the largest known crown of
any giant sequoia. With at least two dozen branches greater
than 5 feet in diameter, and three over seven feet, it is far
and away the most specular climbing experience I have been
part of.
Saturday I am off to Queensland for two weeks and then to New
Zealand for three weeks. I am bringing an Impulse and the
Criterion. Guess what I will be doing??
- BVP
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