The Queens Giant

[mistahbenn]

fair size tree.Does it get much work done on it?

 

I only saw one cut on it, that big dead stubby hole before the first branch. Its in the middle of an ancient forest strip that doesnt see many people. Funny thing is that the people who live there dont even know of it. Gonna go back on Saturday with some more fresh green new climbers to get their asses up it

[White Noise]

Nice one Ben That was one hell of a hike up that old beauty .

 

You look and seem happy over there . Keep up the good work matey

 

Raccoon **** ...

[Goaty]

i would have thought the native americans got there before the vikings.

 

going by a few documentaries i've seen the americas have been populated for 5-6 thousand years.

 

i think that vikings got there in about 800ad and people have been trading the timber of lignum vitae (along with other species) from central america for at least 500 years.

 

My bad, I meant 1st as in before Columbus and date of modern America.

 

 

The natives where there before the modern history. Smokin and chilling out.

[stewmo]

The only Tulip tree I've been in was lovely to climb - massive though. But had been condemned so it was a dismantle.....Not quite so tall maybe as that one but the girth of main stem was much bigger than that.

Hard to see the main stem in this photo but the ladder gives a sense of scale

 

[se7enthdevil]

depends how wide the ladder is.

 

the one at taplow is 7'4" wide and 23' in girth.

 

that one looks a good 5'.

[mistahbenn]

23 metres??

[se7enthdevil]

no that's feet mate, as indicated by the '

[mistahbenn]

Thought so.