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dipper
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Feb 19, 2009 - 02:39am PT
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3 more for the macro fans. These are from near my secret lake with pretty fish in Kings Canyon National Park.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 19, 2009 - 05:42am PT
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hey there all.... well my my... WOW... i DID find the cork oak in santa cruz...
dont know if any of you calif's ever saw it... we saw it many times when we went sailing with our dad...
here is the link---PLUS--this link has many links to some special trees, in other states... historical, etc..
this second link is to the gilroy gardens... some odd neat trees there...
here you all go:
(odd trees first... i will be back in a sec with the cork oak)
http://www.gilroygardens.org/circus.html
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 19, 2009 - 05:44am PT
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hey there... say, i somehow backed up wrong and did not find my post... well, here is the link to the cork oak:
many neat history notes about all these trees... it seems that cork oaks were plansted by a guy named levi starbuck...
very interesting stuff:
http://www.tclf.org/landslide/2007/cork_oak/index.html
here is the history note about the man that brought these trees here:
http://www.tclf.org/landslide/2007/cork_oak/history.html
my mom and i just loved seeing that ol' tree...
can you believe it, they were gonna' take it down for a modern gas station! :O
*hmmmm, i have been out of touch.. hope it is still there... i did not even check the "learn" more section, or the "threat" section... (all links at the bottom of the pics page...
have fun...
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perswig
climber
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Feb 19, 2009 - 12:17pm PT
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Wow -nice additions. Dipper's tryptich of rings echoes (pun?) "The Scream".
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2009 - 12:28pm PT
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Whoa, this page alone is worth viewing the whole thread.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 19, 2009 - 12:59pm PT
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It just gets better and better. . .
WOW!!!!
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tolman_paul
Trad climber
Anchorage, AK
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Feb 19, 2009 - 01:10pm PT
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This is Green Island in Prince William Sound (actually a small island just to the West of the main island) It was overcast the time we were out there, so the pictures don't do justice to how lush and mossy it is.
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klinefelter
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Feb 19, 2009 - 01:10pm PT
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A particularly nice Cali Red Fur near the upper San Joaquin River. Ranger-wife in foreground.
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dipper
climber
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Three more close-ups from Nine Lakes Basin in Sequoia National Park
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Perswig,
I've never seen such a perfusion of fungi!
Dip,
You da Grain Man!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there timid toprope.. say, those cork oaks are really fun to see up close, too....
there were a few planted somewhere, else, too.... i saw them when one of my brothers got married... had fun showing it to the little kids...
thanks for the note where they are growing... :)
wow---neat trees here, you all!
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dipper
climber
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Got Wood?
More from 9 LakesBasin
The low spot on the Great Western Divide behind the tree is Kaweah Gap. At the bottom of that shady
slope back there is Precipice Lake, made famous by Ansel Adams, and again by Vern Clevenger.
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dipper
climber
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Wow Nita,
I don't believe I ever saw that pattern thread. Very cool images in there.
If I could get a helo to resupply me, I'd stay in the Sierra all summer and take pictures. That place is magical and nearly infinite in scope and beauty.
If I wasn't such a cold wimp, I'd stay up there year-round.
Some day I will.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2009 - 10:27am PT
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Awesome! Thanks dipper and nita.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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^^^
ROFLMAO!
Now that's the best tree joke I've ever heard!!!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Me too! Though I can't recall any other tree jokes.
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perswig
climber
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I didn't think this tree was singular, but the dogs had other ideas.
Edit for "Great joke!"
Dale
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Came across some deadfall, so I pull out a chunk, down below Underworld Rock over there at the playground.
Never seen such red, don't know if it was the lighting or what.
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