Will
Awesome. Great to see Aven in the trees.
That scarlet oak is something. I'm jealous.
Bob
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On Oct 16, 2009, at 3:18 PM, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> ENTS,
>
> This year I have been able to climb what I consider to be the
> largest and tallest scarlet oaks I know of. The largest, located in
> Biltmore Forest, NC is just under 48” diameter and 114 feet tall. It
> has immense volume and I plan to climb it and model it for volume t
> his winter. We removed some HUGE dead limbs from it, one of which wa
> s 17” diameter. This tree is ~90 years old.
>
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>
> Two weeks ago my son, Aven (10) and I participated in the
> International Tree Climbers Rendezvous (easier to make than Cook
> Forest) at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC. Here we climbed a
> scarlet oak discovered by Jess Riddle on our last survey trip there
> http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/tanglewood_park2.htm
>
> . We found the tree missing one side but the tall part was still
> intact (I can’t remember if it was broken when it was found or not).
> A line was hard to set as the first branch was 106 feet up! I settl
> ed on a set at on a dead limb at 86’ and a few more pitches and I wa
> s at 131’. I extended a pole up and we tape dropped the tree to 140.
> 8 feet tall- a solid record height for the species! The top leader w
> as strong and straight with at least 8” of growth this year. Jess me
> asured it to 138.9 feet in January 2007. Aven was able to set a new
> height record for himself by climbing to 90 feet. The lean of the to
> p leader made it a difficult climb for Aven but he did a great job!
>
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>
> We later climbed a nice tuliptree and white oak with Tobe Sherrill
> and his son Cameron. What a blast!
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>
> Will F. Blozan
> President, Eastern Native Tree Society
> President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc.
>
>
> >
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