Damn Will, you need a longer pole. Gary
On Dec 5, 2009, at 9:49 AM, Will Blozan <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > To clarify, that was the climb of the Thoreau Pine during an earlier > event… I surely did not have a pole long enough to reach from the Gr > andfather to the Thoreau AND attach a tape! > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > "No sympathy for apathy" > From: Will Blozan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 9:41 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ENTS] Andrew Joslin and Henry David Thoreau > > Bob, > > Awesome day indeed! I am puzzled by the tape drop- something is not > right. Did you add in BH? (156.1+4.5= 160.6) Did Andrew observe > crown damage? I would bank on John Eichholtz’s measurements any day > (and yours ;). I can’t accept that a tape drop was two feet off of s > ome of ENTS greatest and most accurate measurers. No way. > > My climb in 2007 of the Grandfather tree substantiated that the high > point of the Thoreau Pine was WAY off center on the down stream and > slightly upslope side of the crown. I recall the intense sphincter > adventures with getting high enough and cantilevered out to even > reach it with the short extension pole I had during the climb. I > transposed the top across the crown to a suitable anchor point for a > drop as straight and close to the trunk as possible. It took some > work for sure. Would have been a lot easier with a clinometer and > pole combination… > > In the photo below (taken from the Grandfather Pine in 2007) the > high point is clearly seen to the upper right of the crown. I recall > it being virtually invisible from the ground from typical > measurement vantage points. Perhaps it has broken but it sounds like > it needs to be reclimbed. Thoreau is worthy! > > > > Will F. Blozan > President, Eastern Native Tree Society > President, Appalachian Arborists, Inc. > > "No sympathy for apathy" > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 8:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] Andrew Joslin and Henry David Thoreau > > ENTS, > > Well today was a big day for the Massachusetts group of > dedicated Ents. At my request, Andrew Joslin and two companion > climbers took on the daunting task of climbing the Henry David > Thoreau pine in Monroe State Forest for the purpose of doing a tape > drop measurement. The day was perfect for the climb. > > We met at the Charlemont Inn at 8:30AM and had > breakfast. To our delight, John Eichholz was able to make it. So, > after breakfast, we headed for Dunbar Brook. While John and team > readied for the climb, John and I scooted around measuring other > trees. We also measured the Thoreau pine from as many locations as > possible. Our ground-based measurements ranged from 157.1 to 158.4 > feet. John and I thought the most probably height for the tree to be > 158 feet. > > To cut to the chase, Andrew's tape drop came to 156.1 > feet. John and I were surprised, but that is the best measurement we > have, so the big tree is no longer in the 160 Club. However, John > established a new mid-slope baseline for girth using the Will Blozan > method. Thoreau's girth is an even 13.0 feet. So, the Thoreau pine > moves into another girth class. Lose some, win some. > > John went farther out the ridge while Andrew and team > were getting themselves positioned in the top of the pine. John > measured a sugar maple to 124.7 feet, a new height record for the > Dunbar Brook maples. The Rucker Index stands at 123.7 today. Its all > time high is 124.1. I found a tall ash upslope from Thoreau and the > Grandfather pine. Its dimensions are girth = 7.2 feet, height = > 128.9 feet. Not bad. I remeasured the Grandfather pine and got 144.7 > feet. That is a believable number, given Will Blozan's climb a > couple of years ago. I think he got around 143.5 feet or so. > > Well, enough chatter. The following images tell a little > of the story. > > ThoreausBase.jpg: This image show's Thoreau's base. That is what a > 13-foot circumference looks like for a straight white pine. > > LookingIntoThoreausCrown.jpg: I tried to capture the appearance of > how this tree soars. > > TopOFThoreau.jpg: This image shows Andrew's pole at the tippy top of > the great tree. > > ClimberInThoreau.jpg: This image shows a climber ascending. > > AshMapleAndRock.jpg: This image is included to give an idea of the > surrounding terrain and forest. Great place. > and your team, all ENTS thanks you and your team, and most of all > the great Henry David Thoreau pine thanks you. We can promote this > climb as a genuine effort to put truth into the tree numbers. > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > -- > Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org > Send email to [email protected] > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
