Lee, I knew some of you northerners had to be more adapted than I. I can remember when I was younger, in my teens, I was always outside and cold did not bother me as much as it does now. I do have warm clothes and I am winter capable on most activities. But anytime I usually have to remove my gloves in below feezing temeratures for very long I am toast. It gives me problems with winter fishing and of course tree measuring. I agree with the speed issue. I am new to ENTS field work and I know I am slow. I can easily see that when I watch that intrepid Will Blozan at work. But practice makes perfect I guess.
I gotta get in shape. Hey, that's my New Years resolution! James P. On Jan 2, 10:16 am, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > James: > > I have done field work on days when the high was between 0 and 10 > degrees lots of times. The problem with tree measuring is standing still > for too long. The secret is to spend more time outside so that you get > acclimated to cold weather, to have the proper clothing, and, most > important, to keep moving and generate heat--activities such as climbing > hills and walking through deep snow use a lot of calories. Once you get > warm enough, you can take off your gloves for a few minutes at a time. I > am going out for a 5 mile walk right now at -10 degrees. > > Lee > > > > James Parton wrote: > > Bob, > > > I was hoping for an outing tomorrow, but cold hands may be a real > > problem. How do northern ents cope? That button on the Nikon 440 is > > too small to use adequately with heavily gloved hands and try writing > > down data with heavy gloves on. I have learned that pulling off your > > gloves, even for a short time is not usually a good idea! > > > James. > > > On Jan 2, 8:20 am, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> James > > >> Good job. I sympathize with you on the freezing hands problem. > >> That was what curtailed my tree measuring in Montpelier. > > >> Bob > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> On Jan 2, 2010, at 12:35 AM, James Parton <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >>> ENTS, > > >>> Today I finally got back to do some measuring of a nice White Pine > >>> grove that I found while on another hike back in January 2009. The > >>> grove is located between the Blue Ridge Parkway and Hendersonville > >>> Rd ( Hwy 25 ) near where the parkway crosses over 25. I call it the > >>> Ramble Grove because of the nearby Ramble housing development > >>> located nearby. > > >>> http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/20090125-b... > > >>> The grove is dominated by Eastern White Pine but also contains > >>> Tuliptree and Pitch Pine with American Holly as an understory tree. > >>> A few oaks and shortleaf pines are found here too, especially near > >>> the borders of the grove. Large Poison Ivy vines also climb to great > >>> heights into the trees. I found one huge vine that was two feet in > >>> circumference! Why do some forests have large Poison Ivy vines while > >>> others lack Poison Ivy all together? Poison Ivy seems rare in most > >>> older growth forests I visit while it seems more common in younger > >>> forests. Especially near populated areas. Does anyone know why? I > >>> would guess this grove to be young judging by the trees youthful > >>> appearance and many branch stubs on the trunks of the pines. I would > >>> guess the grove at 60-80 years old. > > >>> The tallest tree found today was a respectable White Pine that was > >>> 143..2 feet tall and 6' 3" in girth. Tall and slim. The largest > >>> overall was a Tuliptree that was 138.3 feet tall and 8' 9" in girth. > > >>> Also a hollylike plant was found in the forest that I believe is an > >>> invasive species. Can anyone identify this " mystery holly " for me? > >>> I have seen it as an ornamental in people's yards. I think my dad > >>> has one.. I don't think it is a true ilex. > > >>> Here are todays measurements > > >>> cbh Height > > >>> White Pine 6' 3" 130.3' > > >>> White Pine 8' 0" 122.6' > > >>> White Pine 6' 2" 136.5' > > >>> Tuliptree 8' 9" 138.3' > > >>> White Pine 6' 3" 143.2' ! > > >>> Pitch Pine 5' 6" 114.3' ! > > >>> It was a good day but my hands were about frozen when I got out of > >>> the woods! > > >>> James Parton > > >>> -- > >>> Eastern Native Tree Societyhttp://www.nativetreesociety.org > >>> Send email to [email protected] > >>> Visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en > >>> To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] > >>> <Ramble_ Woods.jpg> > >>> <Ramble_Grove.JPG> > >>> <Poison_Ivy.JPG> > >>> <Mystery_Holly.JPG> > >>> <143.2ftWP.JPG>- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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]
