I'd like to see something like that one day. We have some very old yew trees here, some estimated to be between 3,000 and 5,000 years old. Because of the way they reproduce yews are, in principle, immortal. A lot easier to get to than the bristlecones too - we build churchyards round them. Still, I expect people still drive there in 4x4s.
http://www.ancient-yew.org/ancientyews.shtml -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: 15 October 2006 08:35 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - Echo > > Bruce, > > The bristlecones are probably my favorite tree of all times. Over the > years I've had the good fortune to spend time with the oldest > living thing > on the planet, the Methuselah Tree in the White Mountains. It > is now about > 4,850 years old. AFAIK, there are no bristlecones growing in > the Sierras, > rather, the westernmost range is found in the White Mountains > down near > Bishop. > > Some years ago, quite by accident but based in stupidity, an > even older > tree (4950 years old) was killed by a "scientist" studying the tree. > > I had to take a 4X4 to see the Methuselah Tree - sat there for hours > studying it's contortions, twists, and gnarled branches. It is awe > inspiring to be in the presence of such a tree. > > Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
