Fall old growth climb

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Sorry that I am posting this now, but I wanted to share the pictures that I stumbled upon. This is a stand of old growth white pine in the Adirondacks in NY. Me and my buddy Matt went up them in october...DBH 54 inches, estimated height at 145 feet. pretty spectacular
 

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Hey Chep!

I think I have climbed a tree in that grove, if it is the one off of 86 by the cabins on Easy street by Paul Smiths College.


Great pics, and those are some great White Pines!



SZ
 
Only 150ft? Theres some that should be 170+ in the next year or two out here in the Berkshires in MA. :)

Nice climb though, I would love to say I've been up that high, but havent had the chance yet.
 
EZ: yeah its the grove off easy street... one of my favorite places on earth!

If anyone ever wants to climb up here in the ADK just get ahold of me.

I would like to drop a tape from the top of one of thetse trees some time. We have been estimating with our ropes. But I dont think that we were in the tallest tree either.
There are a few crowns that poke up a bit higher. However, the trees themselves are a bit scary, this stand has been around for over 300 years, and there are some serious defects present. This tree may not have been the tallest, but we judged it to be a whole lot safer then some of the other elders in the grove...
 
I lo9ve that area up there. What an awesome place. Id be more than glad to get together and climb up there again
 
Glad to see some pics of the eastern old growth. Your adventure reminds me of when I started searching for trees to climb and taking friends. Small groups, two, three at the most. No hassels, just a lot of fun.
 
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Glad to see some pics of the eastern old growth. Your adventure reminds me of when I started searching for trees to climb and taking friends. Small groups, two, three at the most. No hassels, just a lot of fun.

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That's what I like, 2 or 3 max is a good number to do a woods climb. Here's a climb on good-sized eastern White Pine, approx. 145 ft. for New England it's a big tree. I still can't comprehend the massive size of the western old-growth.

Technically this isn't old-growth but it's getting there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdskR2ndCog

These wild white pines are challenging to place a line with the usual tangle of deadwood guarding the solid limbs above. Also, pardon my enthusiasm in the tree, sometimes when I get up into these trees I'm getting such a rush that I start talking gibberish, something to do with wind gusts, the feeling of exposure and the exhilaration of working hard to get up into a new tree in the middle of nowhere.
-moss
 
The eastern old growth is pretty magic....It is also much more prevalent then people think. There are little stands of old growth all over. Our old growth just isn't as dramatic as those big mama western trees. I have climbed some big trees out west, the feeling of coming out of the canopy into the emergent layer is the same wherever you are!

Moss, I dig your cambium savers (whats the recipe your using for them?) and where are you climbing?

Allmark, I am still up here in the daks, any time you want to climb I am sooo down!

peace
 
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Moss, I dig your cambium savers (whats the recipe your using for them?) and where are you climbing?

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The pipes are not my design but I like to make my own, I use this spec for the conduit:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#8069k13/=2nw7vq

And this for the end caps:
http://www.tnb.com/ps/fulltilt/index.cgi?part=5333

The end cap is inside the fitting, to get the end cap by itself requires buying in quantity.

Climbing in western Mass. in the video, I usually climb in eastern Mass. closer to where I live, some decent white pine there as well.
-moss
 
I'm gonna have to make the trip...visit the bro in Boston and some climbing in upstate NY...yep gonna have to do it.

Nice photos as always, Ben.

Thanks for sharing...haven't done much "for fun" climbing since you left town...I need to get back into it.

CW
 
There must be more old growth east of the Mississippi that is just not known by most. Small stands or pockets that were pass up.

The pictures I've seen of the big hardwoods are just so beautiful. I'd love to see a full mature natural stand.

Can anyone give me a direction where I might go to see this?
 
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