Fire tree

[Tom Dunlap]

Doerner Fir tree in Southern Oregon survives fire but loses its record height

A tree-climbing crew scaled about 280 feet to extinguish the fire with a hose on Thursday. The historic tree is alive, but it has lost some of the record height that made it the tallest Douglas fir in the world.

www.opb.org

 

[evo]

That’s Damion Carr and Logan Colliar, they probably measured the tree in the first place.

 

[southsoundtree]

Damien Carrè, IIRC, FWIW.

Just recognition where credit is due.

 

[27RMT0N]

Amazing effort to save that tree, very cool to read about. I can hardly imagine climbing a tree that is actively burning, even if it were just smoldering inside the trunk. .

 

[southsoundtree]

That’s Damion Carr and Logan Colliar, they probably measured the tree in the first place.

These are the Ascending The Giants guys ( or at least D.C.).

People outside of our region may be less likely to know about them.

 

[ATH]

I'd be nervous the whole time about the rope. How do you set it above you with confidence it isn't going to burn through? It would only take a little ember a relatively few seconds to get all the way through...or at least far enough.

 

[evo]

These are the Ascending The Giants guys ( or at least D.C.).

People outside of our region may be less likely to know about them.

Logan use to post here, can’t remember his username

 

[Waldo]

Logan use to post here, can’t remember his username

Yeah, I still lurk here sometimes.

 

[Waldo]

I'd be nervous the whole time about the rope. How do you set it above you with confidence it isn't going to burn through? It would only take a little ember a relatively few seconds to get all the way through...or at least far enough.

There was not as much heat up there as some of the articles make it sound. But our rope choice was a poly/poly rope for the little extra heat resilience over nylon ropes. We did have a drone with an IR scanner to do a pre climb inspection before we even got to the site.

 

[Waldo]

That’s Damion Carr and Logan Colliar, they probably measured the tree in the first place.

and Luke Colvin helped out quite a bit as well, he ran our ground operation while Damien and I were in the tree.

 

[evo]

and Luke Colvin helped out quite a bit as well, he ran our ground operation while Damien and I were in the tree.

Alright then, x3 kiddie fire fighter hats delivered to the ATC, and a round on me

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Who is going to write the article for TCI magazine?

 

[southsoundtree]

Way to go, @Waldo.

Thanks!