mdvaden
Participating member
- Location
- Beaverton. Oregon
Going to post short - internet is dragging-its- speed here in Orick, CA. Just found a new record breaking world's tallest western hemlock today. Had to do a preliminary single-handed, and figured at least 270 to 274 possible.
I happened to find out this morning that Prof. Sillett was in the park, and tracked him down like 5 minutes before he left. Asked if he had an inkling to go look at the tree and confirm ID. I think he was wondering if it might really be a Sitka spruce.
By the way - it's name is "Tsunami" after the wave that hit this area yesterday.
Long story short, we went to the tree - it is a hemlock - and Sillett had an Impulse Laser. Together, we got 82.7 meters, just over 271 feet. Don't have a good photo yet. Plan to go back tomorrow, and I think Michael Taylor will be coming too. It's worth a double measure and he has an Impulse laser too. This hemlock is even taller than the pine record breakers Taylor and I found in January, the tallest of which was just over 268 feet. Can't wait to get back to my FIOS internet speed and my home desktop computer big screen tomorrow night.
EDIT: Added photo. After Taylor's measure, and comparison with Sillett's the consensus appears to be 82.9 meters ---- 271.98 feet. A few folks accompanied us this morning.
I happened to find out this morning that Prof. Sillett was in the park, and tracked him down like 5 minutes before he left. Asked if he had an inkling to go look at the tree and confirm ID. I think he was wondering if it might really be a Sitka spruce.
By the way - it's name is "Tsunami" after the wave that hit this area yesterday.
Long story short, we went to the tree - it is a hemlock - and Sillett had an Impulse Laser. Together, we got 82.7 meters, just over 271 feet. Don't have a good photo yet. Plan to go back tomorrow, and I think Michael Taylor will be coming too. It's worth a double measure and he has an Impulse laser too. This hemlock is even taller than the pine record breakers Taylor and I found in January, the tallest of which was just over 268 feet. Can't wait to get back to my FIOS internet speed and my home desktop computer big screen tomorrow night.
EDIT: Added photo. After Taylor's measure, and comparison with Sillett's the consensus appears to be 82.9 meters ---- 271.98 feet. A few folks accompanied us this morning.
