lambertiana
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No, not that president...I'm not a rich campaign contributor or hollywood star, so he won't give me the time of day.
I received this month's issue of National Geographic this week, and saw the article devoted to the President, a very fine sequoia in Sequoia NP. I realized that it had been at least a year since I last visited this tree, so it was time to return. According to the article, updated measurements of the tree place it as the second largest tree (for total mass) in the world, behind the General Sherman tree, which is about a mile away. Further, they took some core samples that showed that the tree is 3200 years old, so it has been standing there for a long time.
Today I made the drive up to Crescent Meadow and made my way toward the President. I chose this route so that I could see a few other nice trees on the way and avoid the crowds around the General Sherman tree. On the way in I swung by Moro Rock for the views. First looking down toward the valley (home)
And up toward the Great Western Divide
I could see the two peaks that I climbed this year - to the north was Alta Peak
and to the south on the far right is Sawtooth Peak
A couple shots of scenery on the way in from where I parked
There are a couple settlers cabins there, this one was built in the 1880s. I wouldn't mind having a cabin there
I guess I'm jaded after seeing these trees so often; now I don't even notice anything less than 15' diameter, and they generally need to be over 20' diameter before I start taking a longer look at them. So I didn't take a lot of pictures from the first couple miles. Finally I reached a nice one, the Franklin tree. Since I was alone, the only thing I had for scale was my pack; you can see it at the base of the tree in most of these pictures to give you an idea of scale.
Near the Franklin tree is the Washington tree. Until about eight years ago it was the second largest tree, but after a major fire the top half of the tree collapsed, leaving only a tall stump with a few small green branches on it
A little closer to the Washington tree
The next large one was the Lincoln tree
Near the President is the Senate group
I received this month's issue of National Geographic this week, and saw the article devoted to the President, a very fine sequoia in Sequoia NP. I realized that it had been at least a year since I last visited this tree, so it was time to return. According to the article, updated measurements of the tree place it as the second largest tree (for total mass) in the world, behind the General Sherman tree, which is about a mile away. Further, they took some core samples that showed that the tree is 3200 years old, so it has been standing there for a long time.
Today I made the drive up to Crescent Meadow and made my way toward the President. I chose this route so that I could see a few other nice trees on the way and avoid the crowds around the General Sherman tree. On the way in I swung by Moro Rock for the views. First looking down toward the valley (home)
And up toward the Great Western Divide
I could see the two peaks that I climbed this year - to the north was Alta Peak
and to the south on the far right is Sawtooth Peak
A couple shots of scenery on the way in from where I parked
There are a couple settlers cabins there, this one was built in the 1880s. I wouldn't mind having a cabin there
I guess I'm jaded after seeing these trees so often; now I don't even notice anything less than 15' diameter, and they generally need to be over 20' diameter before I start taking a longer look at them. So I didn't take a lot of pictures from the first couple miles. Finally I reached a nice one, the Franklin tree. Since I was alone, the only thing I had for scale was my pack; you can see it at the base of the tree in most of these pictures to give you an idea of scale.
Near the Franklin tree is the Washington tree. Until about eight years ago it was the second largest tree, but after a major fire the top half of the tree collapsed, leaving only a tall stump with a few small green branches on it
A little closer to the Washington tree
The next large one was the Lincoln tree
Near the President is the Senate group
