Lately I questioned whether coast redwood could be the world’s oldest living tree. Possibly the huge titan in the image shown below. Take a short scroll down to see, then scroll back up here. Until 2013, a bristlecone pine named Methuselah held that title with 4,448 years. Later, another bristlecone was declared 5,062 years. Somewhere beneath […]
The redwood shown below is a fallen titan that was a single trunk about 24 feet diameter. If you look closely, you can see the tiny human speck on top where my red shirt is visible. I chose this photo to help help clarify something about fallen coast redwoods. At least twice this summer, I […]
Over the years, I’ve read numerous descriptions comparing trunks, claiming coast redwoods taper and giant sequoias don’t. Did those people just drive by without looking, and went on their merry way? The truth is that coast redwood and giant sequoia both have trunks that taper; and both have trunks that don’t (or barely) taper. I’ll give an […]
The stump below is one of the widest known historically. People and news claimed it was up to 400 ft. tall, 4000 yrs., and maybe the largest coast redwood ever. For years, I assumed the size volume claim was true. But this summer, I reread a 2016 article about an artist planning to make growth […]
Stout Grove saw some changes between 2017 and 2018, including a broad wooden deck in front of the Stout Tree. In other spots, chunks of wood were moved to block social trails with available materials. The latter looked functional and practical, but the investment of time and money for the deck is questionable. To keep […]
A few years ago, I was exploring around Redwood National Park with a friend Thomas from Germany. We discovered a huge coast redwood and named it BIGFOOT. This was the beginning of exploration that later involved Chris Atkins, leading to finding new largest coast redwoods. Due to certain unique features, I decided to keep Bigfoot […]
Several years ago, I asked the park service how many weddings happen in Redwood National and State Parks, and was surprised to learn how few. But after a few years I learned that far more weddings happen than most people or the parks realize. I’ve been photographing some redwood weddings and keep track of couples who […]
Have you ever heard of Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)? According to history, this author & aviator wrote: “You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky” Sounds wise on the surface, but is it true? Without detracting from her many achievements, her own words imply she may never have “seen” a tree. Let’s review […]
My answer … no. Aside from rare extremes (which I will explain), the answer is basically “no”. There is no part of the year where a great experience isn’t available. For photography, I tell people that late autumn to June is the best in the coast redwoods, but for this post let’s stick with basic hiking, […]
Early 2018, I was photographing redwoods along Mattole Rd., and a commonly repeated quote came to mind: “If’ you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all“. I understand each redwood is different, and probably better than 999 out of each 1000 people. But this patch of forest made me realize where a few people may […]
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