{"id":1565,"date":"2022-04-01T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2022-04-01T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T16:00:19","slug":"walk-on-roots-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/2022\/04\/01\/walk-on-roots-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk on roots = good !! (?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, I posted the first image below on Facebook. A visitor center person or ranger replied that trees in the grove are  best kept secret so people don&#8217;t walk on its roots or climb the bases. This follows a mantra commonly found among rangers and visitor centers, <strong>&#8220;walk on roots = bad&#8221;<\/strong>. Then they tell people <strong>&#8220;walk on roots = good&#8221;<\/strong> implied by sending people on trails where hikers walk on countless roots. A void of extra instruction tends to leave lingering questions or debate about good vs. bad.  Few staff at parks really understand trees, soil or roots, and visitor centers are not a reliable source for comprehensive teaching about trees.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking over roots isn&#8217;t good, but is often okay or inconsequential.  Some large root systems and soil are near &#8220;bullet-proof&#8221;, while other ones remain vulnerable. And a trained professional walking over roots is not exactly comparable to the average hiker. But To help hikers understand, I recorded a video about redwoods and roots. So follow this link for extra information about redwoods and roots. Use the following LINK  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FTUzfYU9HIk\">Coast Redwood Roots Are Mighty &amp; Strong<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/coast_redwoods_roots_B.jpg\" alt=\"Grove of Titans redwood roots and trunk\" class=\"wp-image-1566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/coast_redwoods_roots_B.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/coast_redwoods_roots_B-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/coast_redwoods_roots_A.jpg\" alt=\"Coast Redwoods, trail and roots in Jedediah Smith park\" class=\"wp-image-1567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/coast_redwoods_roots_A.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/coast_redwoods_roots_A-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I posted the first image below on Facebook. A visitor center person or ranger replied that trees in the grove are best kept secret so people don&#8217;t walk on its roots or climb the bases. This follows a mantra commonly found among rangers and visitor centers, &#8220;walk on roots = bad&#8221;. Then they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/1569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdvaden.com\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}