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Great Basin National Park > Wheeler Peak > Additions and Corrections
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| ScottyS | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | A slab from the Currey tree with some of the borer holes is on display in the White Pine County visitor's center in downtown Ely, Nevada. Personally, I think there are older trees, but it will be extremely difficult to actually verify that. Not just the oldest known tree, but the oldest known LIVING THING. Gotta love Grad students. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 3:04 pm | ||
| Klenke | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I believe this is the erstwhile "Prometheus Tree" (might have been named posthumously). In a forest of living bristlecones, it can be difficult to find the stump remains of Prometheus. The stump is only a foot or two above ground level and is quite broad, as would be expected. If you can find this tree then you can find Prometheus nearby. Or maybe it will be easier to search for the stump and not the aforementioned tree. The stump is located on this forested hump near the south edge near where the talus field abuts the forest. The stump was a little ways in from the edge, perhaps 30 yards. Another view of the area where it's located where the talus abuts the forest can be seen here. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 3:12 pm | ||
| Klenke | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I spotted some photos of the tree on this site. The guy was moved to tears?! Come on now. Sure it sucked. But I know I wasn't moved to tears. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 3:16 pm | ||
| RyanS | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Thanks for the extra info, dudes! I had never heard of this tree until yesterday, and I thought it'd be good to include on this page, especially since the Overview already mentions bristlecones. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2005 11:14 am | ||
| desainme | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I bet he got a grant to pay for his trip and chainsaw too. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2006 2:19 pm | ||
| RyanS | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | But it was cut down in 1964! :( How the oldest tree in the world was cut down by mistake | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 1:42 pm | ||
| ScottyS | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | A slab from the Currey tree with some of the borer holes is on display in the White Pine County visitor's center in downtown Ely, Nevada. Personally, I think there are older trees, but it will be extremely difficult to actually verify that. Not just the oldest known tree, but the oldest known LIVING THING. Gotta love Grad students. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 3:04 pm | ||
| Klenke | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I believe this is the erstwhile "Prometheus Tree" (might have been named posthumously). In a forest of living bristlecones, it can be difficult to find the stump remains of Prometheus. The stump is only a foot or two above ground level and is quite broad, as would be expected. If you can find this tree then you can find Prometheus nearby. Or maybe it will be easier to search for the stump and not the aforementioned tree. The stump is located on this forested hump near the south edge near where the talus field abuts the forest. The stump was a little ways in from the edge, perhaps 30 yards. Another view of the area where it's located where the talus abuts the forest can be seen here. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 3:12 pm | ||
| Klenke | Untitled Comment | |
Hasn't voted | I spotted some photos of the tree on this site. The guy was moved to tears?! Come on now. Sure it sucked. But I know I wasn't moved to tears. | |
| Posted Nov 8, 2005 3:16 pm | ||
| RyanS | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Thanks for the extra info, dudes! I had never heard of this tree until yesterday, and I thought it'd be good to include on this page, especially since the Overview already mentions bristlecones. | |
| Posted Nov 9, 2005 11:14 am | ||
| Dean | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | Wheeler Peak is also one of the sought after prominence peaks in Nevada as it ranks #2 on the list. Since it stands out rather dramatically from valleys around it, giving it 7563 feet of prominence. This prominence puts it in an elite group of peaks in the USA that have a prominence of over 5000 feet and those can be seen on this neat MAP HERE. If you don't understand what prominence is all about, here is a good explanation. Adam Helman recently authored a book completely dedicated to prominence. | |
| Posted Jan 28, 2006 11:37 am | ||
| desainme | Untitled Comment | |
Voted 10/10 | I bet he got a grant to pay for his trip and chainsaw too. | |
| Posted Feb 3, 2006 2:19 pm | ||
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