A Summary Of Our Old Growth Redwoods

[gf beranek]

Here's a little video project I did for the Black River Electric Co-operative in the fall of 06. They wanted a show and tell of the current status of the old growth in California. I could only narrow it down to the coastal redwood. Views and opinion by GF Beranek

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[No_Bivy]

:thumbup: one day I comin' out there to climb one of those..

[MasterBlaster]

Man Jerry, you're a regular PSA! They outta pay you!

I think this is the third time I've watched these, awesome! :thumbup:

[gf beranek]

Public Service Anouncer? Thanks, Butch..

It's actually a condensed version of what I showed BREC. There were clips of Redwood National Park and Del Norte Redwoods cut out to make room for the files on Youtube. The original version is 23 minutes long. I had to break it up in parts to fit the parameters

The quality didn't turn out too bad on this go. I used a different compressor.

[Chisel Tooth]

Just finished watching the third one, so your a movie star also. I take it that was a tree coming down in the third vid? Sure got your attention. Good job on these, I enjoyed them very much. Thanks for sharing them.

[gf beranek]

You're right, in that one clip the wind was blowing and a top broke out of a tree not far from the camera. It was headed my way but hung up in another tree. I've seen about half a dozen natural wind falls during my hikes through the redwoodds, and they do make a sound.

[rumination]

Awesome Jerry, just AWESOME.

And I've only watched the first one so far!


thanks so much

[lumberjack]

New tops are tops that aren't flattened from breakout eh?


Cool vids!

[vharrison]

Thanks so much Jerry, we are blessed to have you in The TreeHouse.

[Blinky]

I really enjoyed that, thanks.

Of course I got all excited when I started looking through some of the other videos and found 'Striptease to Save the Trees'... it umm, wasn't what I uh, thought it was... bummer.

...and I can pronounce your last name correctly from now on.

Thanks again, good work. It's nice to here a moderate, experienced voice amid all the activist crap.

[pete mctree]

Great to watch. Thanks for sharing

[Monkeypuzzle]

Very cool. Man, I've got to climb a few of those also. Can we have a Treehouse weekend out there soon? I can donate my plane ticket($$$) because of my FF miles. Groovy tees, bonfire, etc.

[sotc]

very cool jerry! ive been to several of those places:) and have more to see

[Koa Man]

I visited Humbolt and drove along the Avenue of Giants in June of 1991. It was the first time I had seen giant redwoods and could not believe the size of these trees. Redwoods impressed me more than the General Sherman and other big sequoias at Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks, which I also visited in 1991.

In contrast to many of the guys here, I DON'T want to climb one. I would like to have a helicopter take me to the top, enjoy the view for a while and rappel down.

Gerry,
That was a very impressive video and you really do have a narrator's/storyteller's voice. Easy to listen to.

[pantheraba]

The quality didn't turn out too bad on this go. I used a different compressor.

The quality was excellent...how did you manage to get such good quality?

That was a fine series of videos..thanks for sharing. At the 5:50 mark in the 3rd video, near the end, you are sitting on a stump. At the bottom right of the stump, about 3-4 feet below the felling cut, there is a narrow notch...is that where a spring board went?

You were a quick scooter when that top came down.:lol:

Buh-ron-ic...I'm like Leon, I finally know how to pronounce your last name now.

Thanks again.

[Al Smith]

Outstanding presentation,thank you .

A comment.I noticed the growth of ferns of all types.,which is significant.To get these ferns the woods or forest if you prefer has to be at a certain stage of maturity or growth.This is seldom seen in this part of the country.

Adding to that and in no neans attempting to de-rail,I've only seen these conditions in several places in this part of the country.One is on a 282 acre tract of oak timber land owned by my uncle. Although that tract is not true old growth it was last selectively logged in the early 30's . Ferns ,mushrooms and moss you can't seem to find any where else. Deer,funny looking little owls and wild turkeys.The kind that fly and eat acorns.


Back to the redwoods.I had no idea a redwood could propagate from the roots . I would assume then the new growth would have it's own root system ????

[Tom_Scheller]

I often think that I'm on the wrong coast. Thanks for posting more proof of that. Very cool!

TS

[Canuck]

Awesome Gerry. You always put on a good show

[gf beranek]

Terri and I went to Montgomery Woods yesterday and National Geographic was there with a team of climbers traversing between the tops of the Ralph Sterns tree and tall one to the right of it. About 50 yards.

The Ralph Sterns is the flat top tree in the middle of the pic. This picture was taken in 1981

[RIVERRAT]

Very Cool Stuff!!

[MasterBlaster]

Dang, I missed that post! Hell yeah, MUY COOLIO!!! Pics woulda been sweet... :cry:

[MasterBlaster]

Have you slapped on the hooks for a test run, Jer?

[oldirty]

Mr Beranek, thank you. for the film work and for your books and your documentation of all that you did.......7ft at 150.....

i have read and reread both "fundamentals and high climbers". and i look forward to reading them again.

this may sound like an attempt at an asskiss but i do have to say that you are the man.


will you autograph my 200t?



for real though. thanks



oldirty

[MasterBlaster]

I had Jerry autograph everything I had when he was down here!

And welcome to the TreeHouse, Oldirty! :beer:

[OTGBOSTON]

Mr Beranek, thank you. for the film work and for your books and your documentation of all that you did.......7ft at 150.....

i have read and reread both "fundamentals and high climbers". and i look forward to reading them again.

this may sound like an attempt at an asskiss but i do have to say that you are the man.


will you autograph my 200t?



for real though. thanks



oldirty


Glad you made it bro.....some good chits here

[oldirty]

MB, thank you for the welcome.

and i think you are right OTG. i look forward to reading through this place and having some fun.

[Bodean]

Excellent video, Thanks Gerry.

Nice to hear different points of view than NPR.

Great Production.

[chucky]

Superb presentation, a real treat to watch. It would seem since redwoods are a shade-intolerant, pioneer species that colonize land where there have been disturbances that allow lots of sunlight -- like white birch, aspen and many pines -- wouldn't it make sense in order to maximize regeneration to instead of harvesting them by selective thinning as is done with shade-tolerant hardwoods, to clear-cut redwoods, at least in patches?

[Al Smith]

I have the book put out by Time-Life years ago called the loggers.

It tells of the early loggers during the westward expansion being confronted by the giant redwoods and Douglas firs of the PNW. How pray tell to drop those monsters ,let alone make lumber from them???

They were used to the eastern big oaks,about 4 or 5 footers they could fell in about 4 hours ,axe and whip saw.Heavens they didn't even have saw long enough for those big tall trees.

Well,they hacked and hewed for days on them only to have them shatter in a million pieces when they broke up in the fall down.It took them a while to figure out this is a whole 'nother ball game in that neck of the woods.
:) .. and without a doubt it still is .

[MasterBlaster]

Was it this book, (http://cgi.ebay.com/TIME-LIFE-BOOKS_-The-Old-West:-%22THE-LOGGERS%22_W0QQitemZ310023596481QQcmdZViewItem?IMS fp=TL0802150837a15290) Al?

[Al Smith]

Was it this book, (http://cgi.ebay.com/TIME-LIFE-BOOKS_-The-Old-West:-%22THE-LOGGERS%22_W0QQitemZ310023596481QQcmdZViewItem?IMS fp=TL0802150837a15290) Al? Yes indeedy.In addition I have many of that series of books ,very interesting reading .

Not to change the subject but one book talks about the infamous "Storyville" area of I think Kansas City as well as the "barbary coast" of San Fran.That book covered the building of the trans continental railroad I do believe.

I had attempted to copy a few pics from the "Loggers" book to post but they are so oldish type and grainy,it didn't work out too well.

At any rate that book most likely shows older logging practices that are in part used today,well worth reading for those interested .

[chucky]

When I was around 14 years old a relative gave me This Was Logging for Christmas. I never get tired of looking at the photos of the amazing giants in this book.

http://tinyurl.com/2ywcrh