Epic driftwood: Monster tree washes ashore
Flooding, high tides and blasting winds worked together to land a massive drift log taller than a single-story house.
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Edward or Jacob had a hand in this.
the woman in the pic is a man
How many chords of firewood would this baby produce?
Freakish!! A six foot tall woman?
Just leave it where it is, it's beautiful
Looks like an adult redwood, send it to the mill, it's dead, let it produce somthing.
Now, that is one heck of a piece of driftwood. Growing up on the Great Lakes you see driftwood of all sizes. Never have I ever seen something like this. Simply amazing!
It makes me kind of sad that such a lovely, huge tree died.
If somebody's real smart, s/he'll drag that log through the water and chain it to a pier somewhere -- then sell it to someone who makes stringed musical instruments, such as violins, guitars, celli, violas, etc. Waterlogged wood is a major factor in the superiority of Stradivarius and Amati instruments. A log that size would fetch a fortune.
Wow, that's a piece drift wood!! Makes me wonder how much trash and debris will wash in from Japanese Tsunami??
We call these "Killer Logs" I go to Kalaloch Beach in Washington a lot and see stumps, logs that are huge!! (not like the pic shown tho!!) When storms and High Tides hit..all are washed away, like little toothpicks. The power is awesome
The location is about the center of First Beach, at LaPush, WA; And if you are thinking you want a piece of that patriarch, think again: The entire beach is owned by the Quilyute Indian Tribe.
Been there. 30-50 foot waves are not unusual in winter, and this probably didn't float down a river, but more probably was pulled off an eroded sea cliff.
This looks like Rialto Beach in Olympic NP.
That could have been a sapling when Jesus was doing His sermon on the mount.
Imagine a boat approaching this at sea, eeks! How about some divers as this sails by them...
How about 15 knots, 18 to 20 mi. per hr. in a 20 to 100 ft boat, think about it.
Is there going to be an auction for it? With in that tree hides many beautiful guitars, bass' and tables, etc.
Shea Gunther
I think this is called; Mother Natures "Iceality" Network
I don't see how a tree that size could have been washed ashore unless the waves were 30-50 feet high.
The combination of high and low tides along with storm driven waves could easily do this. Not Fake
Not a fake, I've seen places on the coast (Point Reyes) where there are large jumbles of these huge logs. Amazes me.
Is it still there? I'd like to visit it :)
It's at First beach - south of La Push. It was still there as of last summer. I have pictures of my family standing on it, and in the base of tree. The bottom of the stump is hollow.
where can i get lumber from the tree?
In old Hawaii, the occasional ancient Redwood could be found floating; the man who first discovered it would be set for life.
That tree would have looked tiny if the woman had only been 5'-6"
I agree with jjjmmm, it looks to be a western red cedar. I live down the coast from this area and its always interesting to see what the winter storms bring or unearth each year.
That tree is huge! The picture isn't the greatest for identification, but the root structure definitely looks the most similar to that of western red cedar.
To all wondering about the specie of tree that washed up on 1st Beach at Lapush. It is a Sitka Spruce, which is the most common massive tree (besides Red Alder and Western Hemlock which never achieve anywhere's near this size) along rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. Western Red Cedar do occasionaly wash down the Quillayute, Hoh or Queets rivers but they are extremely rare and are usually slightly inland from rivers and not on the banks.
not enough information. what kind of tree is that? is it from the area? where did it come from? how long has it been at sea?
The linked article says they were unable to identify the species--but suggested a Western Red Cedar, Sitka or Douglas Fir. There was also some speculation about a heavy gale bringing it in.
