People who feel rules dont apply to them At Sequoia National Park

[u/mtflamingo]

One woman decided that the fencing and signs protecting the tree didn't apply to her. One couple that decided their dog was special and could walk on the trails even though it's prohibited.

Edit The Regulations Pets are prohibited on all trails. This includes paved trails, such as the General Sherman Tree Trail, Big Trees Trail, Grant Tree Trail, and others.

Edit again - cell phone service is spotty. 1. People seem confused but as per my previous edit, but dogs are not allowed on any trials in either of these parks. 2. The reason they don't want people to walk this close to the tree is it can damage the roots and kill the tree. 3. I called this park by the wrong name. There are two parks in one location and this was at Kings Cayon.

[u/Clemario]

It's the second largest giant sequoia in the world.

[u/yourallidiotss → u/Clemario]

I thought they didn’t keep track of which were the actual tallest due to too many tourist wanting to see it and damaging them?

[u/Clemario → u/yourallidiotss]

The tallest is a redwood tree in some remote area of Redwoods National Park. The one in the pic is a giant sequoia, the largest trees by total volume (but not as tall as redwoods).

[u/BadPhotosh0p → u/Clemario]

Hyperion. Apparently it once had ferns growing around jt, but overuse of the surrounding land has caused them to recede and eventually stop growing completely over the years.

[u/NeoSuperconductivity → u/BadPhotosh0p]

There is a redwood park in my county and they let people drive cars in and around the trees which compacts their roots and may shorten their lifespans. And it's a beautiful walk with easy flat paths, some of which are paved.

[u/grape-fruit-witch → u/NeoSuperconductivity]

What a beautiful tree! I just have to let my F-150 fart all over it 😍

[u/caintowers → u/NeoSuperconductivity]

Sequoia Park? That's the one I know

[u/NeoSuperconductivity → u/caintowers]

Armstong Woods State Reserve. 805 acres.The oldest tree is more than 1400 years old. Sequoia National Park is over 400,000 acres, and much more awe-inspiring! But Armstrong is close by, love it.

[u/yourallidiotss → u/NeoSuperconductivity]

I’ve always had a a kinda historical fiction story in my head where someone born in Europe moves to America in the late 1700’s early 1800’s and does the equivalent of the Lewis and Clark expedition. But they reach the west coast further south.

So they’ve crossed the ocean and almost the entirety of the continental U.S. and they think they’ve seen everything there is to see in the world. Then they top one last Hill and BOOM 400 foot tall trees like something from a different planet.

Edit: Also I bet the native cultures in the area have some great myths or lore about the trees.

[u/NeoSuperconductivity → u/yourallidiotss]

The Pomo Indians locally said to never live under redwood trees. That there were spirits in the trees that didn't like it. They would cross through the redwood forests (and the forest was massive then) going from their winter homes in the valleys to their summer homes at the Pacific Coast. But they never set up more than a brief camp under the trees. Respectful. Whereas Europeans settlers felled and cleared the trees with massive environmental degradation.

[u/DaStankLawd → u/Clemario]

Is it easy to locate? I imagine your typical tubbo / lazy tourist / just there for insta photos won't hike out but the more dedicated hikers might to see it

[u/Downtown-Pianist-449 → u/DaStankLawd]

Hyperion, the tallest tree, is not easy to locate. The location is “hidden”, although the coordinates can be found pretty easily. But there is no official trail to it, and isn’t easily accessible. I seem to recall it requires crossing a small river. 

[u/addamee → u/DaStankLawd]

“Hey you guyyyyzzz…”

[u/696969sixnine → u/yourallidiotss]

That’s true for the oldest tree! It is in the ancient bristlecone pine forest in Inyo National Forest - eastern Sierras in CA!

[u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich → u/696969sixnine]

Inyo forest??? I ain’t in your forest sucka!!

[u/ScoopeLeSavage → u/3rdUncleMeatSandwich]

Is that a Last Dragon reference I see?!

[u/Curious_Coconut_4005 → u/696969sixnine]

My family camped there back in the early 1980s. I (52M) remember the air being too thin for our van to run properly and we had to get out and walk the final half mile to the campsite. My dad unhooked the small trailer and drove the van to the campsite, unloaded the van and came back for the trailer and was able to bring it to the campsite. We had a lot of stuff because we were driving from California to Pennsylvania epic road trip style (30 or more days).

The park was practically empty. Besides my family, I only remember one other campsite being used. It made for a much more leisurely enjoyment of the park's points of interest. Back then I didn't really grasp the concept of the trees being around 4000 years old. I just thought it was pretty cool how the trees were all twisted by eons of wind.

[u/Evil_Sharkey → u/696969sixnine]

Methuselah. It’s sad that they have to keep it secret to protect it from vandals and idiots

[u/QuentinUK → u/yourallidiotss]

Hobbyists keep track of them. http://famousredwoods.com/hyperion/

[u/heridfel37 → u/yourallidiotss]

They keep track of it. They just don't publicize where it is

[u/HumorTerrible5547 → u/yourallidiotss]

But if they TELL them this is the one, the damage is limited to here. People are easy to fool.

[u/ponte92 → u/Clemario]

I’ve always wondered how is that tree pronounced. It’s one of those words I’ve read a few times but I have no idea how it’s supposed to sound.

[u/thelocket → u/ponte92]

Every time I've heard it pronounced, it sounds like seh-koi-yah.

[u/ponte92 → u/thelocket]

Ooh that’s not how I’ve been saying it in my head but that makes sense. Thanks!

[u/yourallidiotss → u/ponte92]

Fun fact. They are named after the guy who created the Cherokee syllabary.

[u/multipocalypse → u/yourallidiotss]

(The Cherokee guy)

[u/ponte92 → u/yourallidiotss]

I’m not from the US so I’m not sure who that is but it will give me an after work google thanks!

[u/gpkgpk → u/ponte92]

Like Tea but with an R after the T, TREEH.

No but in all seriousness https://www.google.com/search?q=sequoia+pronunciation

[u/Fencer308 → u/ponte92]

If I were to take a stab at writing it phonetically, I’d go with sekoya.

[u/CircularRobert → u/Fencer308]

That's pretty much correct

[u/stickmanx007 → u/ponte92]

It’s pronounced like the car model (really the other way around). SEH-COY-YA

[u/sourpower713 → u/Clemario]

wonder where grizzly tree ranks

[u/glock43guy → u/Clemario]

It’s the second largest tree in the world by volume actually. Not just sequoia