Big Trees and Tree Straps

**bigfanboy** · 10-19-2015, 15:02

I grew up on the east coast, used to the Oaks, Maples, Pines, etc of the eastern seaboard.

When I got into Hammock camping I was living in TX, trees are generally even smaller in TX than the east coast.

Now I live in WA state, and it's funny because I could appreciate from pictures and people mentioning it on the boards, often as a throw away comment, that "We in the west have to use really big straps".

Well I just went out to the Olympic Peninsula, with the family. We were mostly RV camping but I did hang a bit, and even got my 9yr old daughter to hang with me, for part of the night at least. On this trip we visited quite a few campsites, to see where we might like to go next time. I found this one site I thought would be AWESOME place to hang. Check out the size of trees I would be hanging from though. The kids are for scale, right and left are 4, middle is 9. And then a big old rand daddy tree, with me in front. I am 6'2 330 with a 58 inch chest.

So yeah if you ever wondered why the West Coast guys talk about 15 foot Tree Straps....

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**bigfanboy** · 10-19-2015, 15:02

Why the heck is that pic of me upside down?

Sigh

**LuvmyBonnet** · 10-19-2015, 15:05

I'd like the ummm 40ft tree huggers.

**Mittagsfrost** · 10-19-2015, 15:07

Are you sure this isn't Australia? LOL

**bigfanboy** · 10-19-2015, 17:35

Originally Posted by Mittagsfrost

Are you sure this isn't Australia? LOL

Sol Duc Hot Springs in Washington State.

**Dutch** · 10-19-2015, 17:40

That is crazy big.

**joe_guilbeau** · 10-19-2015, 18:29

me.big.tree.jpg Looks OK to me

Here is an image of the Second Largest Live Oak Tree in Texas
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Bald Cypress gets the top billing as the largest tree
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**NW Lost Boy** · 10-19-2015, 22:38

Ya, I get the "look for better trees" idea, but around here, sometimes we'd have to look a long time to find smaller trees!

**Whiskeyjack** · 10-22-2015, 13:07

While we don't have anything quite that impressive in central Canada, I'm itching to get back here to hang sometime soon.
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This is in the largest old growth white pine stand left in North America. It's quite a sight to behold, especially if you're use to our normal forest that has been extensively logged.