h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ahh-but there`re oak trees here too!Perfect to climb from my longish experience of climbing them.Redwoods-well- they simply sprout up & up &up-But,let me assure you that there are indeed oak trees here also-which are perfect to climb! Neug-

hehe.. if I can climb a poplar tree and a 25m coconut tree, I can climb a redwood.. *determined look*..

Hi guys-Ive got to remove my actual address from another site I left it on-how do I go about do-ing it??? Neug-

I think Ive done it ???? have I??? Neug-

If you mean another posting on this site which you made, if you find the posting, there should be a little button on the right-hand side of the posting (the 'yikes' button), which is a surprised looking graphite-coloured smiley. If you click that and enter details of your 'complaint' (that you entered the posting, and you want your address taken down, since it's now been copied down by all concerned), you should be able to have it taken down.

Or did you mean something else?

Well,oak trees are infinitely more friendly-redwoods just go up & up & up-maybe w/a bungee or something to add to your arm`s reach~(around the trunk)~ Neugan

*nods*.. when I was coconut tree climbing, I used a towel.

Gosh,I`m not sure-I hit the unscribe button-should I do the smily-face thingy as well?the original post doesn`t show up any more???? Neugan-

Unsubscribing just means that the thread doesn't show up on your userspace.. it's still out there, you're just not notified of it any more..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/F97200?thread=244386&latest=1 Would you like me to yikes it so that no-one can see your address and phone number online any more?

OK, Neugen, let's give njan a *real* challenge--let's find the oldest redwood on your property (How old are your trees? Old-growth, second-growth, less than a century?)

I'll just stay on the ground thankyouverymuch. I don't like to get where I might get acrophobic.

If it's a tree, and it has branches (and if it's safe), I can climb it. Assuming I'm fit and I have rope and a harness.

I'll stick to the ground with the first aid kit and some beer. I will need it if nothing else by watching someone else climb a bloody tree.

Oh, if you've equipment, you can climb a redwood. And I'll be staying on the ground! No like heights unless there's a floor under me... Besides, it'll be easier to take lots of photos of you trying/climbing if I'm on the ground

YES!! I`ve just been trying to see a photo a friend sent me on his e-mail-ha!! I read the directions until I wished I didn`t know how to read. So,yes,please remove the dangerious address- Neugen

Amy-they`re old growth-never been cut.Gary,who beer would like to be on the ground,drinking beer of course,because he thinks the entire idea is entirely nutty-as he is firmly convinced all my friends are-now remember,this is the chap who dove off a pier onto a sandbar during a surfing festival-he`s so lucky not to be paralised as he destroyed 1 or 2 of his vertibra-not to mention permanetly messing up his arm in the process.! really! idea-- Neugan

I once climbed a poplar tree which a climbing instructor told me was "impossible to climb". The tree was once the tallest tree in the county (officially), and had the top cut off because it was getting dangerously tall and shaking a lot in the wind (insurance issues were the predominant factor). By the time that I and my climbing partner got to the top, we were around forty metres above the ground; well over the height of any building in the area (suburban with large gardens). And what was at the top? a flat, cut-off trunk that was a metre in diameter which I proceeded to stand on to admire the view; I don't deign to wonder how tall it ONCE was.

Those pesky redwoods'll be no problem.

Although having said that, it has been at least two years since I did any serious climbing, so I probably won't go up anything that requires kit. Oak trees are fine, though.

Besides, I'm lazy.

Hmm..this is mind numbing..I thought I'd found the perfect man..and then he goes and gets *more* perfect!

Well,Gary`s home now & is rummaging about for pictures he`s taken of the redwoods(the only problem is that neither of us knows how to attach a picture to an E-mail)But-we`ll try-I mean an E-mail overseas of course w/a picture.Holy volgans,it`s difficult until you 'know' how to 'computer'~ -Does anyone know how to attach a picture of a redwood grove to an e-mail -oops, a picture from a floppy disc onto a posting???That`s Gary`s official explanation of the problem! Neugen