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I wish I could live here

I wanted to sit under this tiny waterfall and meditate

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The Founders Group is one of several groves of giant sequoias that can be visited on the Congress Trail in Sequoia National Park. The trees grow only on the western slope of the Sierras at elevations of 4,000 to 8,000 feet. 
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Snow falling on my lens -  Sequoia National Park

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This 3200 Year Old Tree is So Massive, It’s Never Been Captured in a Single Image…Until Now

It takes a special kind of tree to have a nickname like “The President”. The giant sequoia stands 247 feet tall and is an estimated 3,200 years old. The trunk measures 27 feet across and, between the base and the highest peak, there are an estimated two billion needles.

Until now, the tree had never been photographed in its entirety. A team of photographers from National Geographic worked with scientists from California’s Sequoia National Park to try to be the first.

It took an intricate set of pulleys and levers to scale the tree, which one scientist argues is the largest in the world (if you take into account width). After stitching together 126 separate photos, we are left with this mind-blowing portrait of “The President” captured in a single photo for the first time.

My arms. Mt. Whitney which was done last night as you can see its all red. The quote says “the mountains are calling and I must go” which was said by John Muir. My right arm is general Sherman the giant sequoia. (Taken with Instagram)

Mr. Bear on the lakes trail. Sequoia National Park (Taken with Instagram)

Pear Lake Sequoia National Park.

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9000ft up on the lakes trail at sequoia national forest. (Taken with Instagram)

Spent the weekend up at pear lake in sequoia national park. It is a 6.2 mile hike up hill to 9200ft and completely worth the trip. We had the campground all to ourselves.

Spent the weekend up at pear lake in sequoia national park. It is a 6.2 mile hike up hill to 9200ft and completely worth the trip. We had the campground all to ourselves.

General Sherman tree amongst the most radiant living organisms in the world. This living breathing creature has long survived all the conflict and turmoil us humans create to me this represents all that I love all the beauty in the world. I can see it wherever I am my fondest memory as a child is seeing this tree staring at it in awe.

Mt Whitney, the highest geographical point in the continental United States. 14,504 feet It took millions of years to reach this height. I have an innate calling to the mountains when I am there I feel at peace with the world my life seems right. The quote is from a great man named John Muir, “the mountains are calling and I must go” the first time I read that quote I felt a certain kinship to this man who lived 100 years ago he is the father of forestry he lived his life in these mountains he died fighting to have them protected as they are today so that people like myself can find their peace.