Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/04/03/this-is-the-worlds-tallest-t.html
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I’m sure it’s more fun and exciting to climb it, but couldn’t they just tie a tape measure to a drone and send it up there?
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From the article headline:
…tallest known tropical tree…
Emphasis mine.
Here are some taller reported Coast redwoods:
| 1 Hyperion | 115.85 | 380.1 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Helios | 114.58 | 375.9 |
| 3 Icarus | 113.14 | 371.2 |
| 4 Stratosphere | 113.05 | 370.9 |
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Clarified. Thanks.
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The initial LIDAR scan almost definitely already gave them an accurate measurement, but where’s the adventure tale in that?
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“How tall is that tree?”
Made me think of the barometer story…
https://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~steve/astrophysics/webpages/barometer_story.htm
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Ixnay on the semicolon in the headline; the second clause is not an independent clause.
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Funding to climb slowly giant red wood sounds like great gig to swing 
A la Peter Falk… Just one more thing… why did you do it?
I like that this is an interview with a local arborist to the area rather than some explorer coming in from the outside. Also, another highlight of the article is his amazing survival story of dealing with a bee swarm while climbing a different tree:
The problem was that I had to first change over from my ascending gear, on my harness, to descending gear so I could quickly rappel back down the tree. I was trying to do that and then I saw three bees flying really close to my face. Two flew past me and I thought, ok that’s alright, but then the third bee flew into my helmet and so, of course, it stung me because it was trapped.
That started the swarm…
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