AO Smith on Nostr: Easy hike out to the "Giant spruce of Cape Perpetua" today, estimated to be 550+ ...

Easy hike out to the "Giant spruce of Cape Perpetua" today, estimated to be 550+ years old with a 40 ft trunk circumference. The seedling originally grew on a nurse tree, so has a tunnel under the roots. A great tree.

Dog + human for some scale (although shooting up makes for some odd optics).

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