{"id":2332,"date":"2013-08-29T01:56:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T00:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2019-02-14T11:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T10:56:59","slug":"visit-general-sherman-tree-moro-rock-general-grant-tree-kings-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/visit-general-sherman-tree-moro-rock-general-grant-tree-kings-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to General Sherman Tree, Moro Rock, General Grant Tree and Kings Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The General Sherman Tree is a big sequoia tree in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia National Park. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth. His height is almost 84 metres the estimated bole volume of 1,487 cubic metres  and an estimated age of 2,300 &#8211; 2,700 years. Guess we will find out for sure when the tree dies one fine day and the rings can be counted.<br \/>The General Sherman Tree has a own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/seki\/historyculture\/gfgst.htm\" target=\"dd\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>page<\/b><\/a> at the web site of the National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/217.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"General Sherman Tree\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/218.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"General Sherman Tree\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/219.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"415\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/220.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"403\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<h2>Moro Rock<\/h2>\n<p>Moro Rock is a dome-shaped granite monolith. To help one to make it to the top there is a 400 steps stairway that lead to the summit of Moro Rock.<br \/>Nice views from up there so it was well worth the few stairs. Great panoramic view of the high Sierra and canyons from up there. We where lucky as the air quality was quite good! <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/221.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Moro Rock\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/222.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Moro Rock\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/223.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"355\" alt=\"Moro Rock\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/224.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Moro Rock\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/225.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"322\" alt=\"Moro Rock\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/226.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"662\" alt=\"Moro Rock\"\/> <br \/> Not even after 6 hours walking in Bangkok i had feet like that &#8211; where is this dirt coming from???<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/227.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"466\" alt=\"Moro Rock\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/228.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/229.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/230.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/231.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/232.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/233.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/234.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/235.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"371\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/236.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"498\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<h2>The General Grant Tree in the Kings Canyon National Park<\/h2>\n<p>General Grant Tree is  the third largest tree in the world. In 1926 it was declared the &#8220;Nation&#8217;s Christmas Tree&#8221; &#8211; if you ask me &#8211; it does not look like one. The tree is about 1650 years old &#8211; not to bad! It is about 82 meters high and the circumference at ground is almost 33 meters. Here is a <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/seki\/naturescience\/grant.htm\" target=\"dd\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/b> to the official NPS site for the tree.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/238.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"General Grant Tree\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/239.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"485\" alt=\"General Grant Tree\"\/> <br \/> Big bad fire scar. For too long the Park Ranger did try to prevent natural fires. Since about 40 years they do allow natural fires again. That does clear the ground and opens the pine cones of the Sequoia trees.<br \/>There is a very interesting article on the official web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/seki\/naturescience\/fic_firerole.htm\" title=\"Fire helps the Sequoia trees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fire&#8217;s Role in a Sequoia Forest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2013\/usa\/237.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" alt=\"Sequoia National Park\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8119353722468428\";\n\/* lower *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4360025872\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 660;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Sherman Tree is a big sequoia tree in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia National Park. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth. His height is almost 84 metres the estimated bole volume of 1,487 cubic metres and an estimated age of 2,300 &#8211; 2,700 years. Guess&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,13],"tags":[486,356],"class_list":["post-2332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sequoia-national-park","category-usa","tag-sequoia-national-park","tag-usa"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Marc Hastenteufel","author_link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/author\/marc\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}