14/05/2020
The next "Adventures With Eric", "Top Secret", is on it's way. Should be hitting Saturday morning. Will leave you with a poem to tide you over until then.
THE WORLDS TALLEST
I the Woodsman,
trained in the mystic art
of chainsaws and choker cables,
set forth to northern California
to see the world's tallest tree.
In 1963,
the year I was born,
The National Geographic Society
crept up on this tree,
and, with great perseverance and stealth,
they measured it.
367.8 feet tall
44 feet in circumference at the base
14 feet in diameter.
In 1998 the tree was approximately 608 years old.
I the woodsman, who has used chainsaws
with teeth that grab and tear wood.
I the woodsman who enjoys watching a tree fall,
and admires the power in it,
did walk up to this tree,
all 367.8 feet of it,
double trunk,
44 feet in circumference,
and watched the world’s tallest tree tremble.
5 feet 7 inches tall,
32 inches in circumference at the waist.
In 1998 I was approximately 35 years old.
The world’s tallest tree trembled when I approached,
and fainted when I touched it.