Little Sluice Juniper Tree has Fallen

if self injure is a crime i'd be on death row already lol

 

Wow. If only that tree can tell us stories...

 

Amazing tree, sad to see such a distinguished object fall

 

yeah people blasted it to make it more challenging.

 

I was struck by the contrast in the photos also. That *is* a cool old pic.

But I'm not so sure about the blasting... 80 years of California winters, and the associated cracking, heaving, and rockfalls... That totally looks like a natural progression to me. Paved roads through the canyons stay the way they are because Caltrans are out there all the time clearing rockfalls, repaving holes, shoring up sidecuts, etc...

 

Yeah its a result of both the natural elements and people.