The Old Tree... A Reminder Of Perseverance And The Will To Survive....

 Not to long ago I post some quick pictures of this old tree in the area that I hike.

Now that the snow is gone, I was able to get some images of how bad the trunk is rotting away

and the steps the tree is creating to survive.  Viewed from the main trail the trunk looks

fine but as you walk around it you realize it's half eaten away by rot.  There are two , I will call,

above ground roots that have grown and are carrying a huge tensile load keeping the tree up.

The branches are massive and the weight is biased in the righthand direction as seen in the last few photos.

Sooner or later the rotted side of the trunk will buckle and that will be it. Depending on the age it's

been around and 'seen' a lot in it's life.