The Pine Tree Project

diverian wrote: Not responsible for this one

If it has a little skull and cross bones engraved into the trunk then its diverian's and witchiwoo's handywork

It also surprises me that such a small bit of ring-barking would produce a change that quickly. I've seen pines survive 20cm fairly happily. It is a small tree though.

Wonder who did it...own up please!

I guess this has been posted before from last year's hike, but for those of us that weren't around then

The pine just upstream from Junction Cave that we partially cut through in October 2011, but that just would not fall, has now "downed" itself.

A large tree in the river on the way to Marble baths, ring barked in April 2011 re-visited this weekend is dying slowly.

The problem with the Mhlwazini pines might be that they are in a river bed and thus have a good water supply. None of them are as healthy as they used to be, so it should just be a waiting game, failing which we'll have to go and finish them off with an axe.

There are 2 easily-reached pines near KBC that still have to be taken care of, for anyone eager to do so. There is yet another very remote one in a side valley on the KBC side of Amphlette and Turret.