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Subject: [Leica] Petroglyphs near Bishop stolen
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:25:40 +1030
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A scientist cut down Prometheus, a bristlecone that was older than the
current record holder, in 1964.  If you need to protect trees from
scientists, you definitely need to protect them from vandals . . .

Marty


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Chris Crawford
<chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:
> The oldest living thing on Earth is a Bristlecone Pine tree in a national
> park in California. Its location is a closely guarded secret because the
> National Park Service fears that some asshole will cut down the tree,
> which has been growing since 2832 BC. Shame they have to do it, but I know
> how stupid people are, so I understand why it has to be protected like
> that.
>
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> On 11/21/12 12:51 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>
>>I vehemently disagree despite the theft that just occurred. I find it
>>deeply undemocratic and elitist to reserve information about interesting
>>places to a select few.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Nathan
>>
>>Nathan Wajsman
>>Alicante, Spain
>>http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>http://www.greatpix.eu
>>PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
>>YNWA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On Nov 21, 2012, at 12:22 AM, Adam Bridge wrote:
>>
>>> Also:
>>><http://www.gdanmitchell.com/2012/11/19/petroglyphs-stolen-a-lesson-for-p
>>>hotographers>
>>>
>>> Things for all of us to think about.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On 2012 Nov 20, at 12:39 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's absolutely horrible. I will contribute to a "bounty fund" to
>>>>hunt
>>>> the guilty parties involved.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A while back there was a request for information about how to reach
>>>>>the
>>>>> petroglyphs near Bishop.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is why that information is difficult to come by:
>>>>>
>>>>> <
>>>>>
>>>>>http://framework.latimes.com/2012/11/20/ancient-petroglyph-stolen-near-
>>>>>bishop/
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's really outrageous. I had asked some local folks here about where
>>>>>they
>>>>> were and now I find myself being asked who I might have shared
>>>>>information
>>>>> with. Sigh.
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] Petroglyphs near Bishop stolen)
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