my name is wendy baxter and i have probably one of the coolest jobs on the
probably one of the coolest jobs on the
probably one of the coolest jobs on the planet i get to climb in and study giant
planet i get to climb in and study giant
planet i get to climb in and study giant sequoia trees
my name is Anthony Ambrose and I am a
my name is Anthony Ambrose and I am a canopy biologist I loved trees and
canopy biologist I loved trees and
canopy biologist I loved trees and climbing trees my entire life the first
climbing trees my entire life the first
climbing trees my entire life the first time I actually climbed a giant sequoia
time I actually climbed a giant sequoia
time I actually climbed a giant sequoia was just life-changing
there’s no branches down low and you’re
there’s no branches down low and you’re just climbing up this massive orange
just climbing up this massive orange
just climbing up this massive orange trunk
trunk
trunk Anthony is actually the person who
Anthony is actually the person who
Anthony is actually the person who taught me to climb his enthusiasm and
taught me to climb his enthusiasm and
taught me to climb his enthusiasm and love for these trees is contagious
love for these trees is contagious
love for these trees is contagious [Music]
the trees themselves are just enormous I
the trees themselves are just enormous I mean it’s almost hard to understand how
mean it’s almost hard to understand how
mean it’s almost hard to understand how big they are
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[Music] it’s really quite a long climb so you
it’s really quite a long climb so you
it’s really quite a long climb so you get to the top sometimes it’s hard to
get to the top sometimes it’s hard to
get to the top sometimes it’s hard to believe it like what I’m still going
believe it like what I’m still going
believe it like what I’m still going where is the top of this thing just
where is the top of this thing just
where is the top of this thing just seems like they’re never-ending you get
seems like they’re never-ending you get
seems like they’re never-ending you get into the branches and limbs and you get
into the branches and limbs and you get
into the branches and limbs and you get to see how really big and gnarly and
to see how really big and gnarly and
to see how really big and gnarly and complex it is it almost feels like I’m
complex it is it almost feels like I’m
complex it is it almost feels like I’m in multiple trees because it has all of
in multiple trees because it has all of
in multiple trees because it has all of these trunks coming up almost kind of
these trunks coming up almost kind of
these trunks coming up almost kind of like a hand
like a hand
like a hand [Music]
as you reach the top of the tree you
as you reach the top of the tree you break out into the light it’s just
break out into the light it’s just
break out into the light it’s just almost kind of like experiencing you
almost kind of like experiencing you
almost kind of like experiencing you know sunrise
it is definitely a magical mystical
it is definitely a magical mystical place you’ll also start really getting a
place you’ll also start really getting a
place you’ll also start really getting a sense of the scale and perspective that
sense of the scale and perspective that
sense of the scale and perspective that you can only get from being up in the
you can only get from being up in the
you can only get from being up in the crown of one of these massive trees
crown of one of these massive trees
crown of one of these massive trees I am climbing on this this living
I am climbing on this this living
I am climbing on this this living organism something that is much bigger
organism something that is much bigger
organism something that is much bigger and older than I am that I need to
and older than I am that I need to
and older than I am that I need to respect
respect
respect [Music]
[Music]
[Music] they’re just so big and you’re so small
they’re just so big and you’re so small
they’re just so big and you’re so small [Music]
[Music]
[Music] you
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