For people not familiar with Bristle Cones, they grow in one of the harshest environments. Because of the alkaline nature of the soil, high altitudes (upward of 10K feet), winds and the low temperatures, they grow very little each year and also live really really long. This one is about 3500 years. To put that in perspective, this tree is a contemporary of Newton, Nostradamus, Alexander the great.. dating all they way to King Solomon of Israel and the Egyptian civilization. This tree saw it all!
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