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Backpacker Magazine – May 2009
Discover the world's oldest tree, America's biggest cavern, and Florida's largest herd of wild horses on these three treks.
The World's Oldest Living Tree
Hike to Methuselah Grove, where conifers predate Egypt's pyramids.
The Wonder
Methuselah, named after the biblical character who lived to be 900, looks like a wisp of smoke magically turned to wood. This 4,840-year-old great basin bristlecone pine sits in the subalpine zone of California's White Mountains at 11,500 feet. It's impossible to distinguish it from the crowd, though–it's unmarked to protect it from being "loved to death." Such was the fate of the world's former oldest tree, another great basin bristlecone, named Prometheus, which was cut down in 1964 by an unknowing grad student.
The Way
From the Schulman Grove trailhead, an hour northeast of Bishop, California, hike the Methuselah Grove Trail, a 4.5-mile loop with 800 feet of elevation gain. In 2.4 miles, you'll reach Methuselah Grove (rumor has it, the old man is near the trail). Arrive at sunrise or sunset, when trees explode in golden hues against the gray. fs.fed.us/r5/inyo

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You would actually be seeing the original horses' "descendents" today, as opposed to the "ancestors" mentioned in the article.
The world oldest tree is a Norway Spruce in Sweden. It dates back 9550 to right after the last ice age.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080414-oldest-tree_2.html
We have Bristlecone Pines in Northern Nevada as well. I know they are 3000+ years old, but 4800..........wow!
Carlsbad Cavern is a wonder to be seen.
Are the bats still there in the summer? We were there in Jan. and did not see any bats.
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I visited this last summer (8/2010) and it was amazing! I would love to go again. I was just in awe over the beauty. We took the guided tour and self guided tour, so fun and learned something new!
Visited Carlsbad when I lived in New Mexico, what a great place, a must see, amazing!!!!!!!
Now living in Gainesville, FL, I have seen the Cracker horses at Paynes Prairie many times. Last time they were at the vistior center. Saw them the time before and other times on the Bolen Bluff trail.
Get out and enjoy the outdoors and maybe we will cross paths sometime. Be safe.
We live in Gainesville and have seen this herd. They are quite elusive, but worth the effort to find them. Add to the horses the bison on the prairie, and you never know what you will find on this little natural oddity in central Florida.
My husband & I are from NC and we visited Carlsbad in 2002 - it was absolutely wonderful and beyond words to explain the natural beauty. Great place to visit and great area to explore go to White Sands monument in Alamogorda when you get done at Carlsbad stunning!!!
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