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Climbing Redwood Giants

Climbing Redwood Giants (2009)

September. 29,2009
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7.8
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They are giants—stretching more than 300 feet above the ground, with hidden gardens and mysterious predators thriving within their canopy. National Geographic reveals the unexplored environment of the California redwoods in an epic, year-long exploration. Obsessive redwood climber Steve Sillett of Humboldt State University explores their massive crowns, discovering new record-breaking trees, while escaping falling branches and crashing trees in the process. Down below, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Mike Fay charts the redwood range to size up the past and future of these primeval trees threatened in 21st century California.

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Dorathen
2009/09/29

Better Late Then Never

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Beystiman
2009/09/30

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

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Tayloriona
2009/10/01

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Fatma Suarez
2009/10/02

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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