#古树
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The Trees Too Tall to Climb
Some of Tianmenshan's old trees have grown past thirty meters — tall enough to count as "high-pole" gushu, and rare for exactly the reason no one minds: nobody pruned them down to a pickable height.
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A Mountain With No Roads to It
Tianmenshan's old trees never grew in neat rows — they're scattered through old-growth forest near the Laos border, which is exactly why almost no one bothers to climb up and pick them.