no, it's not what you are thinking! more that today we cleaned out the lab closet in search of the licor, which is an instrument that we use. we found the licor, but more importantly, we found tree climbing gear! to which BRORB said, you should probably learn how to use this stuff, since you'll be ascending lots of trees.
now, that's not such a big deal in the east, and my buddy who did arboriculture there helped me to learn how to just get up to the first branch, but out here... these are some darn BIG HONKING TREES. it's going to be AWESOME. yes, I'm completely afraid of heights, and may well scream like a chihuahua whilst climbing, but still! what a job!
on a side note, i also learned about an extremely accurate sampling technique today. it's called the shotgun method. the idea is that you shoot at the canopy with a shot gun and figure out the canopy density from what falls down. yes, there is also a shot gun in the closet. but it's for academic use only!
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