We found this huge alerce (fitzroya cupressoides) on the trail to Volcan Calbuco. The route is actually an old logging trail once used to extract this super-resistant wood for bombproof shingles and building materials. Now only a handful remain in the 10th Region and they're illegal to log, though it still happens.
Alerce grow about a millimeter a year, so we guessed this one had about 2000 years on us.
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