THERE WAS URGENCY in the order crackling down the two-way from the normally laid-back Guy Badger, perched on a branch more than 70m up. "Start packing everything up; we re coming down...now!" It was our third day in south-west Western Australia's remarkable karri forests, looking for the tallest specimens of one of the world's tallest tree species. Guy's orange safety vest was visible in the crown above the massive trunk he'd just scaled with fellow afborists Brett 'Brown' Moir and Greg Robbins. Buthis 2m-tall frame was partially obscured by distance and the crown's thick chaos of bright-green leaves.
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