Beach Logs Can Kill
That’s what some of the signs say posted on some beaches at the Olympic National Park in Washington. At first you think it’s some sort of joke, but it only takes one close call to realize they’re not kidding. These logs are what’s left of trees that get washed out into the ocean from the many rivers emptying into the ocean. On the journeys down the rivers, they get scrubbed of branches and bark, and eventually end up piled on top of each other when storms wash them back ashore.
Many of them are quite large, and people end up walking, i.e. balancing on them. It’s seems like fun. Except some logs ocassionally roll off whatever they’re balanced on. Log rollers end up in the water when they fall. Here you may end up under the log, with potentially serious injuries, if not worse.
May 12th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Wow, fantastica foto….ma guardandola mette angoscia !
Come รจ possibile tutto questo ?
xoxo My.-
May 12th, 2009 at 7:28 am
They do look pretty innocuous, but yes I can understand the danger there. All it takes is one wrong step and OUCH! or worse.
This is a great image. So interesting. The clarity and tones are just wonderful.
May 12th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I think I’d be picking my way carefully between the logs, on the sand, and away from other people!
Awesome scene. First time I’ve seen anything like it. And I like how the light seems to be as bleached as the logs!
May 12th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Don’t learn the hard way by walking on the logs. Imagine the flooring from these old logs when resawn.
May 12th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
That is one big pile of drift wood.
May 12th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Hilda, that area is often foggy or misty, so the sky over the ocean ends up looking almost white.
May 13th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Oh I’d love to visit this beach. It’s a lovely picture. I visit friends in this area every year and would move there in heart beat if I could.
May 13th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I’ve seen lots of debris and driftwood, but this is something else. And I can understand why this is so dangerous.
May 13th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Jacob, looking at this picture again I note that these logs aren’t even really that big. In some of my other shots there are some real monsters, but I put up this one because it shows people walking around on them.
May 24th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Wow. What a neat scene. Such a dramatic place. We have what we call “boneyard beach” but they are more big pieces of driftwood with limbs on them still. I love this picture.
October 25th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Great shot. I’ve seen beach logs before, maybe even been to that very beach. As heavy as I’ve become, I’d want no part of walking on them.