Escape the delusion, the noise and pollution, The true immortals are made out of wood. They call us Bristlecone Pines. They call me Methuselah.

(The rings of ancient bristlecone pines like Methuselah are more challenging to count, because the trunks are so distorted that new rings may form at right angles to ones formed long before.) ...

According to tree-ring data, Methuselah is 4,855 years old ... most brittle layers of limestone and carbonate rock that form ...

Ancient trees like Methuselah and Alerce Milenario serve as living records of the planet's history and climate changes. Methuselah, nearly 4,855 years old, might be surpassed by Alerce Milenario ...