Aleem says:

On July 9, 2003 9:50 AM

Really 5K years old tree? Does Guines knows about it?

Viqar says:

On June 15, 2004 6:17 PM

As far as I know, the oldest living organisms are the oaks (not sure) in california...and those are not more than 4000 years old. The problem with the claim made by the locals in this instance is that you can't verify it by cutting down the tree and counting the the rings in a cross-section. However, I do not think that junipers live that long.

Viqar says:

On June 15, 2004 8:17 PM

At the risk or appearing prudish, I would like to correct a comment I made above. The oldest living trees in the world are Bristlecone Pines..and not Oaks. Here is a link:
http://www.wcsscience.com/oldest/thing.html

The oldest juniper recorded so far was 2,675 years old...roughly half the age of the claim made here:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~arch0050/juniper.htm

I hope I didn't get on anybody's nerves :)

Imad says:

On June 16, 2004 2:29 AM

Although it is possible that the 5000 yr figure is optmistic hearsay, you are correct that there is no way to verify its age other than cutting the tree down. I think all of us here would rather keep guessing the tree's age before seeing it get cut down :)

arif says:

On August 30, 2004 11:22 AM

can any body identify the exact location of this junniper tree at hunza or whereever it is located?

Somar says:

On August 31, 2004 4:40 AM

This Juniper tree was the biggest we saw beyond Loralai, the Suleman range can be seen at the back.