Hyperion is not just tall, but a true survivor, living on a hillside, rather than the more - typical alluvial flat, with 96 percent of the surrounding area having been logged of
its original coast redwood growth.
Logged into near oblivion to keep up with the demand for lumber, today, only 5 percent of the
original old - growth
coast redwood forest remains, fewer than 100,000 acres dotted along the
coast.