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We're Going to Disneyland! Picked up this thru-hiker Erin's journal from High Sierra where it was posted relative to current conditions. She seems to be hiking on the same schedule with Sunshine and has a few Sunshine st... |
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Harrison Pass, Millys or Lucys My only experience with this region is behind the wheel of a mouse, but this guy: Piero Scaruffi, thinks this pass is a good alternative for crossing the Kings Kern Divide http://www.scaruffi.com/... |
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Glass Mason Jars and Bears You defend the mason jar with your bear staff. If heaven forbid the blade falls off the staff you can always improvise by lashing a shard from the mason jar on the staff (hence dual usage for the ... |
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Above Tree Line Southern Sierra Yes I've looked hard at Milestone. I'm coming in past Roaring River and up Cloud Canyon and over Colby. I fly into San Jose and drive to Horse collar? by Marvin Pass for the first day, then... |
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Above Tree Line Southern Sierra Tom, Thanks for the good info on the route up to Picketts Guard Lake. "Basically, you drop over the rim that separates the lake from the slope leading roughly north down to the Kern Kaw... |
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Above Tree Line Southern Sierra Thanks Tom for the good info: Picketts Guard Lake is the small one right at the edge of the basin where it plunges down to the Kern Kaweah. The water source (picketts guard creek?) evidently ent... |
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Bighorn Sheep around SEKI Bob I have a book suggestion: "Eating Stone" by the late Ellen Meloy. I think her family used to own a ranch in what is now Sequoia (mentioned in another of her books named "Turquois... |
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Water I drank from the spring Brad mentions on May 19th (27th wedding anniversary.....you learn to remember those or else!) About 100 yards south of the big intersection in Shining Rock Gap on the east (... |
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Above Tree Line Southern Sierra I have a few questions and maybe a suggestion associated with this thread. 1. Anyone here been up to Picketts Guard Lake from the Kern Kaweah, Colby Pass Trail? 2. Anyone seen or heard of "... |
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Well I'll be dipped in DEET Repel Permanone comes in a .5% solution. The local Wal-mart has a horse dip solution sold by the quart a 2.5% so add 4 parts water and you have the .5% if you want to make a soak at less expense t... |
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BPL Blow-Up Pillow Used the dual chamber for @ 5 years. Don't want to get it too full but that's easy to adjust. Can be a little tricky to get fully de-flated for packing. Persistence! Cover it with your tee-shi... |
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Montbell Thermawrap jacket William Siemens has it right about wind-resistance being a key. This jacket is wonderfully wind resistant. The Northern Outer Banks of NC can be an incredibly cold place due to the combination of wind... |
