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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Cragman..it's not raining here...Stop stealing our rain...rj
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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It's not raining here either and I live a stones throw away. If you've got a good arm that is.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Ladder Fuels - yep, that's been the phrase of the year for a while now.
My lot spills out onto the meadow itself on the west side. Twice a season I weedwhack and mow the meadow down to about 4 inches running out about 150 feet from the leading tree line. There is a overly healthy river willow stand that follows a couple of seasonal watercourses and I have taken to thinning the dead stuff and cutting the branches up to a height of about 3 feet above the mowed part.
We have lifted the limbs on the leading edge of the trees to a height of 20-30 feet and cut any dead finger branch I can reach from a 36 foot ladder and a 20 foot pole saw.
But again, it's that trash tree lot to my south that scares me. The "owner" hasn't come up in over 10 years - we offered to buy him out back when we had money but never heard from them. I'm thinking after this fire season is over - we will say screw 'em and just go ahead and clear that pile ourselves.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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yeah, drought protection.
of course, the oaks want fire. they just don't want the catastrophic ones.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Can I get a FKNA!
From the French Fire Inciweb Update -
"Evacuation order will be lifted on Wedensday August 6th at 9:00 AM for residents living in the Arnold Meadows and Wagners Mammoth Pool Resort area. The Forest Service Area Road and Trail Closure remains in effect and the area remains closed to the public."
Nothing like dodging a bullet to make you feel grateful for the men and women who risk their lives to save the hopes and dreams of strangers.
Amazing.
Doubly amazing to find out DMT knows the lyrics to a Rush song!!!!!!!!!!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, RickyD ... hope all is well...
just checking in and hoping folks were, and are, okay...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, norwegian... wow, neat poem... love the jobs-that-need-to-be-done, aspect of it, too... :)
lots of good insight there and good honest work for folks, too, :)
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Anybody want venison? Intense deer pressure here as well. I walk my dog in a large meadow in the forest about 10 PM every night.
The deer seem to be diminishing. Maximum in June, 9 at a time, 6 or 7 nearly each evening.
Now max is 4, just 3 last night. A couple of nights have been zero.
For a year there has been a magnificent yellow eyed buck. Haven't seen him in about 2 weeks. He's quite noticeable at night.
Now for a fire update. On Tuesday there was a significant fire in the Santa Cruz mountains at the top of King's Creek Road.
Within 20 minutes there were a Huey Helitak crew/water dropper, an S2 twin engine tanker and an OV10 Bronco command craft.
Within 2 hours it was fully contained. Had it climbed the ridge, it would have been 1 1/2 miles of wilderness canyon from my house. The fire was entirely on private land but about 1/4 mile from the Castle Rock State Park southern boundary. The fire crews drove down the Kings Creek Truck Trail which we cleared last year as a shaded fuel break project. This saved them about 15 minutes drive time vs Highway 9 or Bear Creek Rd.
You can see the Huey in this photo. He was sucking water from a nearby pond.
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Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
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Now that the El Portal Fire is about out, did they find out the cause? I ran into the pic from the newspaper of the El Portal Fire a few years back that was caused by a broke down RV on fire....
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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"Essentially it's government robots not wanting to stick their neck out if the evidence isn't 120% definitive."
If that's true, can you really blame them? If a mistake is made, they get crucified from every angle (not to mention debilitating litigation). Who would want to stick there neck out, knowing there's a strong likelihood it's gonna get chopped, one way or the other?
Not defending land managers in general, by any stretch. I do have some empathy for what they have to deal with, though.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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there were media reports at the time that the suspect had given the feds a written confession--
looks like that was true. he seems to have confessed at least twice, with different details each time, then recanted the confessions. then blamed it on a grower op he claims to have found there.
each of those various stories doubtless precipitated a whole bunch of forensic work. wonder if there was also a negotiation over a plea?
khanom, the state and us cali politicians got brief last fall by doj. that's why mclintock quit beating that drum.
edit cuz i forgot to link the lat
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81026285/
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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I hope they throw the book at Keith Matthew Emerald.
Stupid friggen b**tard.
Thanks to Google he'll go down in history. 20 years from now when someone google's Rim Fire, they'll get old fashioned 22cal bullets and this moron.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Emerald put some business people over here in a financial bind...tragic...
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Some not so good news.
The Lodge fire just west of Camp Winnarainbow has spotted eastward for the first time and is now on the Winnarainbow/Hwy 101 east side of the ridges. Now less than 4 miles away.
Winnarainbow has kids for one more week. Hope they're not having too much smoke.
At least the fire will be easier to fight.
7:15 AM morning report:
The fire continues to burn in heavy timber. Firefighters are challenged by steep, rugged terrain with difficult access. Fire activity increased yesterday as the eastern flank of the fire pushed to the south. The fire crossed the Eel River in two areas and continues to grow to the east. Structure defense preparation continues near populated areas and firefighting personnel continue to make progress constructing fire line across the northern and southern boundaries of the fire.
5,400 acres - 30% contained
35 structures threatened
Total Fire Personnel: 1,733
Total Fire Engines: 151
Total Fire crews: 42
Total Helicopters: 15
Total Dozers: 30
Total Water Tenders: 25
Winnarainbow has a small lake for swimming. Given the low levels in the Eel River that might be the only water source for helicopters and tankers on the eastern front.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Smoke over Waddell Beach, north of Santa Cruz
smoke over Monterey Bay, south of Santa Cruz
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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that canyon looks bad.
good luck.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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bob
the MODIS map I posted shows that the fire has moved south from the Lodge since last evening. They'll have good dozer lines but there'll be plenty of hotspots to mop up. They'll likely be OK now. You can bet the fire crews are thankful for their assistance.
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bob
climber
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Sounds like the Lodge is busy!!! Poor septic. :) Thank you for the links everybody.
edit: my sis says that the fire is still slowly progressing towards the lodge as far as her source of information is concerned. Smoke plumes build up, everyone gets more gripped, then they die down, or at least move out of sight. Deep canyon living. Its like living in a cave.
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