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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Jul 21, 2017 - 12:59pm PT
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I remember Rio Bravo! SoCal hotshotting is gnar gnar- hot, rugged, urban interface, etc.
I worked four years on my hotshot crew, jumped for another 4 then went to law school!
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Jul 21, 2017 - 01:10pm PT
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Speaking of gnargnar, an x jumper from here got into the pack business because, well, you know how all you jumpers can sew better than most of the ladies..uh oh, sexist!
https://www.nargear.com/
Coo packs.
What base did you jump out of?
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Jul 21, 2017 - 01:26pm PT
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Cool packs! I'm sure they are more than bomber. I jumped out of Redding, so the Shasta-Trinity and Klamath were our local jump country. Deep down I always liked hotshot style firefighting more than jumper fires. But overall jumping was really fun and exciting.
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Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
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Jul 21, 2017 - 04:35pm PT
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It can be scary and beautiful all at once!
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Jul 22, 2017 - 06:24am PT
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Whoa, Radish, that's a freakin' rad pic. Well done.
BAd
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tooth
Trad climber
B.C.
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Jul 22, 2017 - 06:19pm PT
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Evac order lifted today for me after three weeks away! I actually got to get back in two days ago and saw my house was still standing since a firefighter got a toothache and I drove 5 hrs with police escorts for the last hour, slept three hours in my back office and treated the guy at 6am before he got back on the fire line. Some tough firefighters out there!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Jul 22, 2017 - 06:37pm PT
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Last Tuesday in little slide- rolled in and out in a few hours
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Jul 22, 2017 - 07:21pm PT
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RJ- would that be Gary Daniels??
Lots of fires up in the Missoula area right now. One of the locals told me that despite having a fairly substantial snowpack, the area got heavy snows early, before the ground froze, so when it did get cold enough the ground was insulated from the heavy freezing. Which lead to quicker snow runoff this Spring. It is shaping up to be a long season here in the northern Rockies.
Not sure if it made the news, but 19 year old firefighter Trenton Johnson was killed by a falling tree here on the Lolo forest. He had been a Wildland firefighter for one month. Rest In Peace young man.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jul 22, 2017 - 10:50pm PT
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hey there, say, the albatross... oh my, sadly, i DID see that in a fire news-link, that someone shared on facebook, :( my condolences to his family and loved ones... :(
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 27, 2017 - 02:58pm PT
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Most of the mandatory evacuations are lifted in the Detwiler fire. the Rev is moving back in at Greeley Hill...just spoke with him.
However, there is now another fire which sprung up at noon in the same locale as the Detwiler fire's point of origin.
It is being called the Hunter fire, same as the one there two years ago.
http://www.sierrastar.com/news/local/article164003532.html
I even have a photo of it's smoke cloud from my window.
It's a few degrees left of true north from here.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Jul 27, 2017 - 08:17pm PT
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Albatross ...Gary Roberts... He sent me the article on the Lolo death...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Jul 27, 2017 - 09:15pm PT
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Did Gary get bit by a rattlesnake back in the day??
Sorry to hear about the Lolo accident. I think most wildland fire fatalities are from falling trees and vehicle accidents. With the trees, the roots burn and they can just sort of topple quietly and randomly. With vehicles, over tired / over worked personnel are driving rigs in mountainous terrain with unfortunately predictable and repeated results.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Jul 27, 2017 - 09:46pm PT
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I'll ask about the snake bite which seems to be part of fire fighting...
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Jul 29, 2017 - 02:31pm PT
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An up to date report on fires in BC, with lots of historical perspective.
(Remembering that the area of BC is greater than that of Washington, Oregon and California, together.)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/area-of-b-c-burned-by-wildfires-at-a-56-year-high-1.4226227
As there's no forecast end to the warm, dry weather, and indeed it's supposed to be warmer in the coming week, there will likely be significant forest closures in southwest BC in the next week or two - commerce, industry, recreation. As last occurred in 2004.
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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Jul 29, 2017 - 03:17pm PT
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Thanks for the update, Anders!
Am going up to BC next weekend to see my Mum. Am bringing her an air purifier to filter out smoke from what she has to breathe. It could be a very long fire season.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Jul 29, 2017 - 03:33pm PT
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A friend gave me a copy of the print edition of the Saturday, July 22 edition of the Fresno Bee where my picture made the cover:
While they got my name wrong in the print edition, they got it right in the on-line edition that can be found here:
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article163039153.html
Our town is still recovering from the traumas of the fire, its forced evacuations, and the losses of many homes; yet there is a lot of local support for those who have lost so much of their material lives, a tribute to the bonding that happens when communities of every size face adversity. If only we, as a country, could ALL see the many ways we can help those in gravest need to achieve a decent life, most of the political divisiveness would actually dissolve with the ME-FIRST GREED...
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