Supposedly 14.4 miles from the Agnew Meadows trailhead if that TH existed back then. If so, then that would have been a 30 mile RT hike for Ed - way over the preferred 100 yards from the car.
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Supposedly 14.4 miles from the Agnew Meadows trailhead if that TH existed back then. If so, then that would have been a 30 mile RT hike for Ed - way over the preferred 100 yards from the car.
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I know what you mean Drew. The sea-cliffs in California are very hazardous and are constantly eroding landwards. I have hiked many times on the cliffs lining the south shore of the Golden Gate and...
Edward Weston at Lake Ediza:
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/edward-weston/charis-lake-ediza-california-1937
This was taken...maybe 40 or so miles from the car.
Thomas
As far as I know the military doesn't use liners - at least they didn't when I served. Outdoor suppliers like REI carry an assortment of liners. I buy the REI brand - they're cheaper than the brand...
Carry a "good" compass - one that has a mirror for azimuth plotting. The mirror will serve for shaving and looking at your pretty face and singling (rescue helicopters don't land in wooded terrain)....
Speaking of Dusy Basin, here's a photo that I took from inside my tent (over my feet) with a Pentax K1000 sans tripod. IIRC the exposure was 1/2 second on slide film:
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I was going to respond but Renato brought up a common situation:
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