Research in the Uintah Basin & Defa’s Dude Ranch….then: “LIFE SAVING” Photo/Essay: Backpack #3-2015 HENRY’S FORK to “Little Andy Lake” — Ambushed by “THE SILENT KILLER” …STRATEGY for DOING “THE IMPOSSIBLE” for a WORN OUT OLD GUY IN HIS 80th YEAR!

Click below for previous post:  Backpack #2–UINTA RIVER…ATWOOD TRAIL….NEAR CHAIN LAKES & TOUGH ROBERT’S PASS… H.A.S. & HEART PROBLEM… Almost another “Forest Gump moment”…. No “GIVING IN YET!” UPDATE  Monday AUGUST 18, 2015 I’m presently into the 4th day (of 4) doing research in the Uintah Basin starting last Saturday spending a couple of hours …

Backpack #2–UINTA RIVER…ATWOOD TRAIL….NEAR CHAIN LAKES & TOUGH ROBERT’S PASS… High Altitude Sickness & HEART PROBLEMS… Almost another “Forest Gump moment”…. No “GIVING IN YET!”

Click below for:Previous post…. Alternative Backpack: MOVE FROM UINTA RIVER TO LAKE FORK/MOON RIVER TRAILHEAD TO GET TO TWOROOSE PASS….met Cale & Tyler….STOPPED WITH A PROBLEM UP THE TRAIL…  BYU Radio interview, Photo/essay “THE GRANDADDIES,”  YouTube video:  “THE GRANDADDIES, “   Backpack #1-2015 GRANDADDY LOOP and SURVIVAL FORMULA PHOTO/ESSAY:  Previous effort to get to Little Andy Lake Posted August 2nd Don’t …

Alternative Backpack: MOVE FROM UINTA RIVER TO LAKE FORK/MOON RIVER TRAILHEAD TO GET TO TWOROOSE PASS….met Cale & Tyler….STOPPED WITH A PROBLEM UP THE TRAIL…

Click for previous post: YouTube Video: “THE GRANDADDIES” and photo/essay: Backpack #1-2015 GRANDADDY BASIN LOOP and SURVIVAL EXPERIENCE  SUMMARY OF WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN MID-SUMMER  I was  stymied at the Uintas Trailhead with the trail closed so couldn’t go up the Roberts Pass/Atwood/Trail Rider Pass, somoved on quickly towards the Lake Fork Trailhead to attempt …

YouTube Video: “THE GRANDADDIES” and photo/essay: Backpack #1-2015 GRANDADDY BASIN LOOP and SURVIVAL EXPERIENCE

NOTE:  None of the photographs  can be used  without written permission from Cordell Andersen.  EMAIL:  cordellandersen@hotmail.comClick here for:  A summary of the re-scheduled  Backpack #2 to the UINTA RIVER/LAKE ATTWOOD AREA and “Little Andy Lake”    ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW SCHEDULE,  July 23-30.   1.  RADIO INTERVIEW:  On Tuesday, July 21st,  at 3:25 PM  I was interviewed in …

RE-SCHEDULING OF Backpack #2-2015 to UINTA RIVER/ATWOOD area

NOTE:  None of the photographs  can be used  without written permission from Cordell Andersen.  EMAIL:  cordellandersen@hotmail.comBackpack #2-2015 UINTA RIVER/ATWOOD/TRAIL RIDER PASS/Little Andy Lake Planned originally for Tuesday, July 7th -14th, but now re-scheduled for July 23-30.Due to weather and Forest Service “closure”  this was a failed trip…details are reported in this post.IMPORTANT NOTICE:  I arrived at the …

YouTube video: PREPARE FOR BACKPACKING, D-DAY, Into the Wilderness, SPOT Tracker link….

SPOT TRACKING for Trip #2-2015 GRANDADDY BASIN UPDATE June 23, 2015:  I achieved my purposes on the Grandaddy Trip getting to the last remote lake & others completing my photo collection of all the lakes in the Basin, and meeting many new wonderful High Uinta Friends….plus having one of those amazing survival experiences and of course …

WEIRD OLD HOMELESS GUY?….. ECCENTRIC MILLIONAIRE?……or… A MODERN DON QUIJOTE?………….. & FLY FISHERMAN MAGAZINE: Utah’s Trout WILDERNESS

Click here for   ACCESSIBILITY UPDATES  Click for:  SOUTH SLOPE TRAIL CONDITIONS-May 26, 2015 For Grandaddy, Rock Creek, Yellowstone Creek, Uinta River Trails Click here for previous reports & YouTube video on Pioneer Timber Slides ANNOUNCEMENT: JUST POSTED…click to open  Photo/essay explaining what I do to keep moving as I’m now into my 80th year (check the …

HEROIC 1953 PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING PROVO & SPRINGVILLE

Click here For previous posts  YouTube Video   PHOTO/ESSAY  HEROIC 1953 PIONEER TIMBER SLIDES…. INTRODUCTION:  While I’ve had to hunker down close to Utah Valley for most of the 2014 summer due to several emergencies–and forced to suspend the backpacking aspect of my High Uintas Wilderness Project until the summer of 2015 –in my 80th year, …

EXPLORING “Pioneer Timber Slide” DOWN WHERE SPARROW HAWKS DARE!

 Click here for Recent photo/essays, & YouTube videos Click for: EXPLORING THE Provo Utah “Pioneer Timber Slide”  WHERE EAGLES DARE   Trip #4 -Attempt 1 WHERE EAGLES DARE    Trip #5 Attempt 2Trip #7 Attempt 4 Pioneer Timber Slide – Sat. Aug. 16  – SPOT LINKEXPLORING the slide pathway on what pioneers called SLIDE MOUNTAINUp again WHERE EAGLES …

KEEPING IN SHAPE – TRIP #3 REPORT & YOUTUBE VIDEO

Click HERE FOR RECENT POSTS:  ******************************************* ATTEMPT FINALLY MADE: report on it’s way…..soon:Friday, July 25th- KEEPING IN SHAPE on Y-MT- Eagle Pass-Maple Flats-Exploring Pioneer Timber Slide down to Provo foothills SPOT TRACKING…I’ll hit the OK button to begin, at crucial trail points, camp site on Maple Flats  & then at critical discovery points on the …