Click below to see the 10 minute long YouTube Video #9-Part 1-PREPARE or ELSE…. I now have posted the details of my plans on the 2012 Backpacking Schedule page. The topographical maps and elevation profiles are the same as for last year. A couple of the routes on the maps are in reverse order of …
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VIDEO #9 Part 1: BACKPACKING PREPARATION and 2012 SCHEDULE This is the first of 3 parts to help us be able to have a great, successful, safe and even inspiring 2012 backpack season……and many more on into the future. Each YouTube video will be followed by what I call “photo/essays” that some might just call …
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1,000 MILE BACKPACK IN THE UINTAS, Note: For the present view in VIMEO. I will soon attempt to convert this into a YouTube video This show represents a bit over 1,000 miles of backpacking in 4 summers–from 2003 to 2006. Some of those miles entail trips to certain areas several times in the constant quest …
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PACKED UP AND READY TO GO It’s Tuesday evening and I’m packed and ready to leave early tomorrow for the Uinta Basin, first checking with our Forest Service gals in Duchesne. I’m packed for an 8 day trip and will have 50 lbs. on my back and around my waist. That’s quite a bit more …
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UPDATE JULY 6th: I just talked with the Forest Service in Duchesne. They have a team that will drive as far as they can up Hades Canyon, and then hike to Hades Pass and the Grandaddies and have a report by tomorrow on accessibility. They recommended that I hold off leaving until I get that …
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INTRODUCTION: In a previous report I had mentioned that I would be searching for remnants of the Hilliard Flume and Beartown. There might be a few of you who aren’t familiar with what we are dealing with, so let me explain. We are dealing with a group of tough guys I have called …
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LET’S START WITH THE GOAL Trip #3 July 9-18 East Fork Blacks Fk. Trailhead –Little East Fk, Alpine Lakes, Squaw Pass, Porcupine Lake/Pass, upper no-name No.Star Lakes, Tungsten Lk/Pass, Y-19, Y-20 Lakes, Oweep/Lambert Lakes back to Trailhead . PURPOSES: Find and photograph Big Foot and family, test at least 14 lakes. Fri-Fri-Sun. This was the plan, …
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SCROLL DOWN FOR THE NEW ADDITION ABOUT COLDS: Prevention and Cure The crucial formula: PASSION + Exercise and Physical Training + Good Nutrition and Sports Supplements The “energy” question is posed almost daily by customers at Reams Supermarket in Springville, Utah where I work, jokingly calling myself a “bagger technician and shopping cart herder.” I work …
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For a complete rundown on GEAR and SUPPLEMENTS, click on: GET THE BEST GEAR & SUPPLEMENTS . There you will get links to my recommendations of the best books, equipment and supplements available. In this photo essay, each image has accompanying text in the caption and comments. You will miss much of the text if you view it as a …
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WITH THE NEW WEBSITE MANY OF THE LINKS AREN’T PRESENTLY FUNCTIONING…. ……but the SUPPLEMENTS I USE & RECOMMEND…ARE FUNCTIONING FANTASTICALLY IN MY 83rd YEAR AND MOST OF THEM CAN BE FOUND ON AMAZON.COM This photo/essay guide was last updated with new equipment in 2015, but all the principles are still valid. Now in 2018–after …
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