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UPDATE ON HIGH UINTA PASSES OPENINGS:Go to: PASSES As soon as the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway is plowed I will report here. By the weekend I will also report on accessibility of the Hades Canyon road to the Grandview Trailhead and access to the Grandaddy Basin where I have scheduled my first trip.EQUIPMENT and PREPARATION …
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For the “HOW I DO A 3 DAY BACKPACK…” scroll down THESE TWO KEY HIGH UINTA HIGHWAYS ARE NOW OPEN June 5th : SR 150 Mirror Lake Highway OPEN Kamas to Wyoming Border – Milepost 14.6 to 48 and SR 35 Wolf Creek Pass OPEN Francis to Hanna – Milepost 12 to 37 Saturday, June 5th: …
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NOW WITH THE WINTER…..back to my “STAIRS–FREE EXERCISE MACHINE” every day they’re free of snow–to keep alive and awake my legs, my heart and my mind (& spirit)! The STAIRS face south so any snow melts quickly–making possible doing enough laps every day to keep both legs from dying on me–and it so far is …
Continue reading “Nov. 10th: NOW WITH WINTER …….BACK TO MY “STAIRS EXERCISE!” to keep alive ! ……… UPDATE a couple of weeks ago: SURPISE, SURPRISE…another GLITCH! ”The…sort of… “COMEBACK” of the QUIXOTIC MOUNTAINMAN, with DIVINE HELP in my 87th year! WHY A “TINY” FEAT FOR ME WAS “A GIGANTICALLY BIG DEAL?””
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL! I spent a couple of days up around the Bald Mountain Pass in the High Uintas, but consistently had signs of High Altitude problems with low oxygen levels in my blood, as well as persistent High blood pressure, and terrible balance problems when encountering it difficult to hike across snow …
Continue reading “OUTCOME of the ACID TEST? Up to BALD MOUNTAIN PASS in the UINTAS with OMINOUS SIGNS! I’ve said, “I’M DUMB…but NOT STUPID! …..So, WHAT HAPPENED? and THE FUTURE?”
************************** WOLF CREEK PASS – OPEN for several weeks… with NO SNOW 5/27. NOTE: The elevation of Wolf Creek Pass is about the same as the Grandview Trailhead. Hades Pass is about the same elevation as Bald Mountain Pass, so those comparisons will give you some idea about when for backpacking. BALD MOUNTAIN PASS–Mirror Lake Byway..OPEN– NO …
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HIGH UINTA PASSES? WOLF CREEK PASS OPEN for several weeks… with NO snow 5/20. BALD MOUNTAIN PASS–Mirror Lake Byway..CLOSED-21″ of snow 5/20 But first, my persistent efforts to NOT GIVE IN….EASILY, but rather make some good strides away from not being able to walk anymore….like 18 months ago, and importantly, NOT “Faking I’m not a …
Continue reading “A SMALL HILL for YOU, A MOUNTAIN FOR ME I HAD TO CLIMB! COMEBACK GETTING BETTER….NO NEED TO FAKE IT ANYMORE — THE EAST FORK OF BLACKS FORK & SURVIVAL AT CRATER LAKE/EAST FORK PASS! — AN ADDICTION DEFEATED!”